Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999 to Wednesday, June 16, 1999
A series of educational books recently published by the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development have raised some eyebrows and triggered a crisis in the Ministry of Education, among religious scholars and more recently [have] drawn angry protests from the People’s Assembly.
Date of source: Friday, May 21, 1999
A joint committee has been set up by the Ministry of Information and the Ministry of Waqfs [Endowments] to start a program that will celebrate the occasion of the fourteen hundredth anniversary of the entry of Islam into Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 18, 1999
Clearly expressing his views about three Muslim sects, a sheikh from Al-Azhar is accused of speaking irreverently of them. Angry reactions from the followers of these sects range from calling for apologies to the taking his life ’as the only decent reply to his disrespect of their beliefs.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 1999
The author states that the Ibn Khaldoun Center which is a centre for [social] development has recently arrogated to itself more powers to the point of intervening to change the curriculum for the religious subjects taught in the primary and preparatory schools. He also talks about Dr Ahmed Sobhi...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 4, 1999
More protest against the curricula development project at the Ibn Khaldoun Centre. The anonymous author lists that he regards as the three focal points of the Center’s policies.
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 1999 to Friday, May 7, 1999
Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Al-Azhar Sheikh, in his conversation with Professor John Esposito, an visiting American orientalist, affirmed that in Egypt the relationship between Muslims and Copts is a relationship of one nation and all that are equal in their rights and obligations.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 4, 1999
The proposed curricula are a part of a Zionist project to attack our belief and creed. The minister himself is to be questioned about using these curricula in our schools. Those behind the project are influenced by Western values and try to destroy Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Western Christian enmity to the Muslim East is still crystal clear. Indeed, the intensity of this enmity increases with the passage of days to the extent that there are now some in the West who feel that the twenty-first century will witness the end of Islam. There are many allegations currently...
Date of source: Friday, April 30, 1999
From time to time, the papers publish stories about a person claiming to be a prophet. It seems claiming prophethood is a phenomenon that needs explanation. The opinions of sociologists, psychologists and an Azharite sheikh are given.
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
The Court of Cassation recently ruled that a husband’s infertility does not constitute sufficient grounds for his wife to file for divorce. The court justified its ruling with the statement that the aim of marriage is not procreation, but the exercise of mu’adda [love, friendship] and rahma [mercy...