Date of source: Thursday, March 30, 2006
The author mentions the Ministry of Awqāf’s response to the news about the establishment of a Shi’ite mosque in Egypt and presents news that Azhar shaykhs are not about to give up their traditional Islamic garments.
Date of source: Thursday, March 30, 2006
Dr. Hasan Muhammad Wajīh writes about two visits by Prince Charles to Egypt. Prince Charles’ visit to the Azhar in 1995 mainly focused on improving intercultural interaction between Islam and the West. His visit in 2006, however, was marked by a ceremony during which he received an honorary...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
In an interview with Subhī Mujāhid from Rose al-Yousuf, Shaykh Ibrāhīm ‘Atā al-Fayyoumī, secretary-general of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, explains the real role of the Azhar and clarifies its judicial authority to confiscate books.
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2006
At the inauguration ceremony of the launch of the new al-Malāk Mīkhā’īl [Archangel Michael] Cathedral, Pope Sheouda III declared that he will accompany Dr. Sayyid Tantāwī, the grand imām of the Azhar to participate in inter-religious dialogue in Moscow this July.
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2006
A project for a huge Egyptian production of a film about the life of Jesus Christ has triggered outcries from the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Although many in the East and West have called for dialogue between civilizations and religions, there are still those, such as the Salafis and those who subscribe to the idea of a clash of civilizations, who reject ‘the other’.
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2006
Both the grand imām of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī and the Coptic Orthodox patriarch, Pope Shenouda III, will hold a second meeting on Islamic-Christian dialogue in which the cartoon crisis will be discussed.
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2006 to Friday, March 24, 2006
Part of a series of interviews with Talāl al-Ansārī, a former Islamist terrorist who was a member of a violent Islamist group in the 1970s and who served a 20-year term in jail.
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2006
The news carries statements by the imām of the Azhar in which he criticized a newly-proposed bill on personal status matters.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
An Indonesian woman has read Qur’ānic verses in the opening of an international conference at the Azhar University, causing controversy.