Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2004
The Egyptian minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq denied reports in an independent Egyptian newspapers claiming the presence of American pressure on Egypt to limit the construction of mosques.
On another level, the Azhar strongly denied what an independent Egyptian...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Hamdi Zaqzouq, the Minister of Awqaf [endowments], stressed that there is no plan to stop building Azharite institutes or to cancel religious education in Egypt. “These are all rumors, because Azharite education cannot be abolished. It is merely a process of regulating the building of...
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2004
America is interfering in the affairs of others with all possible
means. The latest attempt was the visit of a fact-finding delegation of the US Commission on
International Religious Freedom to Egypt. The US delegation was comprised of nine commissioners,
including its Jewish head. Four of the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Sheikh Muhammad Sayed Tantawi, came under a suspicious attack on the part of some sheikhs and newspapers in the Gulf, a matter that raised several questions over the true purpose behind this collective attack and whoever stands behind it.
Date of source: Thursday, January 8, 2004
Egyptian media and political leaders paying attention to Coptic Christmas.
Watani’s Editor-in-chief Yusuf Sidhom’s discusses the term ’ persecution’ in describing the position of Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 12, 2004
The author stresses the importance of dialogue between civilizations and cultures,
believing it is a top priority in today’s world. He argues that no one civilization can have
privilege and the world cannot become a single community in which all civilizations and cultures
melt in the cast of a...
Date of source: Friday, January 16, 2004
The article presents the opinion of two Islamic scholars and
preachers, Dr. Abdel Hakam Al-Sa’idi and Dr. Abdel Sabour Shaheen, concerning the idea of the
Islamic religious discourse. They explain that any deficiency the Islamic religious discourse
suffers from is because of religious scholars...
Date of source: Sunday, February 1, 2004
The article is an interview with
the Minister of Awqaf [Endowments] Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq. Dr. Zaqzouq spoke about the new
Muslim preachers, the claim that his ministry force preachers to use certain written sermons and
other issu
Date of source: Sunday, February 8, 2004
The article
discusses the issue of the punishment for apostasy from Islam. The author explains the opinion of
the Grand Imam of the Azhar, which he expressed while in a visit to Germany.
Dr. Tantawi
explained that a Muslim who commits apostasy is not punished until he sets himself as an enemy...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Refuting Islam’s association with terrorism, Minister of Endowments Muhammad Zaqzouq
explained that terrorism contradicts the tolerant principles of Islam. He also pointed out that
it is unfair to generalize and make accusation against a fifth of the world’s population as a
result of the foolish...