Date of source: Friday, March 15, 2024
The first Friday sermon of Ramaḍān by the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments), released in writing on March 15, 2024, stressed the virtue and blessings of the holy fasting month, hailed as the “master of all months and the greatest of them all.”
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2024
Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn al-Hilālī, a renowned professor of comparative fiqh (jurisprudence) at al-Azhar University, emphasized the need for a religious discourse that fosters unity and avoids divisive tendencies, adding that fatwās represent the convictions of those issuing them, and are therefore not...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
The governorate of Damietta (Dumyāṭ), about 160 kilometers north of Cairo, is getting prepared to celebrate the mūlid (birthday anniversary) of al-ʿĀrif Biāllah al-Fātiḥ al-Takrūrī, also known as Abū al-Maʿāṭī. The courts of dhikr and Ṣūfī rituals are being prepared, with local sweet and souvenir...
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2024
Egyptian Copts and the diaspora are preparing for this year’s three-day Nineveh fast, commencing on February 26, fifteen days ahead of the Lent. The fast is observed in honor of the Prophet Yūnān (Jonah), who remained inside the belly of a whale for three days.
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2024
The ‘Dictionary of the Spirit: Ṣūfīsm as We Should Know it’, the latest book by author and researcher Dr. ʿAmmār ʿAlī Ḥasan, has been released by the Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House in Cairo.
Date of source: Sunday, February 11, 2024
Īhāb Ramzī, a member of the House of Representatives’ Legislative Committee, stated that the new amendments discussed during the National Dialogue include the setting up of an Egyptian family care fund as part of efforts to protect the rights of husbands, wives, and children.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2024
The al-Nuzha Misdemeanor Court sentenced musician Aḥmad Ḥijāzī to six months in prison and a bail of 2,000 Egyptian pounds (roughly $64.65) on charges of contempt of religion after he appeared in a video singing verses the Holy Qurʾān to the tune of the oud.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2024
The Dār al-Iftāʾ booth at the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) said that it is receiving visitors at Hall 4 – B50, to communicate with them and provide them with sum-ups of books and publications in this year’s major Egyptian cultural event.
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs said that the inhumane scenes and massacres taking place on the lands of Palestine are reminiscent of Herod’s killing of the innocent children of Bethlehem.
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2024
The Holy Book tells us that a little after the birth of Jesus, he was forced to flee to the lands of Egypt as a refugee. Upon his birth, the Magi, or the Three Wise Men, came from the East to ask about his birthplace, and were guided by a star leading them to the spot where this king was born.