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Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A conference held at the Azhar
University, attended by Muslim scholars and medical
doctors from Africa, Asia and Europe, condemns female
circumcision and denies that it is a religious
practice.
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2006
In the second emission of the interview with Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the former Muftīī of Egypt discusses the Ḥijāb and Niqāb referring that there are far much serious issues that Muslims need to be occupied with instead. He refers to some foreign powers that try to attract Egypt Muslims by their...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2006
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the president of the
Azhar University, blames the
eruption of conflict in many parts of the world and the
development of the crusades as holy wars on the Catholic
Church’s reading of the Holy Bible.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2000
Al-Arabi
reviewed the opinions of different intellectuals and prominent figures among them are:
" General Fou’ad Allam,
Ex-Manager of the State Security Police, who said that it is very difficult to confirm whether someone was behind
the demonstrations of the students of the Azhar,
" Spokesman...
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2006
The author inquires about Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib’s travels to Tehran and his
reasons.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
Dr. Ahmad
al-Tayyib, chancellor of the Azhar University and former Muftī of Egypt,
expressed his
anxiety about what is going on with fatwá’s in an interview with Dr. Durrīyah
Sharaf al-
Dīn. He stressed the superficiality of some Muslims nowadays and the compelling need to move from
appearance...
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
The review deals with Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī’s latest remarks in which he termed the Ḥijāb to be "a relapse backward," drawing public controversy and anger in parliament where the ruling party, the opposition and independents agreed on the need to have the minister tender his...
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2006
This review, in the context of ramifications from the culture minister’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb, discusses various opinions on whether the Ḥijāb is a religious obligation and how such controversial discussions should be tackled by society, religious and political bodies...
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
In a series of articles published by al-Ahrām
newspaper, Dr. Ahmad al-
Tayyib, the president of the Azhar University, analyses Pope Benedict
XVI’s speech of September 12,
2006.
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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.