Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2008 to Friday, March 14, 2008
Rose al-Yūsuf magazine prepared a comprehensive report about education in Egypt, devoting over 90 pages to this complicated issue. The magazine presented realistic statistics related to education, and gaged the opinions of experts on the matter.
Date of source: Saturday, September 29, 2007
While Poet Aḥmad al-Shahāwī intends to file a claim against the Shaykh of the Azhar, reliable sources at the Islamic Research Academy assert that the Azhar withdrew al-Shahāwī’s book but did not deem the poet Kāfir.
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2007
Ḥanān Muḥammad reports on the opinions of Muslim scholars on the issue of whether Ḥadd al-Riddah should be applied to anyone who leaves Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Usāmah Nabīl reports on the different opinions concerning a draft law to regulate the process of issuing Fatwás.
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 2004
A strange, unexpected decision issued by the Council of Governors prevents building new Azharite institutes. This decision is made in at the time when people feel suspicious towards the projects of the ?Greater Middle East? and ?renewal of religious discourse.”
Dr. Abdel Mo‘ti Bayoumi, professor...
Date of source: Friday, February 2, 2007
‘Abduh al-Duqayshī reports the opinions of different scholars concerning the Fatwás broadcasted on TV satellite channels.
Date of source: Saturday, June 3, 2000 to Friday, June 9, 2000
Rose al-Youssef has taken upon
itself to confront two recent, suspicious, religion-related phenomena. One is the new breed of Shaykh
preaching in private
homes. The other is the hypocritical defense of Islām in the face of a wave of
offending literary works. There is now a
third phenomenon...
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2006
Contrary to the expectations of many, the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a has apologized for not participating in the newly-formed Interfaith Dialogue Committee affiliated with the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy.
Date of source: Thursday, November 13, 2003
The article reports about the developments of the crisis between MPs affiliated to the Brotherhood and the Minister of Culture over the book “Commandments on Loving Women” by Ahmed Al-Shahawi which was published by the Book Organization and recommended to be banned by the Islamic Research Institute...
Date of source: Friday, May 20, 2005
In spite of its universal call for coexistence and tolerance, the West is still incapable of fathoming the essence of Islam. Some Western mass media represent Islam with repulsion. This tarnishes the image of Islam and Muslims. Therefore, it is time to develop modern strategies that eliminate this...