Date of source: Friday, February 14, 2003
Overview of the seminar “Renewing Religious Discourse” that was held in the framework of the Cairo International Book Fair. Participants stressed the necessity of renewing religious discourse in a way that suits the changes of life. They believe the Azhar should inform people to reject foreign...
Date of source: Monday, February 10, 2003
In a symposium titled “Renewing religious discourse,” former dean of the Faculty of Mass Communication [no university mentioned], said that prayer rooms and mosques, that are not under the surveillance of the Ministry of Endowments, are one of the main reasons behind the spread of terrorist groups...
Date of source: Monday, February 3, 2003
Critique of Christian journalist Mufid Fawzy because he allegedly called for the necessity of changing the Islamic religious discourse and hounded sheikhs Amr Khaled and Khaled Al-Gendi on satellite channels.
Date of source: Monday, February 3, 2003
At the time the Secretariat-general of the Islamic World League is asking the United Nations to put an end to the attacks on Islam, T-shirts with a print of a sexy semi-nude girl on the background of a Qur´anic verse and copies of the Qur´an which have on their inner covers photos of...
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2003
Al-Usbua´s reporting about US interference in Egyptian curricula is the result of polarization between US-government and Egyptian authors who no longer trust information of US government sources. These authors are basing their information on sources they trust but this may result in...
Date of source: Sunday, January 19, 2003
Interview with the president of the Islamic Organization for Education, Sciences and Culture on the importance of inter-religious dialogue. He believes such dialogue would solve the problems of the modernization of life through a unified Islamic perspective.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar approves that women can be judges, muftis and members of the Islamic Research Institute. He stressed that cloning human beings is impermissible. He believes that God may have given Amr Khaled the gift of preaching or perhaps people are impressed by his new way of addressing...
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2003
Muslim and Christian men of religion argue against cloning human beings
Date of source: Friday, September 9, 2005
In an interview with al-Ahrām, Dr. Khālid Abu al-Fadl, President George Bush’s appointee to the Commission on International Religious Freedom, gave his opinions on religious democracy, the secularization of religion and Islamic preaching.
Date of source: Friday, September 9, 2005
Some old, often even pre-Islamic, traditions treat women as inferior, but they seek legitimacy through misinterpreting hadiths [Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions].