Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2003
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim celebrated last Thursday the re-inauguration of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies. Not more than twenty persons, representing American and European organizations were present. The author comments on the events of the celebration, saying it was a chance for...
Date of source: Monday, January 29, 2001
The author commented on the friendly gesture shown by Dr. Saeed El-Naggar and the positive testimony of Dr. Kamal Abul Magd during the hearings about the Ibn Khaldoun Center. Both men are on the Board of Saad Eddin’s Center. He listed the details of Al-Naggar’s emotional defense of Ibrahim. He...
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2000
Dr. Mustafa Al-Fiqi said that the choice of the Sheikh of the Azhar should be by free election. He said that assigning the role reduces the respectability of the Sheikh of the Azhar... He asked also for the separation of Al-Azhar University that contains the Arabic Language department, Sharia and...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
In the weekly seminar for Al-Nidaa’ Al-Gadid [The New Call] organization, the attendees attacked the scholars of Al-Azhar, saying that they adopt a kind of Fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] called "Fiqh Al-Nakad" [Fiqh of annoyance]. The attendees said that they [the Azhar scholars] aim by it to defend...