Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Dr. Ahmad al
-Tayyib, President of the Azhar University, talks in al-Musawwar about the legality of a woman leading prayer, the Western
demands for a change in the Azhar curricula, and reports that Jihād verses were omitted from the Azhar curricula.
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
Women have climbed the top of the political ladder in the Muslim world and occupied the posts of prime minister and judges, but so far the post of Muftī seems to be unattainable.
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2005
Human Rights Watch issued a document entitled: “Divorced from justice: Women’s unequal access to divorce in Egypt,” documenting serious human rights violations in biased Family Laws against women in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2000
The Supreme Court of State Security will start tomorrow the trail of Sheikha Manal, who claims prophecy, and her followers. They are accused of disdaining Islam, promoting ideas that deform its picture, trying to cause conflict within society and holding meetings to study the ideas of their group.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Thursday, May 4, 2000
The prosecution of Al-Waily ordered that "Sadika Hassan Gad", who is better known as "Sheikha Fawzya", to be put in jail. The investigations confirmed that the suspect was forging [documents] and deceiving people. During the investigations a large number of women gathered in front of the police...
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2000 to Friday, March 31, 2000
The phenomenon of "sheikhism" (claiming to have special spiritual vocation) is starting to devastate a wide range of Egyptian society. This requires our highest attention especially since it hits mainly women, the most vital cell in society.
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2000 to Friday, March 31, 2000
The appointment of "non-Azhar" female scholars as theologians, and ignoring those who have graduated from the Azhar has provoked a controversy specially after the case of [a certain woman called] Shereen who taught women Islamic religion without obtaining the relevant permission while dozens of Al...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
Dr. Su’ad Saleh, professor at the women’s college for Islamic studies at the Azhar University said that she is the mufti of women and that Islam does not limit the work of the mufti to men only.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 1999
Her Royal Highness Princess Basma spoke about discrimination against women at a conference where studies were presented about the rights, privileges and freedoms guaranteed to Muslim women in the Sharia.
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 1999
While Egyptian women can be ministers, lawyers, doctors, and hold many other prestigious jobs, they are still shut out of the upper levels of the religious hierarchy. Now one female religious scholar wants to become a mufti which is a high level cleric charged with giving out religious opinions on...