Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2010
Over the last several weeks, controversial remarks by Bishop Bīshūy of Damietta and Islamic thinker Dr. Salīm al-‘Awwā have filled the pages of the Egyptian newspapers. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman provides a recap of the events....
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2008
The article reviews recent sentences that key members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement have received that reflect the ongoing security drive over the group.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2008
A hijāb-clad student of the Azhar University has refused to shake hands with the head of the university on the basis that it is harām for men and women to shake hands.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2008
The author criticizes Muslim extremists who embarrass people by refusing to shake their hands because of their belief that shaking hands with the opposite sex is religiously prohibited.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 24, 2007
The article reports on the statements of Dr. Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, minister of religious endowments, who denied that he has ousted Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, Muftī of Egypt, from the committees of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 2007
The press review detects the ongoing discussions in Egyptian press on the chaos of Fatwás, especially the reactions to the recent Fatwá of the Egyptian Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah who refused to consider the Egyptian young men who drowned on the Italian cost to be martyrs.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2007
The Azhar University Chancellor denies news published in al-Miṣrī al-Yawm and threatens to sue the newspaper if a retraction is not published.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 2007
The chancellor of the Azhar University is expected to participate in a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and the chief rabbi of Israel at the International meeting for peace.
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 26, 2007
Muḥammad Nūr gauges the opinions of Muslim scholars on the decision of the Azhar to dismiss Dr. ‘Izzat ‘Aṭiyyah for releasing a Fatwá demanding that female workers breastfeed their male colleagues.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2007
The article reports on the statements of members of the Islamic Research Academy about the group of Muslims calling themselves the ‘Qur’anis’ who consider the Qur’ān to be the sole source of legislation in Islam and deny the authenticity of the Prophetic Sunnah.