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Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
Head of the publishing department at the AUC, Nabīla ‘Aql, argues that the grand imām of the Azhar did not read the book he banned, Wahhabi Islam... From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad by American writer, Natana De Long-Bas, prior to issuing the ban.
Date of source: Thursday, November 10, 2005
A few days ago, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī issued a decision barring 15,000 American books from the American University in Cairo.
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2005
The author argues that the American embassy in Cairo has been interfering in Egypt’s internal affairs for years, and a few days ago, denied the head of the Fatwa Committee at the Azhar access to the United States.
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
The Front of Azhar Scholars contested the statement by the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar in which he said the normalization with Israel was halāl.
Date of source: Thursday, May 26, 2005
After having kept his own council for a while, the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Sayyid Tantāwī, has finally ended his silence concerning the Qur’ān desecration incidents in the Guantanamo prison.
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2005
Although it was the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, who had recommended the appointment of Shaykh cAlī Jumca as the Muftī of the Republic, their squabbles have not ceased. Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘a was perceived as violating the unanimous fatwas of the Islamic Research Institute...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 25, 2001
The increase in the number of the Coptic wives filing lawsuits before the court to get permission to remarry has led to annulling the ecclesiastical regulation that states that the wife whose husband is missing has to wait for 30 years for her husband before she is able to remarry. The article...
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin explained that he agreed with Sheikh Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women who have converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. He said that fatwas that make people afraid of converting to Islam should not be issued and that converting to...
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
Five lawsuits were brought by and against Priest Salib Matta Saweris because of crossing out his name from the list of the candidates for the labor seat in Al-Mahmasha district. Although the court’s sentences in the five cases were in his interest, nothing was implemented; the elections ran and...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2001
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi expressed the opinion that giving fatwas to Muslims, regarding their personal and general affairs is not limited to the Mufti and that all scholars share this with him. The Mufti believes that all Muslim scholars are allowed to give fatwas, but there are guidelines. He said...
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.