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Fatwā secretary: Claims of apostasy of Qurʾān singer are inappropriate
Date of source: 17 Oct 2024
By Muḥammad Qādūs
The Fatwā Secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ, Dr. Hishām Rabīʿ, has criticized remarks made by a professor of comparative Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) at al-Azhar University, Dr. Suʿād Ṣāliḥ, regarding the tafkīr (ex-communication) of anyone who composes music or sings verses from the Holy Qurʾān,...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa: Salafīs and Ikhwān are causing economic downfall in Egypt
Date of source: 16 Oct 2024
By Bassām Ramaḍān
Media personality Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa pointed out that Salafīsm in Egypt, as well as the Ikhwān, have been partially responsible for the country’s economic deterioration. During his talk show Ḥadīth al-Qāhira (Cairo Talk) on al-Qāhira Wa al-Nās (Cairo and the People) TV station, ʿĪsa stated, “The...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan
Date of source: 8 Nov 2024
By Nagham ʿAbd al-Khāliq
The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit, or COP29, will be hosted this year in Azerbaijan on November 11-22 to discuss climate change issues, as well as mechanisms on how to curb them. In order to restrict global warming to less...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Legalization of churches displays religious freedom in Egypt
Date of source: 30 Oct 2024
By Ḥamdī Rizq
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 number of legalized churches and affiliate buildings has hit 3,453. These numbers show progress on the...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Evangelical community praises Islamic institutions for promoting tolerant religious discourse
Date of source: 9 Nov 2024
By Muṣṭafā Maḥmūd
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. On the talk show Naẓra (Vision) on the Ṣadā al-Balad TV station,” Zakī said, “Al-...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Perspective from Amsterdam: “The problem lies not with ‘the Jews’ nor ‘the Muslims,’ but with ignoring the rule of law”
Date of source: 24 Nov 2024
By Hilla Dayan
 Following the news of recent events in Amsterdam, many people have asked about my well-being. On November 7th, I participated in the official remembrance of the Kristallnacht in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. The music was beautiful, but security was intense. With police sirens in the...
Reviewed by Lindy Dubben
Translator Lindy Dubben
Analysis of Dutch media reporting around the November 7th clashes in Amsterdam
Date of source: 24 Nov 2024
By Lindy Dubben
   
Reviewed by Lindy Dubben
Translator Lindy Dubben
Muslim Council of Elders calls for promoting tolerance
Date of source: 16 Nov 2024
By Luʾay ʿAlī‎
Under the chairmanship of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, the Muslim Council of Elders called on world leaders and their communities to prioritize fostering tolerance and coexistence. It also called on rejecting all forms of violence and conflict that destabilize societies and deplete...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Biography of the new muftī of Egypt
Date of source: 12 Aug 2024
By No Author Mentioned
Dār al-Iftāʾ published the biography of Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād and the previous positions he occupied after he was appointed new grand muftī of Egypt and chairman of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Authorities Worldwide by President ʿAbd el Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī, Nuhā Ḥurayba
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī, Nuhā Ḥurayba
Ethiopia’s breakaway church announces synod for Tigray church
Date of source: 31 Oct 2024
By Nādir Shukrī
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. In a 16-point statement, the group said...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Lawyer sues producer and writer of The Atheist film
Date of source: 13 Nov 2024
By Ḥusayn Unsī
Lawyer Mortaḍa Manṣūr, the former president of al-Zamālik club, said that a verdict has been obtained in a lawsuit that was filed against producer Aḥmad al-Subkī and writer Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa, in order to ban the screening of their film al-Mulḥid (“The Atheist”) in cinemas both in and outside Egypt for “...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Abrahamism: a new religion
Date of source: 25 Nov 2024
By Fārūq Juwaydah
Strange and suspicious calls are promoting a so-called Abrahamic Religion, which seeks to unite the three divine religions of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism into one faith that would bring the Qurʾān, the Bible, and the Torah together into one book. The calls also aim to establish new...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
The 135th anniversary of Ṭaha Ḥusayn
Date of source: 23 Nov 2024
By Asmāʾ Ḥilmī
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. The history of Dr. Ṭaha Ḥusayn is laden with great intellectual achievements, as he joined...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Fatwā secretary: Islam supports women in leadership positions
Date of source: 4 Nov 2024
By Muḥammad Shiḥta
A fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ affirmed that there is nothing in Islam that denies women the right to assume leading positions, adding that despite what some may think, there is no gender-based preference regarding this issue. Wisām al-Khūlī stated, “There are differences among jurists about...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Syrian Christians between fear and hope
Date of source: 29 Nov 2024
By Asia Minor Editorial Team
After years of fighting, Aleppo’s Christian population once again have a heavy cross to bear. In a city home to the oldest seat of the Christian faith, the return of war has worsened the burden on their shoulders, which are already exhausted from the hardships of daily life. Last Wednesday, armed...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Al-Aqṣā preacher condemns occupation forces’ decision to seize mosque loudspeakers
Date of source: 1 Dec 2024
By No Author Mentioned
On Sunday, December 1, Sheikh Muḥammad Ḥusayn, Grand Muftī of Jerusalem and Palestine and preacher of Al-Aqṣā Mosque, condemned a decision made by Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security in the right-wing occupying Israeli government, pertaining to the seizing of loudspeakers and microphones...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Interview with Fady Ghaṭṭās (Alexandria School)
Date of source: 15 Dec 2024
By Fady Ghaṭṭās
Syria’s Christians caught between terrorism and Jūlānī’s promises
Date of source: 15 Dec 2024
By Ḥanān Fikrī
Ten years ago, extremists in the streets of Syria used to chant “Alawites to coffins and Christians to Beirut.” According to what people who escaped the Syrian turmoil to the Lebanese city of Zahlé on the borders with Syria have told me when I toured the area back in 2014, the chanting has evolved...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
1st international symposium on ‘fatwā and intellectual security’ begins
Date of source: 15 Dec 2024
By Aḥmad al-Buḥayrī‎ (Ahmad al-Beheiri)
The first international symposium, entitled “Fatwā and Achieving Intellectual Security,” has begun at the al-Azhar Conference Center under the patronage of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī. It is being organized by the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide under the auspices of Egypt'...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Reflections on War and Violence in the Old Testament (Rev. Mark Taqqī)
Date of source: 2 Sep 2024
By Rev. Mark Taqqī (Anglican/Epsicopal)
Reviewed by Francine Abdelmalek
Translator Francine Abdelmalek

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