Date of source: Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Background about the life of Father Christian van Nispen in Egypt [member of the AWR-Editorial Board], his activities and his relationships with Muslim sheikhs and scholars.
Date of source: Sunday, January 5, 2003
The author criticizes the Azhar for not defending Islam against the Western attacks. He gives many examples on how Islam is attacked in the Western press and by American Evangelical leaders.
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2003
Muslim and Christian men of religion argue against cloning human beings
Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2007
In al-Musawwar magazine’sinterview with the grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Sayyid Muhammad Ṭanṭāwī, Shaykh Ṭanṭāwī expressed his opinion and attitude on all the issues on the Arab and Islamic scenes.
Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2005
A recent fatwa issued by the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, on the normalization of relations with Israel, has triggered heated debate among Muslim scholars.
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2005
The Azhar ‘ulamā’ have categorically rejected a recent statement made by Abu Muscab al-Zarqāwī, leader of al-Qācida group ‘Jihād in the Country of Two Rivers’ [Tanzīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād FiBilād al-Rāfidayn] in which he declared that Hurricane Katrina is God’s revenge for the U.S. occupation of Iraq...
Date of source: Saturday, September 10, 2005 to Friday, September 16, 2005
The author examines the ways in which the Azhar can regain its role as the world’s pre-eminent Islamic institution, helping the world confront Islamo-phobia and terrorism.
Date of source: Sunday, September 4, 2005
Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī, an Egyptian physician, writer, feminist, sociologist and activist, has always had controversial perspectives on women’s issues.
Date of source: Sunday, August 28, 2005
The fatwas of the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, have always created controversy. In an interview with al-‘Arabī, Dr. Tantāwī hints that he has not read all the presidential candidates’ electoral programs - yet declares the Azhar’s full support of President Mubārak.
Date of source: Saturday, August 20, 2005 to Friday, August 26, 2005
In a scenario that has already been repeated several times, 31-year-old Coptic lawyer Athanasius William raised the issue of Copts’ joining the Azhar University. When William applied to join the Azhar’s Sharī‘a and Law College, he was denied access in accordance with the university’s rules that...