Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Shūrá Council has approved a project law to prevent demonstrations in houses of worship. The majority of Egyptian political parties and authorities approved the decision, but certain people have expressed their opposition to it.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2007
Angry reactions continue to be heard in intellectual circles regarding press freedom. The developments in the crisis of the 80-lash Fatwá issued by the grand imām of the Azhar, calls to abolish imprisonment in publishing-related cases, and the future of press in Egypt are the main subjects...
Date of source: Friday, October 26, 2007
The article discusses the invitation to dialogue, initiated by Muslim scholars, to bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians. Muslim scholars are disappointed with Pope Benedict XVI’s negative response to the initiative. The article refers to Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran’s statement in which he...
Date of source: Friday, September 14, 2007
This article deals with some points discussed by the Anglican al-Azhar Dialogue Committee in London with focus on Shaykh Umar al-Dīb’s paper on Muslim minorities in the West.
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2007
The Malaysian authorities have suspended the Tamil-language daily Makkal Osai newspaper for a month over publishing an offensive photo of Jesus Christ smoking a cigarette and holding a can of beer.
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2007
The under-secretary of the Azhar Shaykh ‘Umar al-Dīn has headed for London to attend the annual meeting for the inter-faith dialogue between the Azhar and the Anglican Church in the U.K.
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2007
Islamic communities in The Netherlands have expressed anger over the statements of the head of the Party for Freedom [PVV] Geert Wilders, who called for the ban of the Qur’ān in The Netherlands.
Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2003
The grand imam and sheikh of Azhar, Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, and Pope Shenouda asked the Palestinian factions and the Palestinian people to unite in order to regain their stolen rights and have a free independent state.
This statements were made during a visit Pope Shenouda made to the Azhar to...
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2007
Īmān ‘Ubayd examines the negative impact of the large number of Islamic satellite channels on Muslim viewers as they present different teachings and cause confusion among simple viewers. ‘Ubayd reports on the statements of Muslim scholars on this issue.
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2007
The People’s Assembly Religious Committee rejects the unified call to prayer plan and recommends directing its funds to solve social problems.