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The proposal of the National Council for Human Rights (N.C.H.R.) for reviving religious dialogue and reform of the educational curricula of the Azhar University has evoked different reactions from religious and educational circles at the university.
Safā’ Mustafá warns about the spread of new private Islamic institutes which are not supervised by either the Azhar or the Ministry of Awqāf. She believes that these could promote false teachings of Islām with their emphasis on less educated preachers.
The author reviews the history of the Azhar University. He argues that the university still exists in the world of knowledge.
In an interview with a senior official from the Azhar, the author asks about the education system and whether there had been any attempts to ‘westernize’ it.
Members of Qur’ān anti- Christian group, led by a professor from the Azhar University, were arrested by Egyptian authorities.
In this interview the Vice President of the Azhar University, ‘Abd al-Dāyim Nusayr, discusses problems impeding the Azhar from assuming its role as a "ka‘ba of science" and called for amendments of laws to improve Azhar professors’ salaries. He also confirms that the university accepts...
The article is an interview with Nabil Abdel Fattah, assistant manager of Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, on the issue of renewing the religious discourse. He comments on the attempts of some intellectuals to associate the concept of renewing the religious discourse with the...
The US Administration accused religious schools in many Arab and Islamic countries of promoting terrorist ideas and graduating generations of terrorists. Acquainted sources in Washington said that the Secretary of Defense and his deputy have lately raised a very sensitive issue, which is whether...
Al-Liwa Al-Islami published the first part of an interview with Dr. Ali Gomaa, Mufti of Egypt. This part discusses the role of Dar Al-Ifta´, the uniform of Al Azhar, the various bases for making a fatwa, and the relations between the Dar Al-Ifta´ and Al Azhar.
The author reports that the Open American University (in Cairo), which is an independent academic institution, has a section for Islamic studies. The author wonders what the US has to do with Islam? Does the US want to have preachers that promote what can be called an American Islam? He adds that...

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