Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
The speech of Sir Derek Plumbly, British ambassador to Egypt, on ’Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to respond if one is offended.’
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
Azhar scholars have slammed
an Administrative Judicial Court ruling acknowledging the Bahā’ī faith
as an official religion in
Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Former actresses and singers
wearing the hijāb clarify
their stance concerning presenting religious shows on satellite channels.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Some Azhar clerics react to the issue of disputed child custody between a
Christian mother and her husband who converted to Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2006
Majdī Khalīl describes
Assiut as a brave city which has managed to triumph over the forces of evil.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
The controversial fatwa of the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a, concerning the prohibition of full-figure statues has turned Egyptian newspapers into a field of debate, where Islamic thinkers voice their views on the issue.
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) issued a report titled "Egypt’s Al-Azhar Clerics: We declare war on America," The title implies that many if not most Azhar scholars declared war on America. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi stressed that this was certainly not true. He said that the report...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 24, 2001
A project called "The Representation of Islam in German Textbooks" was a very important step in view of the existing reservations, prejudices and animosities between Christianity and Islam. This is an extensive and successful project in view of the fact it has often been asked, when an analysis of...
Date of source: Monday, October 29, 2001
The fatwa concerning the legal position of Muslim-American military men with regard to participating in the American attacks on Afghanistan was issued before the start of the attacks. However, because it reached American-Muslim military men after the war had started it was wrongly understood to...
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2001 to Friday, October 26, 2001
"The Islamic Guiding Center" in Cairo or "Kabul Mosque" as its members call it introduces various religious and social services. The article sheds light on theses activities and points out that the members of the newly formed organization Al-Wa’d used to gather in the Kabul mosque. The security...