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This is the transcript of the presentation H.E. Bishop Dr. Yohanna Qulta (84) gave at the Webinar on Inclusive Citizenship on September 26, 2020. This transcript was made by Shady Saleh elSherif. Before Bishop Qulta became a priest he was teaching philosophy at Cairo University, Egypt. He is a...
Al-Azhar expressed its welcoming and appreciation for the decision taken by the UN concerning making efforts towards combatting Islamophobia or hatred towards Islam, and sending a special UN envoy for combatting this phenomenon. The UN also condemns any action, either in speech or action, that may...
Maḥmūd al-Habbāsh, an advisor to the Palestinian President, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās, and the Palestinian Authority’s Top Sharīʿa Judge and Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, condemned the “racist assault” by a group of “terrorist settlers” on a Christian monk in occupied Jerusalem. The assailants had...
The year of 2023 witnessed an important visit by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, to the German capital of Berlin to participate in the International Peace Conference, which was organized by the Sant Egidio Association from the 10-12 of September. During the visit, there were many...
Between inspiring and decisive humanitarian positions to stop disputes and to protect feelings and sanctities, al-Azhar has spent the year of 2023 leading campaigns on all religious and political levels, from protecting the Holy Qurʾān when it was burned in a number of European nations, to assuming...
This study analyses recent Qurʾān desecration incidents in Europe and some of the ways they have been addressed, with a particular focus on the Netherlands.
On Thursday, December 7th, Denmark’s parliament adopted a law prohibiting the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān in response to a series of incidents where Islam's holy book was desecrated, which sparked outrage in Muslim countries.  
Secretary-General of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU), Mekkaoui Benaissa, strongly condemned the incident where a copy of the Holy Qurʾān was torn apart in the Netherlands.
The Muslim Council of Elders, chaired by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, rejected the desecration of copies of the Holy Qurʾān by “some extremists” and the following assaults on churches in Pakistan, which were also committed by “some extremists.”
Whether North European countries stopped licensing the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān, or any other holy book, or not, or whether the UN adopted an agreement banning contempt of others’ sanctities and beliefs, or not, this disgraceful act is a shame on the authorities that protect it!

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