Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2011
The Azhar's Grand Shaykh called many of the political groups to attend a dialogue meeting, on August 17, 2011, to discuss the Azhar's document.
That invitation came as a mean to seek agreement between different political groups about the country's identity. Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah accepted the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 10, 2011
Despite ongoing feuds over the identity of the state in post-Mubarak Egypt, both secularists and Islamists have recently agreed on one issue: the necessity of liberating Al-Azhar from government control. Yet, each camp has its own motives for supporting an autonomous clergy.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 3, 2011
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The Azhar and the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church have rejected the idea of the post of a U.S. special envoy to the Middle East and Central Asia for the affairs of religious minorities.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 22, 2011
Anders Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian, has confessed to killing at least 92 people at a youth camp and seven in a bomb attack outside a government building in Oslo, Norway. As Norwegian authorities investigate Breivik's motives, a document and a short video produced by the suspect have...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2011
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Church sources have denied that Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III did not attend the Azhar talks on the new Family House initiative because of opposition to it, but that he was in fact hosting a delegation from the Polish parliament.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 13, 2011
Shaykh Jamāl Qutb, the former Chairman of the Azhar's Fatwa Committee, said the unified law regulating the construction of houses of worship was lamely drafted, criticizing lack of organization in building mosques and churches.
He cited an example of the neighborhood where he lives. "I live in an...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 14, 2011
Field Marshal Husayn Tantāwī, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), and Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf approved the Family House initiative launched by the Azhar to confront sectarian troubles.
Field Marshal Tantāwī's approval was recited by Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr....
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 14, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said absolute freedom is chaos that would pose a threat to the society as a whole.
"As Arab and Muslim people, we have our own traditions and values that do not go along with absolute democracy. In our societies, we believe that religion is the thing...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 12, 2011
Fully deserving of his many titles, the glorious scholar and professor, Dr. Ahmad ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Sāyih passed away on July 7, 2011, fully engaged in life at the age of 74. Dr. al-Sāyih died while filming an interview for the revolutionary-born al-Tahrir Television channel, speaking about his...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, said that the Azhar is the only Muslim reference in the world and any other organization has no right to speak on behalf of the Azhar, even if that organization has Azhar scholars.