Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2005
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Institute under Grand Imām Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī approved banning the publication of books that “foment sedition and cause rifts in the Arab and Muslim ranks.”
Date of source: Monday, January 20, 2003
The Grand Imam sent a message to the German paper "Frankfurter Algemeine" commenting on martyrdom operations and the stand of Islam towards terrorism. "Letters to the Editor" show that the majority of Germans know little about Islam and that the dialogue needed between Islam and the West is a...
Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 2004
The Administrative Court scheduled May 4 to start looking into a complaint raised by lawyer Nabih Al-Wahsh, requesting stripping the sheikh of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, of his membership in the Islamic Research Institute, as a step towards suspending him. Al-Wahsh mentioned his...
Date of source: Monday, June 6, 2005
After holding an interview with Hishām Qāsim, Deputy leader of al-Ghad (tomorrow) Party, Muhammad Bakrī of al-Usbouc concludes that Qāsim’s between-the-lines implications made it obvious that he was in favor of U.S. policies after September 11.
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Sheikh Muhammad Sayed Tantawi, came under a suspicious attack on the part of some sheikhs and newspapers in the Gulf, a matter that raised several questions over the true purpose behind this collective attack and whoever stands behind it.
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
‘Sheikh’ Fahmi Huweidi, says in one of our major newspapers, “All the circumstances indicate
that the Israelis, not the Egyptian economy, are the target [of Taba attacks].” In that case we
have to give up our values and Egyptian human heritage in order to view the killing of Israeli
civilians as...
Date of source:
The author sheds light upon the importance of human relations with regards to the
Palestinian resistance and the Palestinian people, stressing the psychological suffering that the
Palestinian families go through when they lose loved ones because of suicide operations [with
comments].
Date of source: Wednesday, January 14, 2004
The confessions of those
accused of perpetrating terrorist operations in Saudi Arabia about the ways the sheikhs of
“incitement” convinced them that such terrorist actions would open the doors of paradise to them,
show that they confuse many of the prominent figures who support jihad. The...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2004
The article is a commentary on a question published in Sout Al-Azhar newspaper about the Islamic judgment on the person who pays money [to a public servant] in return for a personal service or interest like [obtaining] employment. Dr. Mosbah Hamad, deputy director of the Faculty of Shari’a and Law...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Dr. Ahmad al
-Tayyib, President of the Azhar University, talks in al-Musawwar about the legality of a woman leading prayer, the Western
demands for a change in the Azhar curricula, and reports that Jihād verses were omitted from the Azhar curricula.