Date of source: Friday, July 14, 2006
In this interview the Vice President of the
Azhar
University, ‘Abd al-Dāyim Nusayr, discusses problems impeding the Azhar from assuming
its role as
a "ka‘ba of science" and called for amendments of laws to improve Azhar
professors’
salaries. He also confirms that the university accepts...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Shaykh Tantāwī of the
Azhar denied in an
interview that the top Sunni Muslim institution is incapable of fulfilling its role, indicating
that the
Azhar is no longer sending a good number of teachers to Arab and Islamic countries purely for economic
reasons.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
A controversial article on the growing Islamization of Egypt and the effect this has on the Coptic community.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
The author
reports insults directed to
the Azhar in the Islamic Centre in London and a similar incident in
Malaysia.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
The
author emphasizes that Egypt is witnessing a wave of terrorism, listing a
number of fields, where the state
could make efforts to deal with this serious problem.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Terrorism, extremism, sectarian sedition and the rise of the Baha’ī
religion are all the
consequences of the diminishing role of religious institutions and political, economic
and social factors.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006
The author says that chaos, nepotism and favoritism have become a
sad feature of
daily life in the Azhar’s religious institutes sector in Kafr al-Sheikh. The under-secretary
in Kafr
al-Sheikh [Reviewer: No name or ministry mentioned. Most probably of the Ministry of Awqāf
(Endowments)] uses...
Date of source: Thursday, March 30, 2006
Dr. Hasan Muhammad Wajīh writes about two visits by Prince Charles to Egypt. Prince Charles’ visit to the Azhar in 1995 mainly focused on improving intercultural interaction between Islam and the West. His visit in 2006, however, was marked by a ceremony during which he received an honorary...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
In an interview with Subhī Mujāhid from Rose al-Yousuf, Shaykh Ibrāhīm ‘Atā al-Fayyoumī, secretary-general of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, explains the real role of the Azhar and clarifies its judicial authority to confiscate books.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
The article is an interview with Nabil Abdel Fattah, assistant manager of Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, on the issue of renewing the religious discourse. He comments on the attempts of some intellectuals to associate the concept of renewing the religious discourse with the...