Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 2015
Dr. Su’ād Sāleh, professor of Islamic Comparative Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) at the women college for Islamic studies at Al-Azhar University, accused Dr. Hassan al-Janaynī the Al-Azhar scholar of attributing a 'weak' hadith (saying) to Prophet Muhammad. According to Dr. Sāleh, the hadith in the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 2016
The fight against IS must also be fought in ideological terms. Egyptian Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Salah, who speaks the language of Salafi Muslims, is eager to play a role in this effort. This is the background of my contribution to the Op Ed page in Trouw.
Date of source: Thursday, April 2, 2015
Doctor Ahmad Tayyib, the Sheikh of al-Azhar, decided to expel a number of teachers in al-Azhar because they purportedly belonged to Muslim Brotherhood. A press release published by al-Azhar asserted that the teachers were ideologically affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
On Sunday, a criminal court in Cairo is overseeing the trial of 494 people accused in the al-Fatah Mosque incident that occurred after the breakup of the Rābaʿa Square sit-in in 2013. Prosecutor General, Hishām Barakāt, decided to transfer the accused to a criminal court because the crimes that...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Egyptian security forces have been intensifying their targeting of Muslim Brotherhood leaders and their sympathizers. Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers are suspected of mounting assaults on policemen and police installations as the government has recently arrested 82 people suspected of belonging to...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Oxford university professor Ṭāriq Ramadān was interviewed by DW to discuss raising Islamic radicalism and contemporary problems of Muslims in Europe. Ramadān thinks that the problem is in Muslims themselves and the way they market their religion and leave it for radicals to hijack and claim for...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Businessman Najīb Sawīris says that his family will invest more than 5.2 Billion Egyptian pounds inside Egypt. When asked about his disagreement with the Islamists, Najīb said “I disagree with political Islamic groups, but I am more Muslim than the Muslim Brotherhoods themselves”. Sawīris added “...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
In his show on OnTV, ʿĪsā said “the state should deal with the Muslim Brotherhoods as spies and traitors especially after the economic conference because they proved they are traitors”. ʿĪsā added “people will attack the Muslim Brothers everywhere if the government does not deal with them”.
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Date of source: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
According to a statement issued by the office of the Attorney General’s office “the Muslim Brotherhood group is responsible for the Air Defence stadium massacre because they financed the Ultras Zamalek FC or the “White knights””. The statement added “the MB used their relationship with some leaders...
Date of source: Monday, March 16, 2015
Dr. Muhammad Mokhtār Jomʿa, the Minister of Religious Endowments , Al-awqāf, will be leading the Friday prayers in Salam Mosque in Sharm Al-Shaykh. The Friday sermon that will have a unified script and will be distributed all over the Egypt will focus on issues such as “the role of businessmen in...