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Date of source: Wednesday, August 28, 2002
The Sheikh of the Azhar says that no one dares to ask him to change or modify the Ahar curricula. He adds that if there is any change, it is decided by the Azhar itself. Change here does not mean omitting chapters on jihad and the Prophet’s conquests against Jews, as some people claim.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 3, 2002
The mufti of Egypt said that the Palestinian resistance operations are martyrdom operations and even more elevated than this. He added that the religious discourse should be reconsidered, not to satisfy America but because it has been very superficial for long time.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Sheikh Atiya Saqr stressed that he would not withdraw his statement about prohibiting shaking hands between men and women, as this is stated in a true hadith. He said that he would not take the trouble and respond to those who criticized his fatwa, as some of them deny the sunna. He added that if...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
The best response is to make no response. That is how quite simply the Islamic Research Institute renounces its responsibility in countering attempts to corrupt the Holy Qur’an. The corrupted Qur’an was posted on the Internet under the name the new “forqan” [Holy Qur’an].
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
The article is an interview with Dr. Murad Hoffman, a
prominent German diplomat who embraced Islam several years ago. The interview includes Dr.
Hoffman’s views of Islam, its distorted image and Islam in the West.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Religious fatwas are being aired everywhere on both local and satellite channels to the extent that the Muftī of the Republic Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘a termed the whole thing as “an unhealthy phenomenon” that is threatening the very well-being of the society.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 2, 2000
Akher Sa’a ran an interview with the new undersecretary of the Azhar, Sheikh Mahmoud Ashour. He said that the task of the undersecretary of the Azhar, according to the law, is to act on behalf of Sheikh of the Azhar during his absence, to assist him in his tasks and to carry out the missions...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
Dr. Su’ad Saleh, professor at the women’s college for Islamic studies at the Azhar University said that she is the mufti of women and that Islam does not limit the work of the mufti to men only.
Date of source: Saturday, September 1, 2012
Dr. Mohammed Al-Ahmadi Aboul Nour, who is a professor of Hadith and the interpretation of the Holy Qur’an, the dean of Al-Azhar University Girls’ College and the former Minister of Religious Affairs, is poised to refute all the arguments made by Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin in his recently-published and...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 18, 1999
After two months of investigations Al-Azhar declared that Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin is innocent of the charge of being an apostate. This is important in the history of Al-Azhar because it is witnessing a period of transformation in its way of thinking in order to cope with the requirements of the...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.