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Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2026
The following paper presents a summary translation of a lecture delivered by Professor Ismāʿīl ʿAbd Allāh of al-Azhar University at a "Journey of Learning" interfaith conference in Cairo held from June 23rd to 25th, 2025. The conference was a joint project of the Centre for Christian-Muslim...
Rulings related to Women in Positions of Religious and Political Leadership: Summary and Translation
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2026
Rulings related to Women in Positions of Religious and Political Leadership: Summary and Translation
Excerpted from "Fatwas and Rulings on Women in Islam" (Fatāwā wa-aḥkām al-marʾa fī al-islām, Cairo: Dār al-Iftāʾ al-Miṣriyya, 2025)
By H.E. Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād – The Grand Muftī of Egypt...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād, is taking part in the activities of the first scholarly forum organized by the Imām al-Ashʿarī Center at the al-Azhar Conference Center in Cairo on Tuesday, January 27, under the title "Imām al-Ashʿarī: Intellectual Approaches to Islamic Sects:...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
The 57th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) has seen a massive turnout on the Fatwa Corner at al-Azhar pavilion, attracting the attention of the fair visitors in a scene that reflects the size of the public’s interest, especially from young people who are looking for direct answers...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, reiterated the top Sunni establishment’s role in promoting the values of dialogue, moderation, and coexistence and keeping pace with the sciences of the age and linking them to the heritage and the present.
Date of source: Friday, December 12, 2025
Writer and thinker Dr. ʿĀdil Nuʿmān stressed the need to redefine major religious concepts in line with the profound transformations the world is witnessing, noting that terms such as Sharīʿa, kāfir (infidel), jihād and takfīr are no longer applicable with the same historical concepts that arose in...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
The Muslim Council of Elders, under Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, stressed that the protection of women against all forms of violence—physical, psychological, verbal and digital—is a sacred religious, moral and humanitarian obligation.
Date of source: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Rachel M. Scott is Chair of the Department of Religion and Culture and Professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her areas of research include Islamic political thought, modern Islamic law, constitutions, the role of religious scholars in Islam, personal status law,...
Date of source: Sunday, October 12, 2025
Dr. Ayman al-Ḥajjār, a researcher at al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars, said the ḥadīth that reads "A people who make a woman their ruler will never be successful" is a well-documented one reported by Imām al-Bukhārī and narrated by the revered Ṣaḥabī (the Prophet’s Companion) Abū Bakra.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) Dr. Usāma al-Azharī on Tuesday (August 12) received Dr. Aḥmad al-Ḥasanāt, Grand Muftī of the Hāshemite Kingdom of Jordan, at the headquarters of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Cairo, where they exchanged views on cooperation in the field of daʿwa...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.