Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2005
Satellite TV channels are now playing a major role in increasing public awareness and disseminating Islamic culture.
Date of source: Monday, October 17, 2005
The ‘Ulamā give their comments about the new methods of offering fatwas over the phone or Internet.
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
The Front of Azhar Scholars contested the statement by the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar in which he said the normalization with Israel was halāl.
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
An Azhar professor sent the sheikh of the Azhar a report about the encyclopedia of the World of Religions, noting the mistakes and dangers of this encyclopedia that contains a number of errors that offend the Islamic religion. The encyclopedia did not list any names of authors, the publisher or...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2004
The fatwa issued by Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi, head of the Union of Muslim Scholars, regarding the duty of killing and kidnapping American civilians in Iraq – considering them to be invaders – caused strong disagreement among the Azharite scholars, each with his own evidence based on Islamic law.
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 2004
Egyptian religious scholars criticized the term “fundamentalism” and claimed that it is a suspicious term that was invented by the West in order to distort the image of Islam and accuse Islam of being a religion that calls for bigotry, violence and terrorism against non-Muslims.
Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2004
Three Muslim scholars issued a strange fatwa that was published in Al-Haqiqa [the Truth] newspaper. The three scholars object to the appointment of Dr. Youssef Boutros Ghali as Minister of Finance because, according to them, a non-Muslim must not preside over the Bayt Al-Mal [public treasury] of...
Date of source: Thursday, May 26, 2005
After having kept his own council for a while, the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Sayyid Tantāwī, has finally ended his silence concerning the Qur’ān desecration incidents in the Guantanamo prison.
Date of source: Friday, May 20, 2005
Egyptian intellectuals support President Mubārak’s call on youth and preachers to reflect that Islam came for the good of Muslims and the enlightenment of the world.
Date of source: Thursday, August 29, 2002
The article discusses the decision of the Creed and Philosophy Committee at the Islamic Research Institute that the apostate is to be given a lifetime chance to repent his apostate ideas and not only a three-day chance as is laid down in the Islamic fiqh. It shows the pros and cons to this decision...