Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
The religious establishment in Egypt is composed of four main branches: the Azhar, the Azhar University, the Ministry of Endowments, and the Dar al-Iftā’. They are independent institutions that are loyal to the state.
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Assemblies and demonstrations take place after the Friday prayer and worshippers walk out of the mosques into the streets, which is not within the scope of the awqāf [endowments] ministry, said Awqāf Minister Mahmoud Hamdī Zaqzouq in an interview.
Date of source: Monday, May 23, 2005
The Saudi police arrested three Egyptian brothers working in trade and charged them of missionary activity.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2005
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, as well as the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, attend the inaugural ceremony of the first Muslim-Christian dialogue conference under the auspices of...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
President Husnī Mubārak called His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Church wishing him, and the Coptic community in Egypt and abroad, a Merry Christmas.
Date of source: Monday, April 12, 2004
There are meetings for monaqaba women all over Cairo in elevated neighborhoods like Maadi, Mohandesseen and Haram. These meetings are only for monaqaba women and the meetings are supervised by sheikhs most of whom have never studied at the Azhar. The sheikhs of these meetings tell people to do good...
Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2003
The grand imam and sheikh of Azhar, Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, and Pope Shenouda asked the Palestinian factions and the Palestinian people to unite in order to regain their stolen rights and have a free independent state.
This statements were made during a visit Pope Shenouda made to the Azhar to...
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2004 to Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Sayyed Hydara, is a Muslim TV director whose hobby is to draw Coptic icons. He thinks that it is original Egyptian art that has its own nature. Hydara states that Coptic icons are part of Egyptian art and history, and he dreams of exhibiting his Coptic icons.
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2003
The author is a member of the Brotherhood. His article is a study about the group that deals with the Brotherhood from inside and its relations with Islamic groups, political parties, the Egyptian regime and Islamic countries in the light of the US control of the world.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 25, 2003
The Federal Republic of Germany has awarded Dr. Hamdi Zaqzouq, the Minister of Endowments, the greatest order of merit for his efforts in the fields of Islamic-Christian dialogue and improving the image of Islam in the West.