Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 1999 to Wednesday, June 30, 1999
Delegations from 75 Islamic countries and six international Islamic countries and six international Islamic organizations participating in the 11th Cairo International Islamic Conference will tomorrow declare the recommendations of their conference.
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
The theological Islamic scholars warn against the sudden movement of ijtihaad [independent judgment on religious issues] that might arouse civil strife among the Muslims and the scholars. Dr. Abd Al-Sabour Marzouq, the secretary general of the Council of Islamic Affairs, says that the one who...
Date of source: Friday, June 11, 1999
The author of the article asks why the syllabus proposed by the Ibn Khaldoun Institute tries to persuade pupils that the Prophet erred and opposes claims that Mosque speakers incite Muslims against Christians.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The unprecedented rise in the number of Urfi marriages among university students has prompted the Islamic Research Academy to condemn the practice as illegitimate. However, if all Urfi marriages become illegal (haram) as stipulated in the statement made by the IRA, this could block one of the most...
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Egypt’s largest Islamist militant group, the Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya, has announced several new initiatives as part of its effort to switch from violent opposition to the government to a legal alternative, its lawyers said.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 1999
The Grand Sheikh recently clashed with those more politically minded when he refused to lead a prayer for the martyrs of Kosovo. Explaining that it was unlawful according the Muslim Shari’a, he suggested that those who wished to pray for martyrs do so at home or at mosques affiliated to the...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
Sheikh Nasr Farid Wasel, the Grand Mufti of the Republic, took parliamentarians by surprise last week when he objected to a government-sponsored draft law imposing an entrance tax on a wide range of places of entertainment.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 27, 1999
The issue of Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin’s book "The father of Adam" still remains one of great controversy between scholars and theologians. Dar Al-’Aloum (the Faculty of Arabic Language and Literature) at Cairo University held a symposium to discuss the contents of the book.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
Prominent men of religion and outstanding writers and thinkers denounced all sorts of racism, intolerance and disparities among Muslims and non-Muslims.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 27, 1999
Egypt’s mufti Nasr Farid Wasel is a staunch critic of the theories proposed to update the principles of the old schools of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). He is particularly opposed to the leaders of this campaign, Professor Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi and writer Gamal Al-Banna.