Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 14, 2007
The Egyptian press continues to focus on the health condition of the ailing head of the Coptic Orthodox Church who celebrated the 36th anniversary of his consecration in the See of Saint Mark.
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: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 5, 2007
The article gives a summary of a two-full-page article, in which the author claimed that Dr. Sayyid Muḥammad Ṭanṭāwī, Shaykh of the Azhar, had used his high religious position for pursuing personal interests.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 6, 2007
The grand Imām of the Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī calls for dialogue in discussing and criticizing Fatwás, rejecting the insult and attack method used by some Shaykhs to respond to the controversial Fatwás that they do not like.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 6, 2007
The Azhar Scholars’ Front has formed a committee to discuss the contradictions implied in the Fatwás of the grand Imām Shaykh Muh...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2007
Angry reactions continue to be heard in intellectual circles regarding press freedom. The developments in the crisis of the 80-lash Fatwá issued by the grand imām of the Azhar, calls to abolish imprisonment in publishing-related cases, and the future of press in Egypt are the main subjects...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2007
The Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī has sent the Judiciary Administrative Court a memorandum, in which he asserted that he has no authority regarding specifying whether to enforce the Ḥadd al-Riddah or not but it is the Dār al-Iftā’’s responsibility.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2007
In their speeches, both Shaykh of the Azhar and the minister of endowments have attacked claims of the Qur’anis that the Sunnah was not revealed by God to Prophet Muhammad but that human hands have fabricated it.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2007
The article sheds light on the Azhar Scholars Front’s statement which reveals that the Grand Imām Shaykh Muh...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2007
The article presents an interview between Watani International and Dr. ‘Abd al-Mū‘tī Bayyūmī about the process that the Islamic Research Academy employs when choosing to approve or ban any literary works.