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Date of source: Saturday, August 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.
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 1999
Dr. Hussein Bahaa’ Eddin accused an Islamic group of spreading rumors about the Ministry of Education perverting the Holy Hadiths [the Islamic traditions concerning the Prophet Mohammed and other prophets] in the educational syllabuses, deleting some of the Qur’anic verses, and [by the ministry...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 1999
Some members of the Islamic Research Council (IRC) argued that Shahin challenged confirmed facts in the creed, the majority rejected this view and called for debating the issue with the author in a closed session. The inquiry which included prominent sheikhs acquitted Shahin of this offense,...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 1999
The author discusses the attitude of Azhar towards Abd Al-Sabour Shahin and his book "My father Adam." The members of the Islamic Research Council refused to apostatize Dr. Shahin and they asked to discuss his thoughts with them. Shahin promised he will correct his mistakes in the second printing...
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2012
The great Imam of Al-Azhar says he is against all the methods of carelessness and ignorance in these schools.
Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 1999
The Azhar played a significant role in the struggle of our nation against imperialistic campaigns. Now some 100.000 books of the Azhar library are put on the internet. More then 40.000 historical documents and references will follow.
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2012
Abdel Sabour Shahin’s book "My father Adam, the story of creation between legend and truth" has caused a great deal of trouble for Sheikh Al-Azhar [the Sheikh of Al-Azhar]. Since a lawyer raised a case against the book’s author, the Sheikh and the book’s publisher, the Sheikh of Al-Azhar has been...
Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 1999
During his meeting with the students of Alexandria University, the Great Imam, Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the sheikh of Al-Azhar, confirmed that Egypt has never known the religious persecution because it is the country of all religions since the first daybreak.
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 1999
The court sentenced a journalist in Al-Ahrar and the ex-general secretary of Al-Azhar Scholars Front to pay a penalty of ten thousand pounds to the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi.
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 1999
Tomorrow Abu Bakr Al-Sedik Camp will start. The Camp is held under the supervision of Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, the minister of Al-Awqaf. The aim of this youth gathering is to spread the correct Islamic call during the summer vacation.
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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.