Date of source: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Chiefs of top religious institutions in Egypt dismissed accusations that they have been dragging their feet in the fight against terror or in efforts to spread the enlightened genuine image of Islam. They assert that imāms have been reiterating Islam’s renunciation of terrorism and bombings.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2005
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayib, president of the Azhar University announced that the university’s council has decided to inaugurate a new faculty in the department of law and sharī‘a in order to teach its subjects in the English language.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
The early 20th century Islamic reformers had different backgrounds, influences and goals to the secular reformists. The secular reformers inherited the western antagonism to religion. In contrast, the Islamic reformers focused on how to establish a modern nationalist state based on justice.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2005
It is high time that a fatwa was issued judging Usāma Bin Lādin and his disciples non-Muslims. We actually need a spate of counter-fatwas to confirm that Islam condemns violence against the innocent.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005 to Friday, July 29, 2005
The grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawī has stated that Islam is against terrorism, aggression, tyranny, destruction and the killing of innocents whether they are Muslims or of other religions.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
Nothing competes with the fatwa-issuing business in Egypt. Television, newspapers and the internet are stuffed with fame-craving shaykhs wrestling with differences in opinion about religious issues.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
The fatwa issued by the Muftī concerning the assassination of Ihāb al-Sharīf, the Egyptian envoy in Iraq, has triggered questions about the political role of the jurist institution in Egypt and the Islamic world, as well as the limits and rights of jurists.
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
The Azhar scholars’ front, which Dr. Tantāwi had disbanded, has re-emerged. It was a major obstacle for Dr. Tantāwi’s decisions regarding the development of educational methods at the Azhar and also for the fatwa he issues.
Date of source: Monday, July 18, 2005
Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘Dawī calls for all state’s offices - President; Sheikh of the Azhar; the First lady and Editor-in-Chiefs - to be elective. She asserts that the alleged reform process is not genuine.
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Shaykh Tantāwī, is currently in a state of extreme distress and it clearly shows on his face. The author discusses why this might be. He says newspapers issued in Egypt with foreign licenses have been firmly instructed not to level the slightest criticism at Dr. ‘Alī...