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Patron Saints
Opinion
August 1, 2012
Patron Saints
Egypt’s revolution was leaderless, but not everyone got the memo. Today legions gravitate towards one notable or another, one visionary…
Three things to consider before mourning sheikh Emad Effat’s death
Opinion
February 16, 2012
Three things to consider before mourning sheikh Emad Effat’s death
A sadness, but not like deathWhen Emad Effat was martyred on Friday, 16 December, just before the call for sunset…
Egypt’s Azhar blossoms in Arab Spring
Egypt
September 7, 2011
Egypt’s Azhar blossoms in Arab Spring
Egypt's highest religious authority, Al-Azhar, is emerging from the shadow of ousted President Hosni Mubarak as it tries to salvage…
Groups approve Al-Azhar constitutional document, but make it non-binding
Egypt
August 17, 2011
Groups approve Al-Azhar constitutional document, but make it non-binding
Islamist and secular groups on Wednesday endorsed a document issued by Al-Azhar earlier this summer affirming that Egypt’s new political…
Al-Azhar’s declaration: A new leap into politics?
Egypt
June 30, 2011
Al-Azhar’s declaration: A new leap into politics?
Al-Azhar’s recently declaration backing a democratic civil state has triggered questions over the political role that the world’s oldest and…
Never mind the firsters, get the process right
Opinion
June 27, 2011
Never mind the firsters, get the process right
Let us start with the good news: the unveiling, a few days ago, of a blueprint for what the new…
Al-Azhar: Protest suicides not allowed in Islam
Egypt
January 19, 2011
Al-Azhar: Protest suicides not allowed in Islam
Egypt's Al-Azhar University, the chief center of religious learning in the Sunni Muslim world, has said that Sharia Law outlaws…
Al-Azhar students protest quad seizure
Egypt
October 23, 2009
Al-Azhar students protest quad seizure
Students at Al-Azhar University's Wafaa Institute for Girls staged a sit-in on Thursday to protest the recent seizure of an…