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Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2000
The General Secretary of the Azhar scholars’ Front sent a letter to Al-Usboa to explain what he really meant by his article which is said was meant to criticize the Grand Imam. He said that he meant to criticize the lady who interviewed the Grand Imam and not the Grand Sheikh himself.
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2000
A few months ago, the Grand Imam filed a lawsuit against the General Secretary of the Azhar Scholars’ Front because the latter wrote an article which the former believed was meant to criticize him. The president of the court asked for a reconciliation between them because both are great scholars...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2000
The Council of the Suez Canal University agreed to nominate the Grand Imam for the King Faisal International Award for the year 2002 and as an appreciation for his great efforts in serving the Islamic cases all over the world.
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2000
The author criticizes the Sheikh of the Azhar because he spoke highly of the book "Islam and the gardens of the devil" by the editor-in-chief of Rose El-Youssef. He believes that the book contains Western and non-religious ideas. It speaks of Heavenly Religions, as if God has many religions and...
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2000
The author believes the Sheikh of the Azhar’s opinion about the Al-Aqsa mosque went on the expense of his credibility. He believes that the Sheikh missed an important historical chance to reconstruct the Fiqh because of his political positions which overshadowed his Fiqh positions.
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2000
The Grand Sheikh of the Azhar received the head of the Armenian Orthodox Church.
He welcomed his guest in the noble Azhar, saying "heavenly religions call for brotherhood, peace and true worship of the one God." The head of the Armenian Orthodox Church expressed his happiness for having such a...
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2000
After Friday prayers, a an old man asked the Sheikh of the Azhar "Why did you not speak to the worshipers about Jihad to liberate Palestine?" The Sheikh replied, "You [plural] go and make Jihad" and pushed away the man violently. Then he said to the Sheikh, "The Aqsa Mosque is burning, it is...
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2000
The Sheikh of the Azhar swore that he is not going to appoint any one of the editors of "Sout Al-Azhar" newspaper. This made them lose hope in achieving stability in their job. Dr. Karam Shalabi, the new editor in chief, put some professors and demonstrators at the heads of editorial departments....
Date of source: Tuesday, October 3, 2000
Pope Shenouda condemned the Israeli aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque and called for the United Nations and the security Council to adopt a resolution to stop the blood shed. The Grand Imam urged "to arm Palestinians in order to be able to face Israeli violation of the Islamic holy sites."
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2000
The main reason for the differences between the Grand Sheikh and Gamal Badawi was the constant interference of the former in the administration of Sout Al-Azhar. He elaborated on the rules of the paper and attempted to implement them without consulting the chief editor.
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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.