Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1999
Sheikh Tantawi responded to Salah Montaser’s article in Al-Ahram. He says he never said that the person who takes a loan to buy a flat or a new car accepts usury and is considered an apostate.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 14, 1999
The author agrees with the principles for dialogue of Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, Minister of Awqaf, and claims the Egyptian environment is conducive for such dialogue and that there is a real equality between the parties in the dialogue.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 20, 1999
An article about a new weekly publication, Al-Shorouq: Sawt Al-Azhar (Sunrise: the Voice of Al-Azhar), an Islamic newspaper which deals with life and religious affairs moderately, without extremism. The newspaper is the brainchild of Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 1999
Is it true that if a young man obtained a loan from a bank to buy a flat and he paid off the loan and its profits, he would be considered an apostate? This is a fatwa [Islamic ruling] attributed to the Grand Sheik of the Azhar Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi. It was published in the newspaper "Al-Alam...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 1999
Magdy Hussein, editor-in-chief of Al-Shaab, has now been sentenced to two years in prison for libel. The sentence is the result of the campaign of Al-Shaab of over a year against Youssef Wali, Minister of Agriculture. Hulsman met several times with Hussein and described his views on Islam.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 27, 1999
After he was exonerated from accusations of blasphemy and apostasy, Muslim thinker-scholar professor Abdel Sabour Shahin, added fuel to the growing dispute over his latest book when he emphasized that he was abiding with every letter and every word published in his book.
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 19, 1999
The lying prophet, Rashad Khalifa, continues in stating his lies. He said that the Muslim prophets are only three. They are Ibrahim, Mohammed and Rashad Khalifa, the last prophet sent by God. He also said that all the prophets who preceded him had not received from God a tenth of what he has...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 25, 1999
His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday [August 24, 1999] inaugurated the memorial site of one of Prophet Mohammad’s companions in the central Jordan Valley region in Deir Alaa. The ceremony, attended by senior officials and Muslim clergy from different Arab states, is part of the Kingdom’s endeavor...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 21, 1999
Sheikh Tantawi says incest is in complete violation of the Qur`an and that those who commit incest should be severely punished.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 14, 1999
Article 20 of the new Personal Status law has legalized the women’s right of Al-Khulaa, which allows women to divorce themselves by waiving all their financial entitlements. But reviving this system caused controversy among sheikhs.