Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2004
Dr. Hamdy Zaqzouq, Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments], has lately issued a list including thirty-four scholars and men of religion who are allowed to appear in the Egyptian television channels. This list includes senior trustable scholars and thinkers, yet some questions remains. What is the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq was able to embarrass his opponents when he presented the statement issued by the Egyptian Grand Mufti, Dr. Ali Goma’a, in which he emphasized that unifying the Azan is lawful according to Shari’a and that the great four Muslim imams permitted performing a singe Azan for a...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2004
Hisba [Refers to the right of a Muslim to defend public morality. Suing on behalf of religion] Takfir lawsuits [i.e. lawsuits in which the complainant accuse other of unbelief] spread on a wide-scale in Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan and Lebanon. The most famous lawsuits among these were filed against Dr....
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2004
Shura in the Islamic political thought is the philosophy of political systems, community life and the family. Shura means managing the community life of humans, whether in the general or the personal sense.
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
Islam is facing a vicious campaign after some deviated Muslims joined the enemies of Islam in an alliance tarnishing its [Islam's] image and offending it by all possible means. Muslims are also facing an unfair campaign aiming at picturing them as terrorists whose hearts became void of mercy. All...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2004
We have but one choice. The vast majority of Muslims have to break their silence and declare its religious, ethical stance [towards terrorism] in a clear-cut manner. We have to free Islam from its abductors and declare to the whole world, to all its cultures, races and religions, that we reject and...
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
This lecture forms the background to Lord Carey’s lecture in July in Cairo. Lord Carey explained his purpose of seeking to build bridges of understanding between Islam and Christianity. “Compassion and understanding are the only tools to handle hatred and violence.” For understanding also critical...
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
Lecture about the need for understanding between Muslims and Christians. Presented in AWR as background to the lecture in Cairo, July 2004.
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2004
In his attempt to restore the spiritual side of the azan, Minister of Endowments Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq has begun a project intended to unify the voices and times of the azan. This step came after a noticeable increase in the number of mosques which has opened the door to many muezzins [the person...
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 2004
The decision taken by Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, the Minister of Awqaf [Religious endowment], to unify the call to prayer in state mosques by way of a radio broadcast, has caused much debate. Al-Midan put the question to various specialists.