Date of source: Friday, February 14, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar stresses that launching a war against Iraq will have side effects on all neighboring countries. Pope Shenouda says that the world fears the consequences of an attack on Iraq and that a peaceful solution is best.
Date of source: Friday, February 14, 2003
Overview of the seminar “Renewing Religious Discourse” that was held in the framework of the Cairo International Book Fair. Participants stressed the necessity of renewing religious discourse in a way that suits the changes of life. They believe the Azhar should inform people to reject foreign...
Date of source: Monday, February 3, 2003
At the time the Secretariat-general of the Islamic World League is asking the United Nations to put an end to the attacks on Islam, T-shirts with a print of a sexy semi-nude girl on the background of a Qur´anic verse and copies of the Qur´an which have on their inner covers photos of...
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2003
The Azhar Permanent Inter-religion Dialogue Committee will participate in the International Economic Forum, on January 23 in Switzerland. Head of the committee said that he would focus on refusing globalization during the forum.
Date of source: Friday, July 29, 2005
The EU has agreed to finance the new system in which the National Council of Human Rights will receive complaints from citizens. There will be two complaints’ offices. One will serve the Delta governorates and the other the upper Egypt governorates. They will be connected by a sophisticated...
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
The International Relations Committee, under the presidency of Dr. Salāh ‘Āmir of the Human Rights National Council, has recommended the necessity of following externally-published material about the country’s human rights’ situation.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
The Minister of Information, Anas al-Fiqī, highlighted the importance of cooperation between mass media in the Islamic world to present the real image of Islam before the whole world. He added that Arab media should focus on promoting the right understanding of religion.
Date of source: Friday, July 29, 2005
Dr. Muhammad ‘Umāra argues that Muhammad ‘Abduh’s articles, letters, and writings launched a new generation and modernized Arabic writing style. The intellectual press that he led was the banner of reform, through which ‘Abduh’s new conceptual framework was applied.
Date of source: Friday, July 29, 2005
Muslims have been facing many difficult challenges in recent times. Overcoming them will require unity and committed effort.
Date of source: Friday, June 17, 2005
The Islamic Research Academy headed by the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, said desecration of Qur’ān is a real setback for human rights topped by freedom of creed and claims of fraternity and cooperation especially with the Islamic nation which constitutes up to quarter of...