Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 1999 to الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 1999
"The West, its politicians and missionaries regard the Islamic world as one entity and, in dealing with Muslims, do not forget that they make up one social unit. But in the meantime, the West does not want us to feel united." Thus wrote Islamic scholar Tarek El-Bishri in the introduction to Ummati...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 29, 1999 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 4, 1999
Islamist students at the Faculty of Dar Al-Aloum at Cairo University reacted violently when the faculty organized a mixed-sex student outing to Al-Agamy in Alexandria. A female student died on the trip in a tragic accident. Islamist students insisted that the Dar Al-Aloum Faculty was Islamic and...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 16, 1999
A look at the Islamic Museum and the possible changes in venue for the treasures it houses.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 1999
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin, a prominent Islamic scholar and professor at the Faculty of Dar Al-’Aloum, Cairo University, called for support of Kosovo Muslims to relieve them from injustice and oppression that they currently face. Citing the Prophet’s: "The Muslim’s brother is a Muslim," he affirmed...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 1999 to الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 5, 1999
The Court of Cassation recently ruled that a husband’s infertility does not constitute sufficient grounds for his wife to file for divorce. The court justified its ruling with the statement that the aim of marriage is not procreation, but the exercise of mu’adda [love, friendship] and rahma [mercy...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 1999
The issue of Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin’s book "The father of Adam" still remains one of great controversy between scholars and theologians. Dar Al-’Aloum (the Faculty of Arabic Language and Literature) at Cairo University held a symposium to discuss the contents of the book.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 22, 1999 to الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 1999
Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the sheikh of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious institution urged Kosovars on April 18, to stand up and fight in defense of their homeland.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 18, 1999 to الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 31, 1999
Last May [1998], students in an American University in Cairo (AUC) course on Muslim politics complained about Maxime Rodinson’s biography "Muhammad". In less than 24 hours after a columnist decried its teaching as blasphemous, Ministry of Higher Education Minister Mufeed Shehab ordered the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 23, 1999
In a seminar titled "Religious and Political Extremism in Israel" organized by Ain-Shams University, discussions and research concluded that Jewish extremism in the most dangerous sort of religious extremism.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 20, 1999
It seems that extremist groups have managed to infiltrate again into university using the atmosphere of freedom. They are trying to impose their extreme ideas by stopping all the activities of university students.