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Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt"s most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials at al-Azhar said. He was 81. Abdullah el-Naggar, advisor to the sheikh, told Egypt"s Nile News television the death ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2010-03-10)
Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt"s most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials at al-Azhar said. He was 81. Abdullah el-Naggar, advisor to the sheikh, told Egypt"s Nile News television the death ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2010-03-10)
Egypt"s top Islamic cleric said Thursday that students and teachers will not be allowed to wear face veils in classrooms and dormitories of Sunni Islam"s premier institute of learning, al-Azhar, part of a government effort to curb radical Islamic practices. The decision announced by Sheik of al-Azhar Mohammed Sayyed ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2009-10-09)
Egypt"s top Islamic cleric said Thursday that students and teachers will not be allowed to wear face veils in classrooms and dormitories of Sunni Islam"s premier institute of learning, al-Azhar, part of a government effort to curb radical Islamic practices. The decision announced by Sheik of al-Azhar Mohammed Sayyed ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2009-12-21)
Egypt"s top Islamic cleric said Thursday that students and teachers will not be allowed to wear face veils in classrooms and dormitories of Sunni Islam"s premier institute of learning, al-Azhar, part of a government effort to curb radical Islamic practices. The decision announced by Sheik of al-Azhar Mohammed Sayyed ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2009-10-09)
The leading authority of Sunni Islam and head of Cairo’s Al Azhar institute this week welcomed Egypt’s call to hold the Arab summit, after host Tunisia bowed out at the last minute. “I hope the kings and presidents will overcome their disagreements and agree to President [Hosni] Mubarak’s offer to ...
Read Story at Middle East Times (2004-04-10)
Sunni Islam"s top cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure in Egypt, died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack suffered while boarding a plane. Egypt"s official news agency, MENA, said that Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar - Sunni Islam"s highest seat of learning - ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2010-03-10)
The Islamic Research Council at Al Azhar University has called on the Egyptian government to ban five books, including Soqout Al Imam (The Fall of the Imam) by the controversial feminist author Nawal Al Saadawi. Al Azhar said last month that the books “demean and violate” the image and rules ...
Read Story at Middle East Times (2004-06-05)
Sir - The word “martyrdom” has been misused and abused by Stalinist-Maoist dictators since the beginning of the so-called “October Revolution”. A martyr is someone who gives up his life for the sake of humanity and correct principles, and not someone who dies a terrorist death or dies ...
Read Story at Addis Tribune (2003-07-19)
By Sarah el Deeb Egypt"s top Islamic cleric is planning to bar students wearing the face veil from entering the schools of al-Azhar, Sunni Islam"s premier institute of learning, according to an independent daily. A security official also told The Associated Press on Monday that police have standing ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2009-10-06)
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