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Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2023
A senior and well-respected cleric of al-Azhar, Shaykh ͑Alī Maḥmūd Abū al-Ḥassan, has passed away at the age of 85. During his life, Shaykh Abū al-Ḥassan held important positions including the role of chairman of al-Azhar’s Fatwā Committee, assistant secretary-general of the Islamic Research...
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2023
On Monday following the conclusion of the Senate’s general meeting, the Religious Affairs and Awqāf (religious endowments) Committee met to study and discuss the Egyptian Family House’s efforts in raising awareness of the core values that it promotes, including tolerance and coexistence, and...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Al-Azhar has held celebratory cultural and religious events to mark the 1,083rd anniversary of its establishment, which included recitations of the Holy Qurʾān and speeches discussing the history of al-Azhar. The events were attended by religious leaders from al-Azhar and from the Egyptian churches...
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2023
Whilst speaking on an episode of his daily Ramaḍān television program, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, addressed the issue of husbands beating their wives. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb emphasized that the Qurʾān does not condone such actions and instead orders men to treat their wives with...
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2023
Cairo 24 lists 100 prominent statements of Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyib since assuming the position of Shaykh al-Azhar thirteen years ago. The list presented below follows Cairo 24’s article in highlighting 15 of these statements. The full list of 100 statements can be accessed in the original article.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has issued a response to the situation of a boy who was originally adopted and raised by Coptic parents, before being taken into the custody of the state, and declared to be Muslim. The statement, released through the al-Azhar Fatwa Global...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The al-Azhar Fatwa Global Center has reached a decision regarding the religion of an adopted child, who was adopted by a Coptic couple after being found in a church, but then later taken in by the authorities, assigned to the Islamic faith instead and given a Muslim name. The Center explained,...
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Ahṃad al-Ṭayyīb, has spoken about the status of women in Islam in a Facebook post on his official page. Whilst citing the Holy Qurʾān and the sunnah, Dr. Ṭayyīb expressed that the Prophet Muḥammad insisted on men and women being equal, as well as condemning...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
During a lecture held by the World Association of al-Azhar Graduates, and organized in cooperation with the al-Azhar International Academy for Training, Dr. Muṣṭafā Ṣalāḥ addressed the topic of false ideas and narratives being spread about Islam by those who maintained extremist ideologies. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
The Islamic Research Academy of al-Azhar holds an interfaith symposium on supporting people with disabilities and ways to protect their rights.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.