Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2002
Our new boardmember Dr. Wolfram Reiss responded to the summary of an article of Rose el-Youssef (RNSAW, 2002, week 39A, art. 6) and wondered whether the Iqbal el-Saba´i, the author of the article had correctly presented the views of bishop Mounir, head of the Episcopal Church in Egypt, and sheikh...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 28, 2002 to الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 4, 2002
[The RNSAW presented a summary of this text in week 39A. This is a full translation]
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 28, 2002 to الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 4, 2002
.The statement approved by the Azhar Permanent Committee for Dialogue and by the Anglican Church raised many questions concerning the correction of some information that is being taught about each religion. Sheikh El-Zafzaf said that this change of curricula started when an Azhar scholar found some...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2002 to الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 23, 2002
The Creed and Philosophy Committee in the Islamic Research Institute has decided to give the apostate a lifetime chance to recant his apostate ideas and not only a three-day chance as is laid down in the Islamic fiqh [jurisdiction]. The article shows the pros and cons to this decision.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2002 to الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 12, 2002
Rose El-Youssef´s special file on extremism for this week shows how the magazine resisted extremism. It also discussed the reasons for Egypt´s success in overcoming terrorism, the issue of the cassettes containing lectures by sheikhs who claim to preach in the name of religion, the...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 11, 2002 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 17, 2002
President of the Azhar Permanent Committee of Inter-Religious Dialogue denied that the sheikh of the Azhar had received an invitation from the Archbishop of Canterbury to hold a meeting for dialogue. He refuted this news broadcast by the Arabic information net.
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2002 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 3, 2002
Many Muslim scholars explained that, according to the Shari´a, it is not right to use mosques for demonstrations. Mosques are places for worship and preaching, holy places that should not be a place for shouting and gathering. Expressing anger and dissatisfaction could be done through collecting...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 30, 2002 to الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 5, 2002
The Egyptian TV shows religious programs giving fatwas live on air. This leads to confusion among people as fatwas are given without due reflection. The head of the Azhar Fatwa Committee said that not every question could be answered directly. An Azhar scholar said that those who give fatwas...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 16, 2002 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 22, 2002
In this article, Egypt´s new Mufti speaks about the duties of Dar El-Ifta´ and the issues on which it can and cannot give fatwas. He said that it is important for specialists beside religious scholars to be consulted on issues such as genetic engineering, banking and medicine. This makes the fatwas...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 9, 2002 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 15, 2002
The Grand Imam speaks about the agreement the Azhar signed with the Anglican Church. He said that there would be more agreements with other churches in the future. He added that the most important thing is that the dialogue should not focus on creeds. It should focus more on supporting the...