Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2012
The writer says that the issue of intercession was settled by scholars a long time ago. He also stresses that this intercession is for Muslim believers only.
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2012
Since 1948, Al-Azhar has produced a series of fatwas in which Al-Azhar scholars confirm the fact that Al-Azhar refuses normalization with Israel in all its shapes and means.
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999
This article deals with the relationships between the Sheikhs of Al-Azhar and King Farouq [the last king of Egypt who was forced to abdicate the throne in 1952].
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
Infringement on personal freedom or sound educational policy? The ban on wearing the niqab, or full face-veil, in schools has stirred intense controversy and a lengthy legal battle ever since it was issued by Minister of Education Hussein Kamel Bahaaeddin in 1994. The legal wrangle came to an end...
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
The High Administrative Court has decided to ban students from entering schools while wearing a niqab (full-face veil).
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999
The fact that some below average university students pass with flying colors while some of their distinguished fellows barely make the grade is a surprise which reoccurs every year when exam results are released.
Date of source: Friday, July 23, 1999
If the situation was not extremely embarrassing I would not have dared to write these lines. The situation is embarrassing for the non-governmental organizations because they have lost confidence in the governmental system.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Wednesday, July 28, 1999
Human rights organizations have long criticized what they report to be the deplorable conditions of Egyptian prisons. Nothing new or particularly surprising there. But when an autonomous semi-governmental body actually condemns living conditions in prisons as inhuman, then all hell breaks loose....
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Monday, August 2, 1999
Naguib Sawiris appeared for over an hour in interview on the program "Belaa Hudoud" (Without Limits) on the Qatar-based Jazeera satellite TV station, discussing the emergence of the new business class and their political influence - burning questions that are widely aired in the press but never...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 1999
The Egyptian Church has been exposed to various attempts to get it to normalize relations with the Israelis. But the Church has fought these attempts and refused them for many reasons.