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More than 10,000 Muslims and
Christians attended the ?National Conference to Support the Palestinians? that was held in the St. Mark Cathedral upon
the call of Pope Shenouda. The conference was an expression of Egyptians? objection to the Israeli practices against
the Palestinians. Pope Shenouda...
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The Azhar and the Anglican Church signed a dialogue agreement that aims at
prompting the common values
between Islām and Christianity. After signing the agreement, the British Prime Minister met with the Shaykh of the
Azhar and thanked him for his role in consolidating the relationships between...
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President Mubarak has met with the delegation representing the three heavenly religions in the inter-
religious dialogue conference that was held in Alexandria. He warned against the provocative activities of Israel as
it is in the nature of such activities to lead to more blood shedding. At the...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2007
The increasing phenomenon of Fatwás being issued by “satellite Shaykhs” is discussed. The author questions who has the authority to control these Fatwás, and why they issue is not being focused on.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 26, 2007
Dr. Jābir ‘Aṣfūr, the secretary general of the Supreme Council for Culture, responds to an article entitled, ’No Theocracy in Islām,’ authored by the grand Imām of the Azhar, Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī, published in al-Ahrām on February 21, 2007.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 21, 2007
The medical tests that Shaykh of the Azhar Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī is undergoing in Saudi Arabia raised the ambitions of several Shaykhs to assume the dignified and highly respectable office of Shaykh of the Azhar.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 22, 2007
Shaykh of the Azhar Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī asserted that he had not yet announced his final approval to visit the Vatican, stating that the decision as to whether to approve or reject the visit requires deliberation and would not be made until the Azhar receives a formal invitation from Pope...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 12, 2006
This article discusses the formation of the Arab-West Report. It talks about why the organization was formed and gives some important examples from the history of the organization such as the visit by the former Dutch Prime Minister Andreas van Agt.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 7, 2007
The author analyzes the crisis of issuing Fatwás in terms of the discord status among official bodies of Fatwá, and their claims of monopolizing the Islām.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2007
The Shaykh of the Azhar Muhammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī referred to the possibility of resuming the Azhar-Vatican dialogue that stopped after the Roman Catholic pope’s highly-publicized and controversial lecture on Islām.