Date of source: Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Dr. Candace Lukasik is an assistant professor of Religion and faculty affiliate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures at Mississippi State University. Her research focuses on the transnational politics of migration, violence, and indigeneity in the Middle East, specifically Egypt and Iraq,...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Writer and intellectual Yūsuf Zīdān announced that he has accepted an invitation to debate with Shaykh Osāma al-Azharī, a renowned scholar of al-Azhar and the president’s religious advisor.
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2024
Researcher Islām al-Buḥayrī, a member of the board of trustees of the Takwīn foundation, said the foundation has respect for all religions and has never been in conflict with al-Azhar or the church.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2024
During a meeting to discuss cooperation with the Brazilian ambassador, Paulino Franco de Carvalho Neto, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, emphasized that al-Azhar’s mission is to promote peace globally, as he considered all al-Azhar students and graduates as “envoys of peace” in...
Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2023
Coptic Christians are awaiting the president’s decisions to resolve their issues, which have remained unsolved over the years under successive governments.
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This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2023
Social media in Egypt has been rife with nonsense after a decision by the Ministry of Education to ban the niqāb (face veil) in schools at the beginning of the new academic year.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Political Islam groups never stop their fact-twisting, which can be seen in their claim that banning the ʿabāʾa (loose female Muslim gown) in primary and secondary schools in France is a kind of war on Islam!
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2023
Salafī groups have escalated pressures on the state and the education ministry over a recent decision to ban the niqāb in schools as the new academic year starts.
Date of source: Thursday, September 14, 2023
The salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party said that it will be filing a lawsuit against the decision to ban the niqāb (face-covering veil) in Egyptian schools.