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Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said cooperation was in progress between al-Azhar and the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) to obtain a law criminalizing fatwās issued by unaccredited scholars.
The former president of Cairo University, Dr. Muḥammad ʿOthmān al-Khusht has called for improvements to the means through which religious texts are interpreted and more generally the way in which religious education is organized to keep up with the modern era. 
An expert on the affairs of Political Islam movements has praised Egypt’s efforts to refute rumors sparked by the “terrorist” organization, al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Muslim Brotherhood). 
A fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ affirmed that there is nothing in Islam that denies women the right to assume leading positions, adding that despite what some may think, there is no gender-based preference regarding this issue.
The birth anniversary of Ṭaha Ḥusayn, a master of Arabic literature who died at the age of 83 in 1973, has been honored in recent days. Ḥusayn was a pioneer of enlightenment and contemporary writing in Egypt.
Dār al-Iftāʾ fatwā secretary, Shaykh Moḥammed Wasām, has stressed the importance of properly clarifying the historical narrations pertaining to the head of Imām Ḥussein, in light of the ongoing debate surrounding its presence in Egypt. 
Lawyer Mortaḍa Manṣūr, the former president of al-Zamālik club, said that a verdict has been obtained in a lawsuit that was filed against producer Aḥmad al-Subkī and writer Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa, in order to ban the screening of their film al-Mulḥid (“The Atheist”) in cinemas both in and outside Egypt for “...
The family of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, announced that after a battle with illness, the eldest sister, Ḥājja Samīḥa, has passed away at the age of 90.  
The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC) in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan released its annual book on the world’s 500 most influential Muslims for 2024/25, with the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, ranked as 13th.  
Dār al-Iftāʾ published the biography of Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād and the previous positions he occupied after he was appointed new grand muftī of Egypt and chairman of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Authorities Worldwide by President ʿAbd el Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-...

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