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Grand Muftī: Most of the extremist fatwas are made by people outside the religious establishment
Date of source: 7 Jun 2024
By Unknown
According to the Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, the majority of radical fatwas were issued by individuals who were not affiliated with reputable major scholarly institutions or the religious establishment. ʿAllām stated on the Ṣadā al-Balad TV program “Ask the Muftī” that “Dār al-Iftāʾ...
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Parliament member Īhāb Ramzī: Wives may have the right to initiate divorce without khulʿ
Date of source: 15 May 2024
By Muhammad Shaʿbān
Dr. Īhāb Ramzī, a member of the Legislative Committee of the House of Representatives, stated that his suggestion to divide the ʿIsmah between husbands and wives was not new and that his intention was merely to simplify the steps of the current khulʿ. [D.A.B Editorial Note: ʿIsmah is the right of a...
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Muslim Council of Elders expresses concerns over deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Sudan
Date of source: 4 Jun 2024
By Muḥammad Ghannūm
The Muslim Council of Elders, chaired by Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, expressed deep concern over the “dire humanitarian conditions in Sudan, including forced displacement, food and medicine shortages and the spread of epidemics.” In a statement, the council called on the...
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Sharīf Jābir sentenced to 5 years in jail for contempt of religion
Date of source: 27 May 2024
By Fāṭima Riḍā and Injī Hība
The young man, Sharīf Jābir, received a sentence of a total of five years in jail by the al-Ismāʿīlīya Court of Misdemeanour for posting films on social media that incited atheism and insulted religion. Prior to this, he had caused controversy with videos he posted on his YouTube channel...
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Episcopal/Anglican Church bids final farewell to priest ʿĀdil Tūmā
Date of source: 24 May 2024
By Mīrnā Rizq
On Friday (May 24), Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Province of Alexandria for the Episcopal/Anglican Church in Egypt, performed gratitude prayers for the deceased priest ʿĀdil Tūmā. “The Holy Spirit will grant us all the consolation we need. We thank God to have given us his servant Priest ʿĀdil...
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Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa: Egyptian movie in Cannes puts focus on great Egyptian women
Date of source: 31 May 2024
By Unknown
Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa praised the Egyptian movie ‘I Raised My Eyes to the Sky,’ directed by Ayman al-Amīr and Nadā Rīyāḍ, which also won the L'Œil d'Or, or the Golden Eye, award for Best Documentary at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. “The movie ‘I Raised my Eyes to the Sky’ won the Golden Eye...
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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem calls for end to Gaza war
Date of source: 17 May 2024
By Unknown
The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine (HCC) said a visit by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, to Gaza under Israel’s prolonged hostility is a “message to all world leaders to work towards ending this war and bring about a just peace that...
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Senior cleric: Ṣūfīsm protects young people from the “hazard of extremism”
Date of source: 28 May 2024
By ʿAmr Rushdī
A former advisor of the Grand Imām of al-Azhar said that Islamic Ṣūfīsm protects young people from the “hazard of extremism,” adding that people have to be aware of the sound form of Ṣūfīsm, or Islamic mysticism. “The main objective of this endeavor is to protect the youth of this nation from any...
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Ṣūfīs celebrate the mūlid of Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī (d.1258)
Date of source: 3 May 2024
By Muḥammad al-Gharīb
During the last Friday of the Hegira calendar month of Shawwāl, the Ṣūfī Orders celebrate the mūlid (birth anniversary) of the founder of the Shādhilī Order, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī. Shādhilī lived in Alexandria and received his scholarly fiqh (jurisprudence) in Tunisia. In Morocco, he met his...
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Fatwa secretary: Muslims slaughtering sacrificial animals on the streets are “cursed”
Date of source: 30 May 2024
By Muḥammad Qādūs
A fatwa secretary at the Dār al-Iftāʾ stated that slaughtering the udḥīya (sacrificial animals in Islam) in the streets is a cursed act, as said by the Prophet Muḥammad. “Islam has taught us to be orderly and pursue regulations of udḥīya slaughtering in the places defined by authorities,” said...
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Coptic businessman Sāwīrīs sparks debate with post about Christian belief in one God
Date of source: 22 May 2024
By Unknown
Egyptian businessman Najīb Sāwīrīs has sparked controversy among social media users following a post in which he said, “We Christians believe in one God,” renewing controversy he had made the prior week following a similar post in which he cited a verse of the Qurʾān (Sūrat Al-Kāfirūn) as evidence...
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Al-Azhar professor claims calls for debate with Takwīn members serve as propaganda tactics
Date of source: 27 May 2024
By Unknown
Dr. Saʿad al-Dīn al-Hilālī, a professor of jurisprudence (fiqh) at al-Azhar University, stated that the debates about the Sunna (the traditions of the Prophet Muḥammad) or the Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī collection of ḥadīths, are being used as propaganda tools rather than topics of genuine discussions aimed...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs delivers a lecture to newly-ordained priests at COPTICAD forum
Date of source: 26 May 2024
By Wāʾil ʿAlī
During the two-day forum of the Coptic Institute for Church Administration and Development (COPTICAD) in the Logos center in Wādī al-Naṭrūn, Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church delivered a lecture to 35 newly-ordained priests. The 35 priests had all completed the basic training course on...
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Azhar Grand Imām offers condolences to Iranian people over death of President Raisi
Date of source: 20 May 2024
By Muḥammad Ayman Sālim
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, the world's leading Sunni Islamic institution, extended condolences to the Iranian people following the tragic death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in a helicopter crash that took place this month. In a social media statement issued by al-Azhar,...
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Osāma al-Azharī reacts to Takwīn center
Date of source: 21 May 2024
By ‘Aḥmad Al-Buḥayrī
Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, the president’s advisor for religious affairs, said it was causing him and other pious Muslims significant discomfort to hear calls for recognizing only the Holy Qurʾān and denying the Sunnah, which is an established precept of Islam. “Al-Azhar has always been a protector of...
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Anbā Ermia expresses solidarity with Osāma al-Azharī in his statement on Takwīn center
Date of source: 21 May 2024
By Āya Yūsuf
Anbā Ermiā, Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center (COCC), announced solidarity with the statement by Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, the president’s advisor for religious affairs, regarding the controversial Takwīn foundation. “We all seek to preserve religious precepts as we received them without...
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Researcher Islām al-Buḥayrī: Takwīn does not clash with al-Azhar
Date of source: 12 May 2024
By Unknown
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. “Tawkīn is a cultural foundation that aims to consolidate the values of tolerance among the...
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Yūsuf Zīdān accepts debate with Osāma al-Azharī
Date of source: 21 May 2024
By Muḥammad Shākir
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. Azharī said that he would like to debate all the members of the Takwīn foundation. “Out of appreciation for...
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Enlightenment and Islam
Date of source: 15 May 2024
By Ḥusām Badrāwī
A fierce campaign has been launched recently against anyone who dares to express controversial opinions or arguments regarding religion because one must be an expert on religion to be entitled to express an opinion on the matter. Amidst this controversy, I am returning to an article I wrote many...
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Atheism is back once again!
Date of source: 10 May 2024
By al-Saʿīd Ḥamdī
Atheists deny the existence of a God and believe that this universe has come about without a creator. They affirm that material and substance are eternal and presume they have created themselves. This point of view may seem ludacris, yet millions of people around the world have responded positively...
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Egyptians Open Up About Daily Racial, Religious and Sex-Based Aggressions
Date of source: Saturday, December 21, 2013
By: guardianlv
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Christians, women and Baha’i people are the among the largest groups of Egyptians that face racial discrimination on a daily basis. Sometimes it is not even intentional but racial slurs and aggressions have passed into Egyptians’ daily dialogue from generation to generation.
Egyptian Poet Abdul Rahman AlQaradhawi Son Of Yousuf AlQaradhawi The Current Egyptian Rule Is Like A SpiderWeb Doomed To Collapse Soon
Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: MEMRI
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In a recent interview, Egyptian poet and journalist Abdul Rahman Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, the son of prominent Sunni Scholar Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, said: "In my view, the current rule is illegitimate...
Blast at Egyptian army building wounds four soldiers
Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: Reuters
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CAIRO/ANSHAS (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside an Egyptian army building north of Cairo on Sunday, wounding four soldiers, the army said, in the second bomb attack on security forces in the Nile Delta in less than a week.
Egypt's decision fuels vigilante violence against Muslim Brotherhood
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
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CAIRO — Immediately after Egypt's decision to brand the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, the Ministry of Interior announced a hotline for citizens to report suspected members of the outlawed organization. The act was reminiscent of a budget Malta hostel I lived at in 1998.
Egypt's government fails to end civil strife, terrorism
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
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The sight of blood and charred debris, the screams of loss and pain and the rising death toll often leave people speechless, unable to comprehend a thought.
In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood's Legacy Endures
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2013
By: stratfor
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The Egyptian government dealt the Muslim Brotherhood another significant blow Monday, when a court issued a ban on the group's activities. Historically the Brotherhood thrived under its outlaw status; it curried sympathy
Coptic Church Forced to Close Due to Violence From Muslim Brotherhood Backed Aggressors
Date of source: Saturday, December 28, 2013
By: christianpost
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Copts in the village of Tarshoub, Beni Suef, Upper Egypt, are experiencing intimidation after extremists attacked them on Monday. Aggressors threw stones at Coptic homes, burned a tuk-tuk truck owned by a Copt named Magdy Fathi Rizk and a store owned by Badr Maher.
By branding the entire Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists, General Sisi is adopting a well-tested tactic of past Egyptian dictators
Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: themuslimtimes
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don’t want to sound alarmist, but are Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his fellow generals in Egypt planning to hang ex-President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood colleagues? Impossible you might say. 
Multi-Religious Compound in Cairo
Date of source: Tuesday, December 31, 2013
By: themuslimtimes
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It’s a unique mystical spot in the Egyptian capital where the Qur’an, the Bible, and the Torah are continuously recited. It’s the multi-religious compound, which has ancient churches from the pre-Islamic conquest era.
Cross with the crescent
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
By: weekly.ahram
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The vast majority of Egypt’s Coptic Christian community cast their votes in favour of Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, and so did many more Muslims. This should not be surprising. Not just Copts, but the country itself, is at the crossroads.
In Egypt, presidential contender Abdel Fattah al-Sissi appeals to women voters
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
By: washingtonpost
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CAIRO — A former army chief who defended conducting invasive “virginity tests” on female protesters is expected to be elected Egypt’s president this week — with a large constituency of women voters.
Sisi loses turnout battle in Egypt's election
Date of source: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
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The first day of Egypt’s presidential elections saw turnout lower than expected.
The Revolutionary Youth: A Potential Challenge for Egypt’s Incoming President
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2014
By: fikraforum
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Egypt's presidential election earlier this week was a pro-forma face-off between former defense minister Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and his lone challenger Hamdeen Sabahi. Given the widespread support that Sisi enjoys, his reportedly decisive electoral victory is not surprising.
Brotherly Love
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2014
By: foreignaffairs
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Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s victory in Egypt’s presidential election will deal yet another blow to the Muslim Brotherhood, whose once formidable political machine has been in shambles since the Egyptian military ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last July.
The spoiler on Egypt’s elections
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
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Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has achieved an overwhelming victory in the early (preliminary) results of the presidential election’s expat vote.
Criticism In Pro-Sisi Egyptian Media: Low Voter Turnout Indicates Disappointment With Al-Sisi's Conduct
Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2014
By: memri
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As expected, Field Marshal 'Abd Al-Fatah Al-Sisi won the May 28, 2014 Egyptian presidential election with a landslide 96.9% of the vote.
Egypt's post-election scorecard: losers and winners
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
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The election of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was the latest dizzying installment in Egypt’s post-revolutionary era. As Sisi is sworn in June 8 for Egypt’s top job, it might be worth taking stock of winners and losers.
Egypt: Sisi Celebrations marred by mob sexual assault in Tahrir Square
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
By: juancole
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CAIRO — Egypt’s police arrested half a dozen men for sexually assaulting women during celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt’s newly-elected president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, as public outrage mounted over an online video appearing to show a sexually…
Copt detained in Luxor for insulting religion
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2014
By: Ahram Online
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Article 98 of Egypt's penal code says anyone convicted of offending religion in any form can face up to six years in prison for full text press here
Sisi victory deals 'deadly blow' to revolutionary youth movement
Date of source: Thursday, June 5, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
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CAIRO — As Egypt's military strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was declared president with a landslide 96.9% of the vote, and as the ailing nation prepares an inauguration ceremony that will cost millions, the revolutionary youth are contemplating a grim political future wherever they are — in jail,

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