Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Responding to the huge stand of the salafīs yesterday before in Kafr el-Shaykh to support Shaykh Abu Ishāq al-Hūwīnī against Muftī Alī Gum’ah, a large number of scholars and students from al-Azhar and the global union of sūfī scholars headed by Prof. Hassan al-Shāfi’ī decided to organize a stand...
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2011
Khālid Muntasir praised a statement made by Dr. 'Abd al-Mu'tī Bayūmī, a member of the Azhar's Islamic Research Academy, in his response to salafists.
Shaykh Abū Ishaq al-Huwaynī, a salafī preacher, lamented Muslims' "slackness" to launch ghazwahs (invasions) one year after another, adding "if this...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Al-Hikmah al-Salafīyah group held a seminar in Kafr al-Shaykh university, attended by Shaykh Abū Ishaq al-Huwaynī, who pointed to 'tragedies' that occur currently in colleges. One of them is ‘Urfī marriages [Informal marriage and also informal document or agreement] that is "mere adultery", as he...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tharwat al-Kharabāwī writes about how both Muslim and Christians are causing sectarian tension between the two religions in Egypt.
First, he talks about Shaykh Muhammad Husayn Ya‘qūb's alleged incitement of hatred against Copts.
Secondly, he discusses Shaykh Abū Ishaq al-Huwaynī (Salafīyah), and...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
The author comments on the increasing Salafī trend in Egypt, particularly their relations with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2008
The sexual life of the Prophet Muhammad is a subject of heated debate. A woman "dared" to write about the exaggerations in al-Bukhārī’s hadīths and was accused of offending Islam. Salafīs call for her death.
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2008 to Friday, February 8, 2008
The author criticizes the phenomenon of fundamentalist shaykhs who insist on depicting Islam as a horrifying religion by focusing on hadīths that depict the torture of the tomb after death and link piety with superficial practices and appearances.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2007 to Friday, December 7, 2007
The author, Asmā’ Nas...
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
A Shaykh who enjoys considerable public support declares that a woman is a dwarf that must be under the authority of a man, and thanks God for blind men having been saved from the fatal sedition of women.
Date of source: Saturday, June 3, 2006
Islamic movements, along with the climate of political and social tension, create extremism, violence and supporters of the Salafiya Jihadīya trends such as the Mansura, Tawhīd and Jihad groups.