Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006 to Friday, October 20, 2006
In an
interview with Rose al-Yūsuf,
prominent Muslim thinker Dr. ‘Abd al-Sabūr
Shāhīn speaks out on the truth behind
the dispute between Shī‘ah and
Sunnīs over disrespect of the Prophet’s
companions.
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 1997
Many news reports talk about the existence of a political plan to set up an Israeli community in Australia. The details of this plan, that is supposed to have been agreed by the International Jewish Council and the Zionist Federation in Australia, are not known exactly, but there are some...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 1997
Subtitle:What is going on within the church?The real story about the excommunicated Monk
Danial El-Baramousi, and Monk AghathonWhy didn’t the excommunicated fathers speak about the real
reasons
for their excommunication?El-Watani newspaper examines the reasons for the
excommunication of...
Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2006
The
court ruling previously pronounced by a lower administrative court giving Bahā’īs the rights to
state their religion in official documents is overturned by the Supreme Administrative Court.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
A number of Muslim scholars have urged the Azhar’ s Islamic Research Academy to refute the recent controversial fatwas of the Sudanese spiritual leader, Dr. Hasan al- Turābī.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
The controversial fatwa of the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a, concerning the prohibition of full-figure statues has turned Egyptian newspapers into a field of debate, where Islamic thinkers voice their views on the issue.
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) issued a report titled "Egypt’s Al-Azhar Clerics: We declare war on America," The title implies that many if not most Azhar scholars declared war on America. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi stressed that this was certainly not true. He said that the report...
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2006
The reasons for the spread of bird flu in Egypt were interpreted by some as either divine wrath or a conspiracy by the developed countries against the third world.
Date of source: Thursday, March 16, 2006
With the escalating conflict in Iraq between the Sunnis and Shi’ites, many Muslim thinkers are urging Muslims to unite behind their belief in God and the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
The article reviews a split inside the Azhar University over the decision to grant Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales an honorary doctorate from the largest Sunni institution in the Muslim world.