Date of source: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Authored by the Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyeb, this statement was published on January 8th, 2012, after the initial stages of the Arab Spring to clarify Al-Azhar's vision of basic human freedoms. It addresses the freedom of belief, the freedom of opinion and expression, the freedom of scientific...
Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2024
On Wednesday, 16th October, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune accused “extremist circles in France” of “attempting to distort collective memory and consign it to oblivion.”
Date of source: Saturday, November 23, 2024
The birth anniversary of Ṭaha Ḥusayn, a master of Arabic literature who died at the age of 83 in 1973, has been honored in recent days. Ḥusayn was a pioneer of enlightenment and contemporary writing in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Media personality Aḥmad al-Muslimānī has stated that the United States constitution guarantees freedom of expression on any political issue, except when it comes to the question of Israel and Palestine.
Date of source: Thursday, October 31, 2024
Following a three-day meeting, a group of bishops and metropolitans who had split from the main Ethiopian Orthodox Church established an ethnic and regional synod known as the “Tigray Orthodox Tewahedo Church Synod” based on a recently published canon law.
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2024
The head of the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, Priest Dr. Andrea Zakī, said President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī has made freedom of worship a priority, praising Egypt’s “excellent” handling of sectarian strife.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The decision to legalize 293 churches and affiliate buildings by an ad hoc committee during its meeting on October 21 should not go unnoticed. Since the first legalization efforts in May 2018, the total number of legalized churches and affiliate buildings has hit 3,453.
Date of source: Monday, October 14, 2024
Muslim books on Christian mission for the Mikado library
Christianity In Africa: Missionaries and Change (African Society of Social Sciences: Tripoli, Libya, 1986).
Christian Missionarism and the Alienation of the African Mind (African Society of Social Sciences: Tripoli, Libya, 1986).
I bought...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa said the presence of Dār al-Iftāʾ clashes with the principles of a democratic state, adding: “With all due respect to all opinions, thoughts, persons, and institutions, but there is no democratic state that has an iftāʾ house.”
Date of source: Monday, September 16, 2024
The life of the Afghan woman has changed considerably over the past few decades. In the past, women had equality, voting rights, and legal protections, polygamy was not permitted, weddings were reserved for girls over the age of 21, and while traditional attire was the norm, some women preferred to...