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Ḥamās urges Palestinian president to set up National unity government
Date of source: 24 Oct 2024
By Maḥmūd Nawfal
The Palestinian resistance movement Ḥamās called on Russia to urge Palestinian President, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās, to start negotiations on forming a national unity government to run the Gaza Strip after the war. Russian media reported that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, met with Mūsa Abū...
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Netanyahu and the Genocidal Holy War
Date of source: 29 Oct 2024
By Jamīl Jūrjī
Currently, the entire world stands idle yet cannot overlook the severity of the genocide in the Gaza Strip, in which fighters, civilians, children, women, and the elderly have been targeted indiscriminately.  This reaction has provoked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attempt to...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs addresses rumors behind resignation of Muqaṭṭam bishop
Date of source: 30 Oct 2024
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church said the al-Muqaṭṭam service has many blessed priests who have offered magnificent service over the years, noting that he remembers Father Samʿān al-Kharrāz, who started his ministry to the church fifty years ago, along with a group of other priests who...
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Ethiopian 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 archbishops who had split from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church formed the “Tigray Orthodox Tewahedo Church Synod,” an ethnic and regional synod, based on a recently produced “Church canon.” In a 16-point statement, the group stated that Abune...
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Fatwā secretary: Islamic sharīʿa acknowledges women’s rights to inheritance
Date of source: 27 Oct 2024
By Ḥasan Samīr
Dr. Zaynab al-Saʿīd, a fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ, said that denying women their inheritance rights is one of the worst offenses a person can commit.  “The Islamic sharīʿa has acknowledged women’s rights to inheritance. Infringement of women’s rights to receive their shares of the inheritance...
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Azhar professor calls out informal ʿurfī marriages used to facilitate financial gains.
Date of source: 27 Oct 2024
By Muḥammad Qādūs
Dr. Hiba ʿŪf, a professor of Qurʾān interpretation at al-Azhar University, said using divorce to get a pension or using ʿurfī (legal but informal) marriage to gain financially are flagrant violations of Islamic and Muslim ethics. “Divorce, according to the Islamic Sharīʿa, is not just a legal...
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Persons found participating in FGM to receive 10-year jail term
Date of source: 22 Oct 2024
By Maryam al-Khaṭrī
According to a representative for the Health & Population Ministry, discussions have taken place surrounding the eradication of female circumcision as a practice in Egypt, with international organizations coming together in a bid to raise awareness on this issue and prevent violence against...
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Grand Imām's mawlid speech generates controversy
Date of source: 19 Sep 2024
By Ḥamdī Dabash
On Monday, September 16, which was the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawī  (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday), Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, made a speech that triggered wide-scale controversy in religious and media circles. Delivered in the presence of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī,...
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Egypt Healthcare Authority and Bayt al-Zakāt sign protocol on medical treatment for uninsured
Date of source: 25 Oct 2024
By Aḥmad Jumʿa
A protocol of cooperation between Egypt Healthcare Authority (EHA) and Bayt al-Zakāt, also known as the Alms and Charity House, was signed during a ceremony attended by Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar. It focused on the treatment of low-income and uninsured patients at al-Azhar...
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Rural religious transformations: From Wahābism to Shaʿrāwī
Date of source: 20 Oct 2024
By Īhāb Nabīl
Religion, with all its official institutions, is one of the ideological organs of the state, being used as a mechanism for control, legitimacy, and justification of policies and practices, to the extent that a degree of religious sanctity is given to these institutions, which monopolize the...
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Health ministry: Female circumcision has nothing to do with religion or honor
Date of source: 25 Oct 2024
By Muhammad Shaʿbān
According to a Health Ministry official, Egypt’s female circumcision rate has significantly decreased, especially for girls under the age of 19. In statements on the show “Kol al-Zawāyā” (All Corners) on the ON E TV network, Dr. Amr Ḥasan, the Health Minister’s advisor for Population & Family...
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Grand Imām of al-Azhar: Intellect protects youth from extremism
Date of source: 22 Oct 2024
By Aḥmad al-Buḥayrī‎ (Ahmad al-Beheiri)
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, highlighted the role of ministries and institutions of culture in Arab nations in attaching importance to the Arabic language. “Cultural institutions contribute to creating sources of Islamic and cultural knowledge, which are capable of attracting...
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Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa: Religion is separate from government operations
Date of source: 23 Oct 2024
By Hānī Ḥusayn
Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa, a well-known media personality, stated that Egypt is a civil state and that religion has no bearing on the government’s service operations. During his talk show Ḥadīth al-Qāhira on al-Qāhira wa al-Nās TV station, ʿĪsa stated, “The government must stand against religionizing politics...
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New draft law on foreigner asylum to Egypt
Date of source: 26 Oct 2024
By Maryam Walīd
According to a legislator, international accords governing refugee conditions were consulted to develop the new draft law on foreigner asylum to Egypt, which the House of Representatives Defense & National Security Committee recently adopted. “The new law aims to provide a comprehensive legal...
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Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā: Oct. 7 was “foolish” suicide operation
Date of source: 19 Sep 2024
By No Author Mentioned
Renowned press and media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, made a statement rejecting any connection between the October 6, 1973 war and the Operation Al-Aqṣā Typhoon, which was carried out against Israel by Ḥamās on October 7, 2023. During the talk show, Ḥadīth al-Qāhira, on al-Qāhira wa al-Nās TV...
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The World after October 7th
Date of source: 15 Oct 2024
By ʿAmr al-Shūbakī
Whether or not you support what happened on October 7, the aftermath has changed the world in a way that guarantees that it will not be the same as it was before. National and international changes that have already taken place will affect the shape and future of the region. The October 7 operation...
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Al-Azhar mourns the death of Yaḥyā al-Sinwār
Date of source: 18 Oct 2024
By No Author Mentioned
Al-Azhar declared a state of mourning for the “heroic martyrs of the Palestinian resistance” after Israel announced that Yaḥyā al-Sinwār, the leader of the Ḥamās movement, had been killed during fighting in the southern Gaza city of Rafaḥ, on Thursday, October 17. “Al-Azhar al-Sharīf mourns the...
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The birthplace of Jesus in Palestine
Date of source: 16 Oct 2024
By Batūl ʿEṣām
As the birthplace of Jesus Christ, the Church of the Nativity in Palestine, is extremely significant to Christians, and all denominations travel there to receive its blessings, especially during the Christmas season. According to the official website of the Bethlehem Municipality, the Church of the...
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Reflections on War in the Qurʾān (Professor Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Mālik Muṣṭafā)
Date of source: 3 Nov 2024
By Professor Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Mālik Muṣṭafā (Al-Azhar University)
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Israeli occupation forces keep Sinwār’s body in classified place
Date of source: 18 Oct 2024
By ʿAbd al-Wahāb al-Jindī
After a full examination of the body at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv (Abū Kabīr), the Hebrew newspaper, Ynet, announced that the Israeli occupation authorities have taken the body of Yaḥyā al-Sinwār to a classified location to keep. According to the article, it is now unclear what...
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