Displaying 21 - 30 of 30.
31. Dire need to face the chaos of religious freedom of expression
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2006
A Muslim-Christian conference has been held to face, what the author describes as, the chaos of religious freedom of expression.
24. Al-Azhar refuses foreign intervention to develop curriculum
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2006
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.
3. Pope attacks Islam and the Prophet Muhammad
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 15, 2006
A review of the statements made in response to statements made by Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican in Germany which sparked anger from many Arab and Islamic countries as well as from Muslim communities in Europe. Calls were made for a clear official apology.
5. New legislation to curb the sea of fatwas on the cards
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2006
In an attempt to curb the sea of fatwas, the Azhar has recently submitted a proposal to the People’s Assembly, in which it called for introducing legislation to criminalize the issuance of fatwas by unqualified Muslim scholars, Muhammad Khalīl writes.
5. The document of religious rights disappeared from the Azhar
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 8, 2006
The controversial document of religious rights has disappeared from the Azhar sheikhdom, raising many questions over the grand imām’s relations to it. Al-Maydān publishes a picture of Dr. Tantāwī and Shaykh cAmr al-Bastawīsī, the former head of the office of the grand imām, shaking hands...
26. Referee al-Sayyid suspends football league games to hear the adhan
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 6, 2006 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 12, 2006
The author investigates the practice of an international football referee, Muhammad al-Sayyīd, who has reportedly stopped several games in the football league to listen to the adhān.
64. The head of the Azhar’s Inter-religious Committee for Dialogue between the Heavenly Religions: al-Samman did not fund the former committee from his own funds
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 5, 2006
Shaykh ‘Umar al-Dīb, the new head of the Azhar’s Inter-Religious Committee for Dialogue between the Heavenly Religions, in an interview spoke about the tasks and the financial system of the committee.
63. Mufti of the republic apologizes for not participating in the Islamic Research Academy dialogue committee
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 2, 2006
Contrary to the expectations of many, the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a has apologized for not participating in the newly-formed Interfaith Dialogue Committee affiliated with the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy.
13. Surprise, the Shaykh of the Azhar attends a celebration of Jewish Community in Egypt after ‘supplicating God’
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 27, 2006
Sawt al-Umma reports that the Shaykh of the Azhar has accepted an invitation to attend the Hanukah celebration in Egypt, while on the same day, Rose al-Yousuf publishes the Azhar’s denial of the news.
24. Vice-president of the Azhar’s Interfaith Dialogue Committee resigns over proposal to form second dialogue committee
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2006
During last Thursday’s meeting of the Islamic Research Academy [http://www.isra.org.uk/], the grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, revealed an initiative to form an interfaith dialogue committee affiliated to the academy.

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