Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
Muslim thinker Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah has come under fire for his book, ’Fitnat al-Takfīr Bayna al- Shī‘ah wa-al-Wahābīyah wa-al-Sūfīyah’ [Reviewer: The Sedition of Takfīr between Shī‘ah, Wahhābism and Ṣūfism], in which he quoted texts that allegedly incite the killing of non-Muslims. Disregarding Dr...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The Egyptian minister of endowments visits Egyptian cities to call for the new Islamic discourse that is necessary in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2007
Ḥamdī Rizq interviewed a number of Niqāb-wearing women who work at the Ministry of Endowments about their reactions to the minister’s recent decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb
Date of source: Thursday, January 11, 2007
Following the storm raised over his recent book, ’Fitnat al-Takfīr Bayn al-Shī‘ah wa-al- Wahābīyah wa-al-Sūfīyah’ [Reviewer: The Sedition of Takfīr between Shī‘ah, Wahhābism and Ṣūfism], Islamic Intellectual Dr. Muhammad ‘Imārah "explicitly and unequivocally" apologized for quoting texts that...
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
The minister of endowments asserted that the project that will unify the calls to prayers would eliminate randomness and noisy voices.
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the Egyptian minister of endowments, has issued a decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb. Stating that the Niqāb is "a matter of custom and not faith," the minister argued that the appointment of Niqāb-wearing women as...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
In an escalation of the Egyptian government’s crackdown on
the Muslim Brotherhood, security authorities dealt a blow to the outlawed group’s financial muscle as it arrested a
number of businessmen affiliated to the group.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A conference held at the Azhar
University, attended by Muslim scholars and medical
doctors from Africa, Asia and Europe, condemns female
circumcision and denies that it is a religious
practice.
Date of source: Saturday, December 2, 2006
The
writer, Minister of Endowments, clarifies the real meaning of
terrorism and Islam’s innocence from it, using parts
of the Qur’ān to prove his words.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
The Azhar does not report about the real figures of those who convert to Islām out of fear for sectarian riots.