Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
Mustafá talks about Shaykh Qaradāwī’s controversial comments on Shiites during a television interview, saying that they should not live amongst Sunnīs.
He says that the danger in Qaradāwī’s remarks lies in his huge influence on the Islamic world. Mustafá also says that Qaradāwī’s comments on the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2010
Subhi reports on the Ministry of Education's plan to combat extremism by rewriting the nation's religious curriculum with the help of the Azhar University and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2010
Asmā‘ says that today’s primary schools are spawning time bombs. She alleges that it is the same all over Egypt, as if it were all part of one huge strategy targeting children. She says they teach the children jihād and call for a war to free the al-Aqsá Mosque. She also says that they teach them...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2010
This article mentions the University of Asyut’s establishment of a centre for research and studies on human rights. The centre, which is directly under the charge of the university president, aims at promoting academic research in the field of human rights, propagating awareness of international,...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2010
This article details an official complaint presented to the Minister of Higher Education on the 25th May, 2010, accusing Assyut University’s Philosophy Department of being a stronghold of fundamentalist, extremist thought, and of spreading that through its core curriculum.
Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2010
This article talks about the founding of the organization Egyptians against Religious Discrimination (MARED) and the media coverage concerning sectarian issues in Egypt, with regard to MARED.
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2010
A critical set of exams that will help bolster enrolment in universities aims to bring in highly qualified and fair individuals to supervise the process. However, controversy ensued as people believed the Ministry of Education failed to entrust Mr. Emad Sidhom Morqos to such a position in the...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 2010
This article focuses on corruption in the Egyptian educational system. The author believes that it is a result of the professors’ lack of guidance from above. Moreover, professors control their student's destinies depending on their personal desires. This article gives examples of the misuse of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2010 to Friday, May 28, 2010
Iqbāl Barakah, in this article, seeks to shed light on the secularism spreading and over-controlling the Turkish Constitution. She reflects on one of the articles of the Turkish constitution which prohibits the study of the Qur'ān for children under twelve years of age .
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 2010
With the tensions that have escalated between the West and the Islamic world since the September 11th attacks, foreign governments have advocated for a reform of religious education in Muslim-majority countries.