Date of source: Thursday, February 29, 2024
Sūhāj University President, Ḥassān al-Nuʿmānī, and Grand Muftī of Egypt, Shawqī ʿAllām, inaugurated the 9th Scientific Conference for Young Researchers, attended by a host of local leaders, clergymen, al-Azhar scholars, and university students.
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, expounded on five important fatwās (religious edicts) during his weekly appearance on the show Naẓra (Vision) on the Ṣadā al-Balad TV station with talk show host, Ḥamdī Rizq.
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2024
Al-Bayt al-Muḥammadī (Muḥammadan House) foundation for Ṣūfīsm studies and heritage science wrapped up preparations to celebrate the 26th anniversary of the pioneering Imām, Shaykh Muḥammad Zakī Ibrāhīm, at the foundation’s headquarters in the Cairo district of al-Moqaṭṭam.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2023
As controversy renewed with the beginning of a new Gregorian calendar year, al-Azhar and Dār al-Iftāʾ issued fatwās related to the greeting of non-Muslims over their holidays. Some pages re-published a video for Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, urging Muslims to congratulate non-Muslims...
Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2023
Religious institutions in Egypt rejected “seasonal unofficial fatwās” prohibiting congratulating Christians for Christmas, adding that whoever promotes these opinions is considered to be a hardliner who has nothing to do with Islam. Al-Azhar said in a statement that people who deem congratulating...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, emphasized the profound responsibility of religious leaders, scholars, and preachers in enhancing the ethical and spiritual values as advocated by divine religions. This, he asserted, is crucial to stopping violence, wars, and attacks on the vulnerable.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, asserted that verification is the first step in the sound extrapolation of legal rulings in Islam, particularly concerning the Prophet Muḥammad’s Sunna (tradition). However, in the case of the Qurʾān, there is absolute definitive sourcing and meaning...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, requested participants of a conference held by Dār al-Iftāʾ to stand and observe a minute’s silence over the souls of the martyrs of the attack that targeted al-Ahlī Arab Baptist Hospital and the Palestinian martyrs in the Gaza Strip.
Date of source: Thursday, November 9, 2023
The Minister of Awqāf, Dr. Muḥammad Mokhtār Jumʿa, and the Grand Muftī of the Republic, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, headed a delegation of ministry leaders that included the Head of the Religious Sector, Dr. Heshām ʿAbd el ʿAzīz, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Dr. Muḥammad...
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2023
The joint convoy of preaching activities between al-Azhar, al-Awqāf (religious endowments) Ministry, and Dār al-Iftāʾ has set off today in the mosques of Rafaḥ al-Māsōra, al-Shaykh Zōwayd, and al-Jōra, in the north of Sinai. This is the eighth week in a row of religious and cultural activities, in...