Date of source: Thursday, August 15, 2024
Hasan Akhund, the prime minister of Afghanistan, stated that Afghanistan must uphold the sharīʿa’s ruling and that the Taliban is “taking on the responsibility of upholding the ruling of the sharīʿa, protecting people's lives and property, and respecting our nation.”
Date of source: Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Anṣār al-Sharīʿa (Supporters of Islamic Law), an extremist group in Libya that the UN and the US had classified as “terrorists,” declared in a statement that it had disbanded itself.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2017
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt said on Saturday, December 10, that it will not welcome U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during his visit to Egypt in light of the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Shaykh Khalīfa bin Zāyīd Āl Nahyān, announced new legislation that will administer severe penalties and criminalize any act inciting religious hatred.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Germany's interior minister, Nancy Faeser, has called on Muslim groups in the country to explicitly condemn the October 7 attacks by Ḥamās on Israel.
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: Monday, May 24, 2021
Amid rising tensions with Ethiopia, Egyptian-Sudanese forces will begin conducting joint military exercises this Wednesday.
Date of source: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Hours after Washington classified the “Ḥasm” Movement in Egypt and the “Wilāyat Sīnāʾ” Organization, which is affiliated with ISIS, as foreign terrorist organizations, the American State Department announced placing Egyptians Yaḥyā al-Sayyid Ibrāhīm Mūsā and ʿAlāʾ ʿAlī Muḥammad al-Samāḥī on the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2020
Egypt had the grand opening of the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in downtown Alexandria yesterday after finishing renovations, which took two years to complete. Dr. Khālid al-ʿAnānī, minister of Tourism and Antiquities, said that the opening of the synagogue “is a message to the world that the Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2019
A new study reveals a decrease in the Christian population by a third, yet the Ṭāʾif Agreement imposes parity.
Only a few buildings are still inhabited by Christians west of the old Ṣaydā road in al- Ḥadath area in the suburb of Southern Beirut, after the departure of hundreds of people, and the...