Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2004
Dr. Soad Saleh, the head of the department of compared jurisprudence at the Azhar University, proposed her idea of creating a committee for women's fatwas to be affiliated with the Dar Al-Iftaa [House of fatwa-giving] to the current Grand Mufti Dr. Clearly enough, Dr. Soad has been totally...
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The Islamic Research Institute decided not to ban books that are not in accordance with the Islamic Shari’a. The institute will only respond to the wrong ideas expressed in such books.
Date of source: Friday, July 4, 2003
The author interviews three Muslim scholars to comment on whether removing the veil is considered apostasy, especially since Dr. Sabry Abdel Ra’ouf has issued a fatwa in which he condemns retired artists who wore the veil and then removed it as apostates.
Date of source: Sunday, March 14, 2004
Pope Shenouda III called for the necessity of reinterpreting some of the verses of the Qur’an and the Holy Bible that deal with procreation. He said that he had raised the awareness of preachers and priests that the number of children one breeds is not the gist of the matter. Dr. Muhammad Hamdi...
Date of source: Saturday, May 15, 2004
The Brotherhood MPs” never stop showing up before members of their electoral districts through the questions and requests for information that present with hot, eye-catching titles. This is part of an attempt for attracting media attention in spite of the fact that the issues they raise are trivial...
Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 2004
The American University in Cairo put a condition on its application that prospective female students should not wear the niqab or the face cover. Deputies in the Egyptian parliament, including the Muslim Brotherhood deputies, submitted a request of information to Dr. Moufid Shihab, the minister of...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 2004
Two months ago, the Council of Governors at the Egyptian government issued a decision to stop building new Azharite Institutes, stop building civil mosques and demolish mosques built without license. This caused angry reactions among the Egyptian public. Eighteen deputies at the People’s Assembly,...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
The article is an
interview with Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, former dean of the faculty of Usul Al-Deen [fundamentals
of religion] of the Azhar University and member of Islamic Research Institute. The interview
focuses on the report titled “Renewal of religious discourse” released by the Religious...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2005
Some books at the Cairo International Book Fair were claimed to go against and be incompatible with the principles and morals of religion. This led a number of Muslim Brotherhood Members of Parliament and members of the Religious Committee at the People’s Assembly to demand a comprehensive revision...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2001
Azhar Scholars demanded that a couple should not be separated, in a case where one of them has rejected a foundation of Islam, until the case has been discussed and ruled on in court. Professor Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi said that what has happened with Nawal Sa’adawi should be discussed before taking the...