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Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
In its previous issue, Al-Midan warned that there are private offices which started entering the Fatwa business [a religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or a Mufti] and assuring others that their Fatwas are recognized by the official agencies. It is evident now that the Azhar’s negligence...
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2000
The inter-religious dialogue, which was agreed upon during the visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Egypt last February, has been postponed, awaiting the reply of the Vatican to a memo from Al Azhar. The memo asked the pope to apologize about the crusader wars, exactly as he did regarding...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2000
Islamic scholars and intellectuals refuted the opinions of Dr. Gabir Asfour concerning the cases Aqidaty discussed with him in its last issue. They confirmed that the Qur’an is a holy text and, according to the Qur’an, the hejab is an Islamic obligation and not a tradition that was confined to the...
9. The Holy Family united the heads of Muslims and Copts. A warm celebration in the Marqosiya church
Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2000
The evening of last Thursday was an evening of strong national feelings. On that evening the heads of Islam and Christianity were gathering in the Marqosia church to celebrate the anniversary of the coming of the Holy Family to Egypt. The Grand Imam of the Azhar and Pope Shenouda III, who were...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 2, 2000
Akher Sa’a ran an interview with the new undersecretary of the Azhar, Sheikh Mahmoud Ashour. He said that the task of the undersecretary of the Azhar, according to the law, is to act on behalf of Sheikh of the Azhar during his absence, to assist him in his tasks and to carry out the missions...
Date of source: Sunday, July 16, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel Wahid, Public Prosecutor, agreed to refer the case Dr. Yehia Ismail Habloush, Professor of the College of Religious Origins [’Usul el-Din] at the Azhar University, to the criminal courts, after being accused of insulting and slandering the Sheikh of the Azhar.
Date of source: Sunday, July 16, 2000
Dr. Mohammed Said Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar, decreed that womb transplant is allowed as long the operation does not involve transplanting the womb to a woman who is related to the donor. Dr. Muhammed Bakr Isma’il, Chairman of the Department for Shari’a Law at the Azhar University, supports the...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2000
The subsidiary court of Sayida Zainab yesterday started to look at the case of sheikha Manal and her fifteen supporters, all of whom have been arrested on charges of spreading extreme ideas aiming to defame Islam and its principles. The court heard the prosecution present its case for three hours...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 19, 2000
The Supreme Court of State Security Misdemeanor listened, yesterday, to the five-hour plea of the defense lawyer, in the case of sheikha Manal and her 15 followers. In his plea, the defense lawyer asked the court to set the accused free.
Date of source: Saturday, June 17, 2000
Al-Usboa published an article, in its issue dated May 29, about a mysterious questionnaire that asked Azhar students suspicious questions. This article recounts the reply of Dr. Mohammed Abu Lila, the head of the English Islamic Studies Department in the Faculty of Languages and Translation of the...
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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.