Date of source: Monday, October 12, 2009
‘Alī Sālim comments on Dr. al-Qaradāwī’s fatwá to give illegally obtained money to Palestine.
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2009
The Azhar Grand Imām’s statements about the niqāb created an outcry in Egyptian society. Heated arguments took place between those who the support the niqāb as a religious practice and those who approved of Shaykh Tantāwī’s arguments that it is not part of Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Three of the accused in the case of the armed attack on a jewelry shop in al-Zaytūn have reenacted the crime. Meanwhile, the defense team accused the attorney general of torturing the accused.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 5, 2009
A call on a sit-in by some Coptic Egyptians as a protest against the government’s alleged negligence regarding sectarian events.
Date of source: Sunday, August 2, 2009
The attorney general is questioning the detained members of the terrorist cell recently discovered. The defense team claim that the detained were tortured during the investigations. The attorney denied the claims and accepted to subject them to forensic medical check-ups.
Date of source: Saturday, August 1, 2009
Shaykh Tāj al-Dīn al-Hilālī is judged by the Australian court as being a racist Muslim muftī.
Date of source: Monday, July 27, 2009
The Coptic situation in Egypt as Pope Shenouda describes it to al-Sharq al-Awsat.
Date of source: Monday, July 27, 2009
In an interview Pope Shenouda criticizes the security apparatus’ role in solving sectarian problems and states that there should not be a Coptic president in Egypt because Muslims are the majority and not Copts.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Grand Imām Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī severely criticized a preparatory school student for wearing the niqāb in class. The shaykh was accused of offending the girl and violating personal freedoms. The incident brought about heated discussions about the niqāb in public places. While some newspapers...
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 2009
The Egyptian press is still intensively focusing on Fārūq Husnī’s failure in the elections to the position of UNESCO’s director general. The press and Husnī himself bemoaned the Zionist foreign conspiracy against him. The press also referred to UNESCO leaders’ views about Husnī’s ministry’s...