Date of source: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Dr. Nāẓir Muḥammad ʿAyyād, the Grand Muftī of Egypt and Secretary-General of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Bodies and Institutions Worldwide, affirmed that al-Azhar al-Sharīf is a divine gift and a destination for knowledge seekers from all over the world. It remains an enduring sanctuary to...
Date of source: Monday, June 23, 2025
Christian officials and religious figures and institutions in Jordan, Palestine, and Syria condemned the terrorist attack on the Church of Mār Eliās, which resulted in a violent explosion in the church located in al-Duwaylaʾ neighborhood, east of the capital Damascus. The attack, which occurred on...
Date of source: Saturday, June 21, 2025
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād, said Dār al-Iftā’ has been playing a pivotal role and became an accredited frame of reference in the efforts to combat extremist ideologies.
Date of source: Friday, June 20, 2025
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, published a tweet in Persian for the first time, condemning the ongoing Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2025
The Minister of Agriculture, ʿĀlā’ Fārūq, confirmed that the General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS) had issued a decision to the companies that export meat and poultry to Egypt that required these companies to provide ḥalāl certificates in order to guarantee the quality of their...
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2025
The Egyptian Cabinet revealed details regarding the controversial exemption from the "ḥalāl certificate" for dairy imports, as Prime Minister Moṣṭafa Madbūlī’s remarks that the ability to obtain the certificate would be made easier have caused public uproar.
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2025
Muḥammad ʿUthmān al-Khusht, a former president of Cairo University, said that extremism is not simply violent behavior but rather the product of a closed mental structure that views the world from a one-sided perspective based on possession of the absolute truth, which leads to justifying violence...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Dr. Ibrāhīm Nijm, the head of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, stressed that producing rational muftīs is not a luxury, but an existential necessity in the age of artificial intelligence.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, congratulated President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, as well as kings, presidents, princes, and peoples of the Arab and Muslim nations, on ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa.
Date of source: Sunday, June 22, 2025
Professor Omaima Abou Bakr has taught English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University since 1992. She completed her academic training at Cairo University (B.A.), North Carolina State University (M.A.), and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.). Her doctoral thesis was a study of...