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Date of source: Thursday, May 18, 2006
The grand muftī
of Egypt denies claims that he permitted the killing of
extremist Muslims.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
The Muslim Brotherhood’s demonstrations in support of the independence of the Egyptian judiciary have posed many questions over the group’s respect for the current “positive laws,” Mustafa Bayyoumī writes.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Preaching on public transport has become a phenomenon in the past few years. “It is very
common in microbuses to
find people giving cassette tapes with religious content to the driver to play
throughout the journey.”
Walīd Ahmad, a university student, says.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
Sawt al-Umma
interviews leader of the Qur’ānīyīn group,
Dr. Ahamd Subhī Mansour, over his
controversial views on the Sunna.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
Some people consider themselves as da‘iyas, although they are neither scholars of Qur’ān and Hadīth nor graduates of the Azhar. Such people are also being hosted on religion programs, on which they spread strange fatwas.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
A number of Muslim scholars have urged the Azhar’ s Islamic Research Academy to refute the recent controversial fatwas of the Sudanese spiritual leader, Dr. Hasan al- Turābī.
Date of source: Friday, April 21, 2006
Azhar scholars have slammed a court
ruling allowing a
Bahā’ī couple to have their religion identified on official documents.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
During the final session of the cultural season organized by
the
Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, the author reports the stances of the shaykh of the Azhar and the
minister of religious endowments to the criticism towards Islamic preaching.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Some people expect Sunni- Shi’ite disturbances to break out in Egypt.
Professor of Usoul al-Dīn [Fundamentals of religion] at the Azhar University, Dr. Āmina
Nusīr argues that deep sectarian divisions can undermine the stability and unity of the Muslim
umma
[nation].
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The president, in the celebrations held
annually by the awqāf
ministry to celebrate the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, called on Muslims
all over the world to catch up with
modern developments and science.
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