Date of source: Tuesday, August 4, 1998
Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar University, discusses several religious issues with the students from the University of Alexandria in a meeting with them during their summer camp.
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 1998
Islamic Sharia has nothing against women nominating themselves for public office and voting said the Grand Mufti Nasser Farid Wassel.
Date of source: Thursday, June 25, 1998
Sha’arawi was considered "something of a saint". He defended Sadat when he visited Israel in 1977. His popularity grew after he resigned as minister of Religious Endowments and his popularity made him almost impervious to criticism and only a few, mostly leftists, dared challenge his religious...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 23, 1998
An autobiography of the phenomenal preacher. The translator added the references to many other articles which appeared about sheikh Sha’arawi in the Egyptian press.
Date of source: Monday, May 11, 1998
Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi says the personal status law does not contradict the religious doctrine in any way. The application of the law is, however, the duty of the judge who may use his own judgment.
Date of source: Friday, May 8, 1998
The declaration of the Sheik Al-Azhar that Bait Al-Ta’a, The institution of forcing the wife who has left the house of her husband to return to it, does not exist in Islamic theology, angered a lot of Muslim scholars.
Date of source: Thursday, April 30, 1998
Sheik Tantawi, the sheik of Al-Azhar mosque denied having told the French interior minister that Muslim women in France may forgo wearing the veil in schools according to a report by Agance France Presse, denied by MENA.
Date of source: Monday, March 16, 1998
A new law allows the courts to hear cases related to Orfi-marriage, a form of marriage not recognized until now by the official authorities.