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The Azhar refused to give its authorization for the publication of a book titled Historical deception because it defames Christianity. A committee that consists of scholars from the Islamic Research Institute was formed to pass its judgment on the book. After a long discussion, a decision was made...
The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, declared that the chamber wants to boycott Israeli products and advised traders not to deal with Israel. At the same time, he declared that the chamber will support Egyptian traders against pamphlets that aim at causing conflicts between some traders to the...
After a long introduction about the difficulties Watani encountered to obtain its registration license, Youssef Sidhom, in a bitter and defying tone, wondered why Watani was not among the three papers the Supreme Council of press agreed to issue.
The Sheikh of Al-Azhar is seen to dampen the zeal of those calling for tough action against Israel while the Mufti is described as being the exact opposite of the Sheikh.
[Translator’s note: All Translation of verses from the Qur’an are taken from The Koran Interpreted, Arthur J. Arberry, Oxford University Press, 1964.] Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin stressed that the Azhar did not do an act of courtesy in its report on his book "My Father Adam". He declared his opposition...
The first Arabic Seminar against normalization (of relations with Israel), entitled "the resistance to normalization is a religious and national duty", will start in Amman today and will continue until next Tuesday. Both Pope Shenouda and the French intellectual, Roger Garoudy will give speeches.
This article answers a question concerning working with Jews and Christians, from the point of view of Qur’an. As for the Jews, cooperation with them is not permissible whatever the circumstances are. As for Christians, If they have been warmongering, they must be cut off. If they are other than...
Dr. Mohammed Said Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar, decreed that womb transplant is allowed as long the operation does not involve transplanting the womb to a woman who is related to the donor. Dr. Muhammed Bakr Isma’il, Chairman of the Department for Shari’a Law at the Azhar University, supports the...
In an interview with Al-Ahrar, the Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, revealed that he accepts the censorship of the Azhar, "only if the work deals with a religious subject". However, in his capacity as an official in charge of culture, he refused to allow the supreme council of culture to...
After recounting the consequences of publishing the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed", the writers expose their conversation with Sheikh Abu Al-Wafa Agor, the General Secretary of the Islamic Researches complex, in which he give his opinion concerning the events of the "Banquet".

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