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Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
The Azhar overstepped its judicial mission as stipulated by the 1961 law, namely "protecting the Holy Qur'an and Prophetic hadiths from corruption." The Azhar claimed guardianship over religious thoughts, arts and literature, which contradicts with the constitution, the law and principles of...
Date of source:
The Council of Scientific Research at the Azhar University recommended a few
days ago that Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [The Fall of the Imam] be banned after
being released in Cairo seventeen years ago. The imam [in the novel] served as the central
symbol representing patriarchal...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Dr. Moussa Hawamda, a
Jordanian poet, has become very famous in the last five years after the recent campaign against
his collection of poems My Trees Are Higher issued in fall 1999. Moussa Hawamda who was brought
before the Jordanian court five years ago and then sentenced to six months...
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
Last week’s conference held by the Ibn Khaldoun Center
for Development Studies on "Islam and reform" has triggered a deep crisis between the Center and
Grand Imam of the Azhar Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi following his remarks hitting at the
conference.
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Sheikh Muhammad Sayed Tantawi, came under a suspicious attack on the part of some sheikhs and newspapers in the Gulf, a matter that raised several questions over the true purpose behind this collective attack and whoever stands behind it.
Date of source: Monday, January 19, 2004
Gihan Al-Husseini, a journalist of Asharq Al-Awsat, sent a message to the
Editor- in-Chief of Al-Usboa, complaining of the offensive treatment she received from Dr.
Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Sheikh of the Azhar, who she claims insulted her very badly during
an interview.
Date of source: Monday, January 26, 2004
The article is a
story of a woman who contacted Sawt Al-Umma and explained that she was seduced by a well-known
preacher who had an illegal relation with her for two years.
Date of source: Sunday, February 8, 2004
The article
discusses the issue of the punishment for apostasy from Islam. The author explains the opinion of
the Grand Imam of the Azhar, which he expressed while in a visit to Germany.
Dr. Tantawi
explained that a Muslim who commits apostasy is not punished until he sets himself as an enemy...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Refuting Islam’s association with terrorism, Minister of Endowments Muhammad Zaqzouq
explained that terrorism contradicts the tolerant principles of Islam. He also pointed out that
it is unfair to generalize and make accusation against a fifth of the world’s population as a
result of the foolish...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The
author discusses the issue of the renewal of [Islamic] religious discourse through the opinions
of Muslim scholars and thinkers on the issue.
The author presents the views of the Grand
Imam of the Azhar Muhammad Sayyed, Dr. Kamal Abu Al-Magd, Abdel Sabour Marzouq, deputy head of
the...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.