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Date of source: Wednesday, September 24, 2003
In a few days time, a presidential decree for appointing a new Azhar rector will be issued. Dr. Ismael Al-Deftar, professor of hadith at the Azhar University, or Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, the mufti of Egypt, are most likely to occupy the position and succeed Dr. Ahmed Omar Hashim.
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2003
The rector of the Azhar University asked Arab countries to possess mass destruction weapons to be able to combat any aggression, as God orders Muslims. Such thing is now important especially after the invasion of Iraq.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
President of the Azhar University responds to George Bush Jr. He demands that Islamic leaders contend against Western allegations and Western accusations against Islam and Muslims. He adds that those allegations and accusations have reached a point where the West is demanding the closing of the...
Date of source: Monday, February 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.
Date of source: Saturday, February 25, 2006
Recent research findings on the increasing rate of melanoma among girls have raised controversy among Egyptian dermatologists and Muslim scholars, after claims by some Muslim preachers linked skin cancer to revealing clothes worn by young girls.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2001
Eighty female Azhar students filed 80 lawsuits against the rector of the Azhar University, claiming that he discriminated them. Although both male and female students studying at the secondary schools of the Azhar were examined about the same questions and the same subjects, the percentage rate...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2001
Ahmed Omar Hashim, the Rector of the Azhar University faces serious accusations. According to the head of the board members of the Sup Muslim Youth Association in Cairo, the least serious accusation facing him is hiring a group of criminals to take possession of supplies and equipments belonging...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2000
Gamal Badawi, the editor in chief of Sout Al-Azhar resigned because the Sheikh of the Azhar did not listen to his requests regarding improvement of the conditions of those who work for the paper. Most of those who work for the paper have refused to co-operate with the new editor in chief.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 30, 2000
The president of the Azhar University attacked the requests for accepting non-Muslims at the Azhar University, confirming that according to the law the Azhar is an Islamic University for Muslims. In addition, The General Secretary of the Islamic Universities Association, said that there is no...
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2000
In this article, the writer asks the president of the Azhar University many questions concerning the demonstration of the Azhar students against Haider’s novel and the criticism directed to him.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.