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Egypt has a long history related to issues between Muslims and Christians. Apparently, this was the fundamental reason for creating that conference which is sponsored by the center of Arab-West Understanding in cooperation with a huge electronic English database about the religion’s role in the...
During a lecture held by the World Association of al-Azhar Graduates, and organized in cooperation with the al-Azhar International Academy for Training, Dr. Muṣṭafā Ṣalāḥ addressed the topic of false ideas and narratives being spread about Islam by those who maintained extremist ideologies. The...
The al-Azhar Global Fatwa Center has announced its plan for the holy month of Ramaḍān, and the various services that it will provide to Muslims during this period of fasting. The diverse range of services include a hotline to answer questions relating to fasting, broadcasting television and radio...
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, welcomed a delegation of French intellectuals and journalists to discuss the issue of extremism. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb confirmed that al-Azhar aimed to spread the values of fraternity, co-existence and solidarity, and that Islam had nothing to do with the...
In an interview Dr. ʿĀṣim Ḥanafī, a professor of Islamic studies at the German University of Münster, has said that some members of al-Azhar advocate that ḥadd al-riddah (punishment for apostasy in Islam) is a political rather than religious punishment. He added that the ḥadd al-riddah is a purely...
The General Secretariat of al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy has released a statement regarding the crisis of the so-called Abrahamic Religion, whereby certain people have called for the merging of the three divine religions (Islam, Christianity and Judaism) into one faith. Al-Azhar have...
During the holy month of Ramaḍān the Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, will present a daily program on the Egyptian TV station al-Nās (the People) in which he will discuss various matters related to the rituals on Ramaḍān including sīyām (fasting), charity, and spending. In addition, he will...
The Dar al-Iftāʾ in Egypt (a governmental, non-profit organization offering guidance to Muslims) will once again implement its annual plan of service to Muslims during the month of Ramadan, according to Dr. Ibrāhāim Najm, an advisor to the Grand Muftī of Egypt. Such services include the...
Sheikh Muḥammad Ḥusayn, Grand Muftī of Jerusalem and Palestine,, participated in the twenty-fifth session of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, in Jeddah. He presented a research study entitled: “The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Provisions of Worship and Family”, in which he...
The Festival of Human Fraternity, organized by the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence, began on Saturday, 28th January, 2023. The festival, held under the patronage of the UAE’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, in cooperation with the Muslim Council of Elders, focuses...

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