Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2006
A student of higher
studies at the Usūl al-Dīn [Fundamentals of Religion] Faculty, al-Minūfīyah branch
of the
Azhar University, wrote a PhD thesis deeming that the Rose al-Yūsuf periodical and
founder
were Kāfir. In week 50, AWR presented a series of reactions published in
Rose al-
Yūsuf. The...
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
The following
lines review an interview with the Azhar Shaykh Dr. Sayyid
Tantāwī in which the Shaykh
expresses his complete ignorance of the
Takfīr of Rose al-Yūsuf, and asks his interviewer
to refer to other people or
claim a file against the person.
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
Rajab al-Murshidī from Rose al- Yūsuf meets three members of the panel of evaluation of the Azhar Takfīr thesis who declare that there were many transgressions and errors in the thesis, and reveal that the panel will not accept the thesis unless its author makes certain revisions.
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
In an interview, Egyptian
writer Muhsin Muhammad defends Rose al-Yūsuf
against the Takfīr thesis that he
considers to be null and void. Muhammad denounces the lack of
liberty in Egyptian reality and foretells the
coming of liberalism against the religious current.
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
Ibrāhīm Sa‘dah denounces the Takfīr of Rose al- Yūsuf, and highlights what he calls some “unjust” issues in the thesis of the Azhar researcher, calling on Azhar scholars and parliament members to take a positive role in defending intellectuals and education from unjust Takfīr.
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
Zaynab
Muntasir expresses her shock over the
Takfīr Azhar thesis, and asserts the historical and
intellectual importance of Rose al-
Yūsuf, warning Arab intellectuals of the danger of ideological
terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
A group of Azhar scholars declare their opinions on the Azhar
researcher’s thesis
that deemed Rose al-Yūsuf Kāfir. All scholars denounced the
Takfīr; however some
approved the negative stance on the periodical.
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
Rose al-Yūsuf is a democratic magazine established by an outstanding remarkable woman who played a leading role in Egyptian history. ‘Izzat attacks the thesis and its author describing him as the doctor of heterodoxy.
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
Rose al-Yūsuf continues presenting the
different reactions of men of education and literature about
the Takfīr thesis. The following
lines present the viewpoint of the Egyptian poet Ahmad
‘Abd al-Mu‘tī
Hijāzī defends Rose al-Yūsuf, and criticizes
the Azhar strategy claiming that
Egypt needs...
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
Usāmah Salāmah
denounces the silence of the Syndicate of Journalists, the Shūrá
Assembly and the
organizations of human rights, and calls to file a claim against the researcher who declared
Rose al-
Yūsuf Kāfir to reject the thesis and cancel his academic degree.