Date of source: Sunday, September 16, 2007
Robeir al-Faris discusses the decision announced by Shaykh Ṭanṭāwī regarding permitting Copts to study at the Azhar. He further mentions the recent furor caused by a documentary that depicts Christ from a Muslim perspective.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
Dr. Jābir ‘Aṣfūr, the secretary general of the Supreme Council for Culture, responds to an article entitled, ’No Theocracy in Islām,’ authored by the grand Imām of the Azhar, Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī, published in al-Ahrām on February 21, 2007.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
The writer tackles the idea of reforming religious sermons, whether Islamic or
Christian, through Dr. Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāh’s book entitled, ‘The Religious Speech in
the Egyptian Mass Media in the Ninety’s.’
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
The Ministry of Education in
Daqahlīyah governorate has dismissed 600
teachers of Christianity from the governorate’s schools who
work according to a reward system of
remuneration. The jobs have been assigned to unqualified teachers.
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2006 to Friday, December 15, 2006
Six Muslim Brotherhood students were dismissed for forming a students union parallel to the official one at the Azhar University. Consequently, vandals from the group’s students broke into the university building and blockaded the chancellor’s bureau.
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
The
article presents three important questions that deal with the sensitive
relationship between Christians and Muslims
in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2002
The
Grand Imām stressed to the Gouvernor-General of Australia that Islām is against terrorism in all its forms. In
other news, Pope Shenouda ratified the formation of new directorates for the Egyptian Coptic churches in the United
States.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A conference held at the Azhar
University, attended by Muslim scholars and medical
doctors from Africa, Asia and Europe, condemns female
circumcision and denies that it is a religious
practice.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
The Egyptian press has widely covered the four-day visit that Pope Benedict XVI paid to Turkey from November 28 to December 1, 2006 in an obvious attempt to heal the wounds opened by his earlier "offensive" remarks on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. According to political analysts, the pontiff’s...
Date of source:
The
Sheikh of the Azhar declared that any coalition
with the USA is H...