Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2012
“Muslims and Christians in the East make a united national fabric. Past dictatorial and despotic regimes have harmed both Muslims and Christians,” Dr. Tayyīb said during a meeting with Patriarch Gregory III Laham of the Church of Antioch on January 5.
The top Sunni Muslim cleric also appealed to...
Date of source: Friday, January 14, 2011
The British Daily Mail newspaper has published an important report on the failure of the efforts to de-radicalize British terrorists after jailing them. It stated that about 70% of the Islam-inspired terrorists in the UK refuse to give up their radical ideas (Mahmūd Hussām, al-Tahrīr, Jan. 11, p. 6...
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A group of students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) with different cultural backgrounds and nationalities were interviewed by Cornelis Hulsman to understand more about their experiences at the university. This part was conducted in English.
Side A:
This part of the tape...
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During a press conference, Shaykh Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī answered several questions asked by foreign reporters. Questions are related to violence, the situation in Palestine, minority rights and gender equality in Islam.
All the answers in Arabic were interpreted to English however the...
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The tape concerns an interview with Dr. ʿAbd al-Muʿṭī Bayūmī, professor ʾUṣūl al-dīn (sources of Islam) and scholar at the Azhar University. He tackles the issue of enlightenment in Islam while criticizing the Islamist views of Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī’s. Bayūmī praises Azhar Shaykh Dr....
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The interview with Majdī Hussaīn, the Editor-in-Chief of al-Shaʿb magazine and an Islamic political activist, and an Islamic Īmam revolves around the case of Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd, a liberal Islamic thinker who was accused of apostasy, and the issue of the tunnel created upon the decision...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit, Eline Kasanwidjojo and Nick Gjorvad
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approval: Requested and no objection received
Prof. ʿAmrū Ḥamzāwī teaches political science at the American...
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
The High Scholar Council has assured in its meeting yesterday (January 11) that the Constitution does not contradict with Islam or sharī’ah (Ayyah Fathī, al-Dustūr, Jan. 12, p. 3).
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
Dār al- Iftā’ has assured in a new fatwá that political pluralism is permitted in Islam (Ali Ragab, al-Dustūr, Jan. 12, p. 2).
Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2014
Dr. Yāssir Burhāmī, the vice president of the Salafī Call in a visit to members of the Nūr Party and the Salafī Call in Aswan, called upon them to take along their relatives and give a ‘yes’ vote in the referendum. He added that the draft constitution protects Islamic identity and refers to Islamic...