Date of source: Monday, August 26, 2002
The Mufti of Egypt denies any intention to resign because of the discrepancy between his fatwas and those of the Islamic Research Institute, headed by the Sheikh of the Azhar, concerning martyrdom operations and boycotting American and Israeli products.
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2002
The new Mufti of Egypt decided to entrust the task of issuing fatwas to the Islamic Research Institute. The author believes this not to be a good decision, as the Institute has charged many intellectuals with kufr [unbelief] and is not known for defending the freedom of opinion. He suggested the...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 3, 2002
The mufti of Egypt said that the Palestinian resistance operations are martyrdom operations and even more elevated than this. He added that the religious discourse should be reconsidered, not to satisfy America but because it has been very superficial for long time.
Date of source: Saturday, March 23, 2002
The Egyptian law relies on the French law concerning crimes of adultery. This way, the law lacks equality between men and women in cases when one of them is caught red handed in marital unfaithfulness. It also lacks equality in the punishment related to this crime. Many men of law believe that the...
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2002
Amr Khaled speaks about the reasons behind his going to London and the doctoral thesis he prepares there. He speaks about his relations with Islamic movements. He refuses to comment on the retreat from wearing the higab by some veiled actresses.
Date of source: Sunday, February 8, 2004
The article is about a draft law proposed by
Anthony Weiner, member of the US House of Representatives, in January 2004. The draft law bans
the U.S. from giving military aid to Egypt. The article gives information about the laws approved
by the US senate targeting Syria and Saudi Arabia.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 14, 2004
The ongoing process of obtaining NGO status.
Dr. Meinardus visits Cairo and recommends writing a book for the understanding of contemporary concepts of martyrdom and persecution in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Dutch businessman Frans Derksen of Fayoum Oases development consulted AWR for advice when...
Date of source: Friday, April 8, 2005
Grand
Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, referred a controversial fatwa to the Islamic Research
Institute. This took place after Islamic activist Tāriq Ramadān, (the grandson of Shaykh Hasan al-Bannā, the
founder of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group), called for the cessation of...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Dr. Ahmad al
-Tayyib, President of the Azhar University, talks in al-Musawwar about the legality of a woman leading prayer, the Western
demands for a change in the Azhar curricula, and reports that Jihād verses were omitted from the Azhar curricula.
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2005
President of the Azhar University, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib discussed with a delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Religious Affairs the possible ways to boost mutual scientific and cultural cooperation between the Azhar University and the Chinese Ministry. The Chinese delegation included a number of...