Date of source: Tuesday, July 20, 1999
Dr. Abd Al-Mo’ti Bayoumi, dean of the Faculty of the Religion’s Origins (’usul el-Din), claimed that the Hegri Calendar is not Islamic. But Dr. Mohammed Ra’fat said that the Muslims are ordered to use the Hegri Calendar because Islam has determined a lot of things according to it.
Date of source: Friday, July 16, 1999
Recently, scholars of Al-Azhar rejected the call for the Dialogue of Religions. Some scholars believe that these are attempts to defame Islam and Egypt. They also believe that dialogue between religions is a necessity, but they can not interfere in the other religions under the guise of dialogue.
Date of source: Friday, July 16, 1999
A new case is raised by the Ibn Khaldoun Center. It is the case of the legislation of divorce in Islam. Dr. Ahmed Sobhi Mansour stated various opinions of the jurists in divorce.
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 1999
Some scholars think that intercession by the prophet Mohammed does not exist, while others do not. Each group has its own evidence, but we can not deny the fact that both parties exaggerate in their attempts to prove their credibility. It is worth mentioning that each party tries to prove its...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 1999
Sheikh Al-Qaradawi discussed the opinions of Dr. Mustafa. He agreed with him in some of his opinions, but he disagreed with him in most of them. At the end of his discussion, he asked Dr. Mustafa to discuss his opinion with Muslim scholars and he will surely change his opinion.
Date of source: Friday, July 16, 1999
Secularism in the West is different from that in the East. The secularists have different principles especially concerning patriotism and national unity. In the East, they despise morals and everything that is represented by it.
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999 to Wednesday, July 14, 1999
’Putting Islam to Work’ joins a growing corpus of scholarly works on social change in Egypt and the Middle East which shun those modernization paradigms which inaccurately polarize Muslim societies and their educational institutions into false dichotomies of modern versus traditional, secular...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 13, 1999
A woman rushed to the police station to report that her daughter had mysteriously disappeared. "Please save my daughter from a red jinn named Morsi," she told the astonished police officer.
Date of source: Friday, July 9, 1999
For four years, 22-year-old Hani was haunted by a devilish desire to kill his sister for bringing disgrace on his Upper Egyptian family. He finally mustered his guts, and kept banging her head until she was dead. The crime was committed in the presence of the father, who remained silent in tacit...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 7, 1999
The Armenians may stand out as a good example of Egypt’s diverse and harmonious cultural mosaic. Despite their integration into Egyptian society, the Armenians have been keen to preserve their cultural identity.