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The Role of Islam in Combating Extremism (Dr. Ismāʿīl ʿAbd Allāh )
Date of source: 22 Feb 2026
By Ismāʿīl ʿAbd Allah
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Muslim Women in European Society (Dr. ʿAzza Ramaḍān)
Date of source: 22 Feb 2026
By ʿAzza Ramaḍān (Professor)
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Being a Christian Woman in Egypt: A Personal and Sociological Journey (Dr. Sāmiyah Qadrī Wanīs)
Date of source: 22 Feb 2026
By Sāmiyah Qadrī Wanīs (Professor)
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Is fasting obligatory if an Islamic country announces the sighting of the Ramadan Crescent?
Date of source: 9 Feb 2026
By ʿAlī Shibl
In a series of fatwas concerning Ramadan and fasting, Dr. ʿAṭiyya Lāshīn, Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence and member of the Fatwa Committee at al-Azhar, answered a question he received: "Is it obligatory for all Muslims to fast if the crescent moon is sighted in one country, or does each country...
Reviewed by Bas Breet, Minna al-Maʿāz
Translator Bas Breet, Minna al-Maʿāz
Coptic minor suffering from mental disability "concealed" at a care home
Date of source: 13 Feb 2026
By No Author Mentioned
Journalist Ashraf Ḥilmī severely criticized the "concealment" of Coptic young girl Silvana ʿĀṭif, a minor who suffers from a mental disability, from her parents at a government care home. This comes after the Ṭāmya prosecution in al-Fayyūm province decided to place the girl in a care home...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Missing underage Coptic girl with disability found, placed in care home
Date of source: 1 Feb 2026
By Nādir Shukrī
Underage Coptic girl Silvana ʿĀṭif Fānūs, whose family claimed she had been kidnapped but was later found by the police, has been placed in a public care home for children by order of the public prosecutor of Ṭāmya in al-Fayyūm province, some 110 km southwest of Cairo, where Silvana was found. Her...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Grand Imām of al-Azhar warns of posts denying the Prophet Muḥammad’s Sunna
Date of source: 12 Feb 2026
By No Author Mentioned
Al-Azhar warned on Thursday against videos and posts on social media that call for "relying solely on the Holy Qur’ān as the source of Islamic legislation and denying the Sunna of the Prophet Muḥammad entirely or partially." According to a post on Al-Azhar’s account on the X platform, the top Sunni...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Sayyid Aḥmad al-Badawī, a symbol of Sufism and the spiritualities of Ramaḍān
Date of source: 11 Feb 2026
By Hiba ʿUmāra
Sayyid Aḥmad al-Badawī is considered one of the most prominent figures of Sufism in Egypt and the Islamic world. His name is closely associated with the city of Ṭanṭā, al-Gharbīya governorate, where his mosque and shrine have become a spiritual destination for millions of visitors throughout the...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Debate on Christian Personal Status Law
Date of source: 20 Feb 2026
By Ḥamdī Rizq
Prime Minister Moṣṭafa Madbūlī should take the bull by the horns and push the draft Personal Status Law for Christians to the House of Representatives in its new lineup to debate it publicly and endorse it if it is unanimously approved. This is a commendable action by the government, and I will...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Pope Tawāḍrūs II welcomes the church delegation returning from the Vatican
Date of source: 13 Feb 2026
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs (Tawadros) II welcomed the Church delegation returning from a visit to the Vatican as a part of the Eastern Orthodox Family delegation at the invitation of the Vatican’s Department for the Promotion of Christian Unity. During the meeting, the delegation presented a...
Reviewed by Minna al-Maʿāz
Translator Minna al-Maʿāz
Visitor reception times at the Monastery of Anbā Shinūda during the Great Lent
Date of source: 15 Feb 2026
By Ayman Kamāl
The Monastery of Anbā Shinūda (known as the White Monastery) in the western mountains of the Sūhāg governorate released a statement announcing a new schedule for receiving visitors during Great Lent. The statement clarified that the monastery will only receive visitors on three days a week: Friday...
Reviewed by Phoebe Lewis
Translator Phoebe Lewis
Grand Imām of al-Azhar orders the publication of scholarly responses to Sunna criticisms
Date of source: 12 Feb 2026
By Luʾay ʿAlī‎
Al-Azhar stated that it has been monitoring the circulation of video clips and posts promoting ideas that advocate relying solely on the Noble Qurʾān as a source for Islamic law, denying the Sunna of the Prophet wholly or partially, calling for a complete break with the Islamic heritage, and...
Reviewed by Margarita Louisa Yanez
Translator Margarita Louisa Yanez
French Interior Minister visits Algiers to discuss bilateral ties
Date of source: 16 Feb 2026
By rima.a
The French Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, has started an official two-day visit to Algeria. In a context of sensitive diplomatic times, he will meet with his Algerian counterpart, Saïd Sayoud (Saʿīd Saʿyūd), to discuss several sensitive and priority issues. The meeting was initiated by...
Reviewed by Lize Jasperse
Translator Lize Jasperse
Rulings related to Women in Positions of Religious and Political Leadership: Summary and Translation
Date of source: 16 Feb 2026
By Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād (H.E. Grand Muftī of Egypt)
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
President of al-Azhar University discusses cooperation with a Dutch delegation
Date of source: 6 Jan 2026
By Maḥmūd Muṣṭafā Abū Ṭālib
Dr. Salāma Jumʿa Dāwud, President of al-Azhar University, confirmed that al-Azhar’s message is global and that it wants to spread its central approach locally, regionally, and globally. He said that this is the secret behind al-Azhar’s lofty status that it has maintained for over a thousand years....
Reviewed by Isa Raaijmakers
Translator Isa Raaijmakers
Minister of Social Solidarity orders urgent aid for families of Abū Fānā Monastery victims in al-Minyā
Date of source: 7 Feb 2026
By No Author Mentioned
Dr. Māyā Mursī, Minister of Social Solidarity, in coordination with the Director of the Social Solidarity Directorate in al-Minyā Governorate, directed the disbursement of the necessary aid to the families of the victims of the collapse of an internal wall at one of the buildings of the historic...
Reviewed by Minna al-Maʿāz
Translator Minna al-Maʿāz
The date of the holy month of Ramaḍān in Egypt 2026 - Astronomical calculations and the date of crescent moon sighting
Date of source: 11 Feb 2026
By Nurhān Abd al- Rahmān
In Egypt and throughout the Islamic world, millions of Muslims are eagerly awaiting the date of the holy month of Ramaḍān due to its spirituality and the great significance it holds in their hearts. Ramaḍān is a month of fasting, worship and drawing closer to God, during which there is a noticeable...
Reviewed by Phoebe Lewis
Translator Phoebe Lewis
Pope Tawāḍrūs II inaugurates a seminar on Coptic convents
Date of source: 10 Feb 2026
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
Yesterday evening, His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs (Tawadros) II inaugurated a seminar on Coptic monasticism and convents of nuns in Egypt and abroad, which is being held over the course of 6 days at the headquarters of the Coptic Saint Mark Academy in the Logos Center at the Monastery of Saint Anba...
Reviewed by Margarita Louisa Yanez
Translator Margarita Louisa Yanez
Visiting the Al-Azhar Fatwā Corner at the 2026 Cairo International Book Fair
Date of source: 15 Feb 2026
By Menna al-Maʿāz
Azhari professor says Israel is a historically and geographically illegitimate entity
Date of source: 8 Feb 2026
By Ṣada al-Balad
A professor at al-Azhar said that Israel is an "illegitimate" entity, both historically and geographically, adding that its existence in the region is "weird" in terms of geography, religion, civilization and language. "The disparate origins of the Israelis deprive them of the concept of a nation...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī

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