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Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The statement issued by 31 scholars of the Azhar Scholars Front rejecting the Personal Status Law raised many questions about the identity of these scholars and to what extent they belong to the Azhar, especially since Sheikh Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, and The Islamic Research Council...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 1999
Campaigns and plots aim to destroy Egypt’s reputation abroad. Worse are the damages caused by the poisoned fatwas of the "Sheikhs of ’Al-Takfir’ [sheiks of apostasy] and Fame". Confiscating a book in Egypt with a religious Fatwa is not less dangerous than declarations of Copts in the countries of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 15, 1999 to Friday, May 21, 1999
Dr. Abd Al-Rahim Shehata, Governor of Cairo, and his deputy explain why he dissolved the Society of Al-Azhar Scholars’ Front. Meanwhile Dr. Yehia Isma’il, President of the Society of Al-Azhar Scholars’ Front insists that they are the first to defend the Al-Azhar, and that there are no differences...
Date of source: Saturday, April 10, 1999 to Friday, April 16, 1999
The Sharia is based on Qur’an and Hadith. But most hathiths are very weak and probably are not even true, argues the author. The author describes differences within the Azhar.
Date of source: Monday, February 15, 1999
Sheikh Abloush, the former secretary-general of the Azhar Front of Scholars, has been accused of founding a secret party of Muslim Brothers inciting religious strife and defaming the Azhar. Other Azhari’s want him to be removed from this prestigious university.
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 1999 to Saturday, January 23, 1999
After several months of silence sheikh Yousef el-Badri resumed his hobby of scanning the society for profane concepts. This time Badri turned against Abdel Sabour Shahin for his book "My father Adam". The MET spoke with Badri.
Date of source: Thursday, October 1, 1998
Islamic scientists have confirmed that controlling the sex of an embryo is a scientific fallacy because only God has the power to give a person a boy or girl or make them become sterile.
Date of source: Monday, September 21, 1998
The struggle between Dr. Sayed Tantawi, the Sheikh of the Azhar, and Dr. Yahya Ismael Habloush, the ex-head of the Azhar Scholars Front, began accusing each other publicly in the newspapers.
Date of source: Saturday, September 19, 1998
The American film " The Advocate’s Alliance with the Devil" caused a lot of disturbance and was the direct reason for the disagreement between Dr. Sayed Tantawi, the Sheikh of the Azhar, and Dr. Yahya Ismael, the ex-head of the Azhar Scholars Front. In order to stop this whole uproar, [Prime...
Date of source: Monday, May 18, 1998
[Editor in April 2002: This response was written for the RNSAW and at the same time offered for publication to an Egyptian publication. We can no longer trace in our archive which publication this was] Dr. Yehia Ismael Halboush claimed that Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi judges by double standards as he...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.