Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
To revive the
Azhar, many professors and
scholars advocate choosing the shaykh of the Azhar by election
instead of appointment.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The author tackles the criticism made by
Shaykh Yousuf al-Qaradāwī against the
Azhar for not being active in the cartoon crisis.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Analysis of the Denmark cartoons issue by Dr. Hasan Muhammad Wajīh, expert of linguistics of negotiation and cross-cultural communication at the Azhar University and moderator of the April 15, 2006 discussion at El-Sawy Culture Wheel on ‘Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to...
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2006
A reported assault on the imām of the Umm al-Qura Mosque in al-‘Arīsh, Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abd al- Hamīd, by Major Muhammad Ridā of the State Security Intelligence (SSI), has provoked outrage among Sinai mosque imāms.
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2006
Forty-one -year-old Umm Usāma recounts how state security forced raided her house on
April 12, and arrested her husband, Salāh ‘Abd al-Qawī, and her three sons, Usāma,
Ahmad and ‘Abd al-Rahmān, forcing them to “confess to crimes that they did not commit.”
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2006
Fourteen-year-old ‘Abd al-
Rahmān Salāh ‘Abd al-
Qawī recounts how he was allegedly tortured by state security
officers to falsely confess to involvement
in the Azhar terrorist attacks.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
The rights of Egyptian Bahā’
īs have recently been a subject of heated debate
in the Egyptian media. A number of Bahā’ī
leaders have tried to reach out to officials from the
Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), in an
attempt to establish a “legal framework” which
would solve...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
The author of the article presents the views of the
media on the religious satellite channels
hosting actresses preaching Islam.
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2006
School
curricula
focusing on the strong relationship between Muslims and Christians in Egypt are on the cards.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 11, 2006
The author of the article refers to a few incidents between Copts
and Muslims and
wonders whether Egypt is a civil or a religious state.