Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2024
President of the Egyptian Nūr-Mubārak University of Islamic Culture, Dr. Muḥammad al-Shaḥāt al-Jindī, emphasized the imperative need to heed the calls from religious leaders advocating for the establishment of an international law criminalizing contempt of religions.
Date of source: Sunday, February 11, 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders, led by Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, expressed “deep concerns” over the threats made by the Israeli occupation forces to launch a military operation in the city of Rafaḥ, which is located in the southern Gaza Strip and is currently densely populated with...
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders booth at the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2024 held its 15th cultural symposium under the title, ‘Women between Teachings of Islam and Inherited Traditions.’
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2024
Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām, highlighted that the annual adoption of the International Day of Human Fraternity on February 4 is based on the commemoration of the most significant document in modern human history.
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said, “I love that President Sīsī distances himself from religion.”
Date of source: Thursday, November 16, 2023
Professor of philosophy in al-Azhar University, Dr. Aḥmad el-Sālem, stated that the report that was published by the Israeli Institute for Research and Studies of National Security (INSS) on its website contained fallacies. The report included a critique of the position adopted by al-Azhar...
Date of source: Monday, August 7, 2023
A post on social media revealed that the books and works of late writer Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī were put on sale at a bookshop, which sparked a controversy over the rights of her heirs: a son and a daughter.
Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Faraj Fūda was a renowned thinker whose books sparked large-scale controversy in the circles of intellectuals, clerics, and politicians, as well as the members of the al-Jamāʿa al-Islāmīya (The Islamic Group.)
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2023
On Sunday (October 1), Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church received Ambassador Nadā Darrāz, Egypt’s new consul in Chicago, and Ambassador Ḥosām al-Dīn ʿAlī, Egypt's new consul in Los Angeles, at the Papal Residence.
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2023
Salafī groups have escalated pressures on the state and the education ministry over a recent decision to ban the niqāb in schools as the new academic year starts.