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39. An Impressionistic Picture of Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
In this final installment of a three part series on the life of Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, Professor Stefan Wild of Bonn University paints a picture of the life and work of the late Egyptian scholar....  
5. The Azhar recommends the confiscation of a book about sex during the life of the prophet
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2008
The Azhar has recommended that a book on the sexual life of the Prophet Muhammad be confiscated.
4. Debates about freedom of religion and conversion in Egypt
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The following article presents an introduction to the debate about the freedom of religion and conversion in Egypt, focusing on legal cases of conversions, specifically changing one’s religious identity on identification cards.
16. Following the withdrawal of his book ’al-Wasaya fi ‘Ishq al-Nisa’,’ [Recommendations in Women’s Adoration] al-Shahawi sues the Azhar Imam
Date of source: Saturday, September 29, 2007
While Poet Aḥmad al-Shahāwī intends to file a claim against the Shaykh of the Azhar, reliable sources at the Islamic Research Academy assert that the Azhar withdrew al-Shahāwī’s book but did not deem the poet Kāfir.
14. Dr. Ali Goma´a from the pulpit of Al-Sultan Hassan [mosque] to the office of the mufti
Date of source: Saturday, October 11, 2003
The article is an interview with the new Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gom´a. He comments on the issues of Sufism, renewing the religious discourse, issuing fatwas, modern Islamic preachers, Islam-West relations, apostasy in Islam, hisba lawsuits and applying the hudood [punishments for certain sins] of...
4. The Qur’an: God and Man in Communication
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2000
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd delivered this lecture upon accepting the prestigious Cleveringa professorial chair at Leiden University in The Netherlands with the request to teach justice, freedom and responsibility and especially the freedom of religion and liberty of conscience. The lecture discussed the...
13. Comment on the series of articles on the Hadith by al-Ahrar
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 1999
The RNSAW consulted Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, head of the College of Religious Fundamentals (’usul el-Din) about Rashad Khalifa and Ahmed Sobhy Mansour and the attacks on them in al-Ahrar.
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