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Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the Azhar's grand shaykh, formed a specialized law committee to review the law of the Azhar number (103) for year 1961.
The amendments of this law would give the Azhar more independency and integrity.
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2010
Advisor to the Azhar Grand Shaykh, Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, tells al-Dustūr that the Azhar Center for Dialogue welcomed relations with all religions, including all different sects of Islam, in order to work towards unifying the Islamic discourse and to correct any misconceptions about the religion.
He...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
‘Abd al-Dāyīm Nusayr, counselor to the Grand Imām, says that the Azhar spends 40 million pounds of Zakāh funds annually, which benefits 13 million poor or sick Egyptians.
He added that there are three season when the aid is primarily spent: ‘Īd al-adhá, Ramadān, and the birthday of the Prophet...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
A controversy is brewing between Azhar scholars regarding Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah’s fatwá legitimizing the use of pig tissue during the installation of heart valves during open heart surgery.
The Muftī of Egypt legalized such a use of pig parts, but only when the patient's life depends on it, claiming that...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
Shaykh Marzūq al-Shahāt, the head of the Azhar's Fatwá committee, says that Azhar scholars may join political parties. However, he says they are restricted from joining any religious streams, whether Salafī, Muslim Brotherhood, or others.
He added that it is not appropriate for any Azhar scholar to...
Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
A number of Azhar scholars have rejected an Egyptian gas company’s plan to export gas to Israel over 20 years.
Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, the former Grand Muftī of Egypt, told al-Dustūr that exporting gas to Israel is a sin according to Sharī‘ah, so long as it continues its aggression and usurpation of...
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 2010
Endowments Minister Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq held a press conference yesterday to announce the Supreme Council for Islamic Affair’s summit on the situation in Jerusalem that is to be held next February. During the conference, Zaqzūq renewed his call for Muslims to visit Jerusalem with an Israeli visa,...
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 2010
Grand Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah answered a young man’s question regarding the validity of a marriage wherein the husband is unable to sexually perform and the bride-to-be is fully aware of the situation. The Mufti responded that marriage is not merely for sexual purposes, saying that it could be for...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
In a speech yesterday, Endowments Minster Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq criticized the Salafīs for their obsession with appearances, saying they embarrass Islam with their short jilbabs (a long, loose-fitting garment for women), hats, and flip-flops. Zaqzūq also said that all Egyptian Muslims are Salafīs...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
In an interview with Nahdat Misr, the head of the fatwá committee at the Azhar, Marzūq Al-Shahāt Marzūq, warned against the dangers of the currently prevailing extremism in religious thought and criticized Muslims for turning to satellite channels to learn about religion instead of the Azhar. He...
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.