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Late cleric Hāshim performed ḥajj for 42 years, says Islamic Affairs Council member
Date of source: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
A cleric of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs said Egypt has lost a great man and scholar who offered much for the Muslim nation and the students of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad ʿUmar Hāshim, a member of al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars.
Scholars from al-Azhar Discuss Idea of Copts Studying at al-Azhar University
Date of source: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Al-Azhar University includes a number of faculties that specialize in Islam but also other faculties not related to religion like commerce, agriculture, science, engineering, medicine, pharmacology, Arabic, linguistics, and translation.  So, why aren’t Christians accepted into these faculties?
“Paying Zakāt for Non-Muslims”…A Fatwa Causes Controversy in Egypt Before Being Withdrawn
Date of source: Thursday, May 14, 2020
“It is forbidden to give zakāt to non-Muslims.”  The Egyptian Dār al-Iftāʾ released a fatwa [fatwā] a few days ago that caused controversy between Muslims and Copts in Egypt.  Egyptians were divided on social media with some rejecting and some supporting the fatwā.  The controversy about the fatwā...
Member of the Council of Islamic Affairs: Critiques of the Decision to Prevent Amplifiers during the Call for Prayers are “Pointless Exaggerations"
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2017
ʿAbd al-Ghanī Hindī, a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, described the criticism directed at the Ministry of Endowments over the ban on loud speakers in tarāwīḥ prayers during the coming month of Ramḍān as “pointless exaggeration."
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