Four hours with the imam

This article was published on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. My intervention bothered Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb a lot. I spoke with clear evidence about the presence of people around him who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Azhar is our house. It is the main pillar of the tent that is our country. It

Thursday 08-09-2022 06:30 PM

Assassination of intellectual renewal in Islam

The issue of freedom of opinion and expression is a human right that is immutable, safeguarded and affirmed through the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad as he laid the foundations of the only state he established in Medina and ruled for ten years. The Rightly Guided Caliphs were at

Thursday 08-09-2022 02:51 AM

Al-Bawaba … Our big home

There is something in this country that makes life worth living. Perhaps it is my mother's prayers, my father's bones in its soil, my family, or the big house. Al-Bawaba … Yes, this dream that has occupied my mind for thirty years or more now. When I faced the forces of darkness disguised in a religious

Tuesday 06-09-2022 09:45 PM

Ali: Brotherhood hijacks French Islam, Muslims

Director of the Middle East Center for Studies in Paris (CEMO), Abdelrahim Ali, said Tuesday that the Muslim Brotherhood has been trying to organize French Islam over the past 20 years. Attempts in this regard started in 1999 when the Brotherhood tried to found a federalism representing French Muslims,

Tuesday 06-09-2022 05:56 PM

Abdel Moneim Said stands in solidarity with Abdelrehim Aly against al-Qaeda's threats and writes ‘In Search of Voltaire!’

In his article in Nahdet Misr newspaper 15 years ago, that is, on Thursday, November 1, 2007, Dr. Abdel Moneim Said announced his solidarity with Abdelrehim Aly against the threats of al-Qaeda and wrote, “The man did not carry a sword but rather carried a pen, and the man did not curse an organization

Monday 22-08-2022 04:59 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam (Part 13)

In the previous part, we talked about the contemporary voices of renewal and their devotion to the belief in freedom of opinion and expression. 5- Gamal Al-Banna In his book “Freedom of Opinion in Islam”, Gamal Al-Banna says that belief and disbelief are a personal issue and not among the issues of

Tuesday 05-07-2022 06:08 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam: Abdel Rahim Ali (8)

A debate between Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, and Dr. Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, President of Cairo University, has stirred a wide controversy as the Grand Imam’s replies indicated that renewing the religious discourse in Egypt is only preserved to the Al-Azhar Institution.

Friday 01-07-2022 03:57 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam: Abdel Rahim Ali (7)

A debate between Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, and Dr. Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, President of Cairo University, has stirred a wide controversy as the Grand Imam’s replies indicated that renewing the religious discourse in Egypt is only preserved to the Al-Azhar Institution.

Friday 01-07-2022 03:53 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam (Part 5)

Legislation of fighting came in response to aggression and was disliked by the Muslims The debate between Al-Azhar Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb and Cairo University President Dr. Mohamed Othman El-Khosht sparked widespread controversy after it was understood from the Imam’s response that the issue

Friday 01-07-2022 03:38 PM

Abdul Rahim Ali writes: Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam [3]

When Allah created the human being, he gave him the mind that decides whether to believe or not.

Monday 27-06-2022 06:59 PM

Freedom of opinion and expression in Islam (Part 2): On the sidelines of the debate between El-Khosht and Sheikh El-Tayeb

* The Quran is the constitution of Muslims in freedom and difference of opinion * God Almighty is more exalted than the value of human freedom in the Quran * He gave him the choice between believing or disbelieving and bestowed him the intellect with which to decide * Some jurists did the opposite: they closed the door of ijtihad and used analytical tools that lead to fatalism * It is

Monday 27-06-2022 06:45 PM

Osama Anwar Okasha about Abdelrehim Aly: An enlightened Islamic thinker

Monday 27-06-2022 03:34 AM