Date of source: Tuesday, September 29, 1998
The conflict between Dr. Mohamed Said Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar, and the Azhar Scholars Front which was recently brought to court is made up of an accumulation of small problems that turned serious when other parties interfered.
Date of source: Friday, September 11, 1998
An interview with the Mufti Dr. Nasr Farid Wasil on Jerusalem, Kosovo and women.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 9, 1998
Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar, want to bring Al-Ahrar newspaper and Dr. Yahia Ismael, a professor at Azhar University and ex-head of the Azhar Scholars’ Front, in court for the above translated article in al-Ahrar of September 5.
Date of source: Saturday, September 5, 1998
The paper criticizes a new film which is shown in Cairo’s cinema’s. The paper asks the opinion of several people, including dr. Yehia Ismail who accuses the sheikh al Azhar of not protecting religious values.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
Suicide in the defense of Islam is considered martyrdom. But martyrdom should not be mixed with terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
Montasser El-Zayat, generally acknowledged as lawyer and spokesman of the radical Gama’at al-Islamiya, explains in an interview the dynamics within the extremist groups. He asks for a dialogue with these groups.
Date of source: Friday, August 14, 1998
An interview with Dr. Mohammed Farouk Al-Nabhan, director of the Hassania School for Tradition.
Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 1998
[and Al-Ahrar, August 10, 1998]
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies issues its second ’Report on the Religious Situation in Egypt’.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 12, 1998
The staff of the Azhar University files a law suit against the annulment of the Azhar Scholars Front.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 12, 1998
Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the Sheik of the Azhar Mosque, launched a violent attack on the press and some Arab satellite channels accusing them of wanting the project of developing the education at the Azhar to fail.