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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.
Date of source: Friday, July 31, 1998
Dr. Mohammed Nail Al-Sawaf, the oldest living Azhar scholar, gives an interview on the current problems of the Azhar.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
Today four Azhar scholars are to stand in front of the disciplinary committee for the staff of the Azhar university and may face dismissal.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
[also in Al-Osbua, July 6, 1998] The governor of Cairo, Abdel-Rahim Shehata, issued a decree dissolving the Azhar Ulama Front according to directions from a higher religious authority.
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 1998
An investigation on statements of the Front. Nothing could be taken as an insult of the Grand Imam and the investigation was closed.
Date of source: Sunday, June 7, 1998
The Azhar schools sector has begun to take actual steps towards the execution of the decree reducing the school years in the secondary level to three.
Date of source: Friday, June 5, 1998
An interview with Sheik Mohammed Mitwalli Al-Shaarawi in which he explains his contradictory statements regarding the new reformation law in Al-Azhar.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Howeidy presents the arguments against the law in the a less rhetorical but stronger and more systematic way than the theologians.
Date of source: Monday, June 1, 1998
Dr. Ismael presents an opinion opposing to the law.
Date of source: Monday, June 1, 1998
Sheik The Azhar presents a defense of the law reducing the duration of the secondary section of The Azhar education to three instead of four years. The main argument in the debate that this issue aroused is whether or not the theological education of The Azhar students will be affected.
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