Date of source: Thursday, June 12, 2014
Dār al- Iftā’ requested state institutions to organize reforming campaigns as a form of treatment to the phenomena of sexual harassment. Dr. Ibrahīm Nigm, Advisor to Grand Muftī, stated that there are segments and parties that have corrupt concepts and aim to spread moral chaos.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The Azhar Shaykh, Ahmad al- Tayyib, received Dr. Khudair al- Khuzā’ī, vice president of Iraq. Khuzā’ī stated that the Islamic ummah agrees that the Azhar is the symbol for moderate thought.
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Dahshūr unrest entered a new juncture on Friday (Aug. 3) after dozens of local Copts and several Coptic movements protested outside the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah to reject the forced displacement of 120 Christian families.
Giza Governor Dr. ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Rahman,...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Scholars from the Azhar attacked demands by al-Nūr to add the phrase “the four Islamic doctrines” to Article II, noting the people asking for this addition “have flawed understanding of the Islamic sharī’ah”.
Former Muftī of the Republic Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, a representative of the Azhar on the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2012
Meanwhile, signs of a new crisis between Muslim and Christian clerics members of the constitution-drafting panel emerged over Article II that currently reads as “…the principles of the Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation,” over attempts to remove the word principles.
Representatives...
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2012
Meanwhile, signs of a new crisis between Muslim and Christian clerics members of the constitution-drafting panel emerged over Article II that currently reads as “…the principles of the Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation,” over attempts to remove the word principles.
Representatives...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
Meanwhile, the Azhar denied reports that it quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, confirming participation in the panel’s work. The three Egyptian churches, however, stated that they will coordinate with the Azhar to take a joint decision regarding the assembly. [...
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2012
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met on Thursday (May 24) with Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb and leaders of the different Christian denominations in Egypt at the Azhar’s headquarters and Saint Mark Cathedral in the district of al-‘Abbāssīyah separately.
Emerging from a meeting with...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah, for his part, urged all segments of the Egyptian society to do their national duty by actively participating in the presidential elections to be held on Wednesday (May 23) and Thursday (May 24).
Jum’ah called for respecting the will of the people and the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
On the other hand, the Azhar reiterated rejection against drafting any laws pertaining to regulation of work inside it away from its scholars, shaykhs and old history, adding it refuses many of the amendments submitted by Salafī lawmaker ‘Alī Qatāmish, particularly stripping the Azhar of its status...