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.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2000
Fawzy Tag El-Din wrote in the Sout Al-Azhar of October 6 about Coulson’s work on Malik Ibn Anas and says he is a Dutch orientalist who is skeptical about the Sunna. The RNSAW consulted two scholars at Leiden University, which has a centuries old tradition of the study of Islam and Arabic. Dr. J.J.G...
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2000
A leading conservative contender to succeed the Pope yesterday triggered an explosive row over immigration by giving warning that "Christian Europe" was in danger of being overwhelmed by a "Muslim invasion" and by urging the Italian Government to allow only Roman Catholic immigrants to enter the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2000
The Vatican issued a charter that belittles the non-Roman Catholic Christian denominations [Orthodoxy and Protestantism] and other religions, especially Islam. This matter aroused dissatisfaction amongst Protestants and Muslims. Moreover, the statement of the cardinal, who is the strongest...
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2000
The beatification mass for Pope John XXIII and Pope Pius IX, led by Pope John Paul II, aroused much debate in Italian circles, among Jews and also in Israel resulting in two
demonstrations. One was organized by representatives of aristocratic families in Rome. The other one was organized in memory...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2000
[Mulid is a popular religious festival on the anniversary of a venerated religious figure, usually held in the locality with which he or she is closely associated]
Mar Girgis is the most famous religious figure whose day of death [the day he was reborn in eternal life] people celebrate. This is...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2000
The Lycee Champollion d’Alexandrie is still banning 11-year-old Azza Omar Mohammed Zaki from attending classes because she wears a head-scarf. Aqidaty found out that the former administration of the school allowed veiled students to attend their classes without causing any problems. One of those...
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2000
The author of this article criticized the priest of the hanging church saying that he should "be patient and wise and never insinuate the bad intentions and conspiracy, as the monument is important to all of us." He considered the problem to be a normal routine case caused by a lack of funds to...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2000
The court of Administrative Justice, ruled that Dr. Ibrahim Al-Khuli should be able to return to his job as a professor at the Azhar University. Dr. Al-Khuli was dismissed from the Azhar University because he protested against the meetings of the Sheikh of the Azhar with rabbis.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2000
Osama Bin Laden met with some members of the Egyptian Jihad organization. They announced that they are planning to free Omar Abdel Rahman from his prison. Abdel Rahman’s son called for Jihad [holy war] against America. The article ends by Montasser Al-Zayat’s responding to the question if this call...