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Date of source: Saturday, August 20, 2005
Jamāl al-Bannā is a highly knowledgeable man who stands up in the face of practices aimed at repressing freedom of thought. He is, consequently, targeted by fundamentalists and extremists, and has been rejected by the Muslim Brotherhood, set up by his late elder brother Hasan al-Bannā.
Date of source: Saturday, August 13, 2005
Azhar missions are trying to convey the Muslim faith through Islamic centers in Washington, London, the Philippines, Brunei and Pakistan.
Date of source: Saturday, August 6, 2005
The Egyptian Dār al-Iftā’ was established in 1895. The first muftī was the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Hassouna al-Nawāwī and he was followed by Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abdou from 1899 until 1905, when he died.
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
The official Islamic religious institution in Egypt is composed of four main organizations: the Azhar, the Azhar University, the Ministry of Endowments, and the Dār al-Iftā’.
Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Egypt’s Mufti Dr. Alī Juma reviewing four major Islamic institutions in Egypt.
Strained relations between the Vatican and Israel after the pope failed to mention Israel in his list of countries that have suffered terrorist attacks recently.
Date of source: Monday, August 15, 2005
The Faculty of Islamic-Arabic Studies at the Azhar University for Girls will hold an international conference in Cairo next March. The conference will address issues of concern to Muslim women, with reference to Islamic legislation but also taking into consideration the impact of western culture.
Date of source: Saturday, August 6, 2005 to Friday, August 12, 2005
An answer to Tāriq Hajī’s letter to the Minister of Endowments, published in Rose al-Yousuf, issue no.4018, entitled "How to let al-Shaf‘ī and Abu Hanifa triumph over Ibn Taymia?"
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Shaykh Muhammad Sayyīd Tantāwī, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, has taken a number of perplexing decisions, supporting the French government in its war on the hijāb [Muslim female headscarf], and allowing the Israeli Rabbi Lau to enter the great religious institution the Azhar. When will the imām get...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
At only 38 years of age, Dr. Khālid Abu al-Fadl has won the best academic award in the United States this year. In an interview with al-Akhbār, Dr. Abu al-Fadl spoke about the path to success and the reasons that he received this award.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
In an interview with al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī, Shaykh Ahmad Badr al-Dīn Hassoun, the new Muftī of Syria, slammed the phenomenon of fatwas being announced on satellite channels. He said that the Muslim nation [umma] today is in dire need of joint, collective fatwas.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.