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Representatives of the Egyptian Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches met Saturday (September 22) at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius and all agreed to refuse the addition of an article sanctioning the Azhar to have sole...
Dr. Muhammad ‘Abd al-Salām, a representative of the Azhar on the constitution-drafting panel, said the Azhar demands keeping the text of Article II as mentioned in the 1971 intact, which is advocated by the representatives of the three churches.  
Bishop Krikor Augustinus of the Roman Catholics in Alexandria also offered congratulations to Minister of Awqāf Tal’at ‘Afīfī over ‘Īd al-Fitr.
The supreme state security prosecution embarked on investigations into a report by lawyers al-Sayīd Hāmid Muhammad and Nāsir al-‘Asqalānī, both are members in the Bar Association’s freedoms committee, against Ahmad ‘Abd Allāh, alias Abū Islām, accusing him of tearing a copy of the Bible during...
Signs of a strong clash between the Coptic Orthodox Church and President Muhammad Mursī are looming after the Salafī Front accused Bishop Serapion of involvement in the film defaming the Prophet Muhammad.
A battle of statements flared up between the Salafī Front and the Coptic Orthodox Church after the front lodged a complaint with the public prosecutor accusing three Christian clergymen, including Bishop Serapion, of co-producing the prophet-denigrating movie.  
Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahallāwī, an Islamic preacher who was in prison during late President Anwar al-Sādāt's time, lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and accused her of driving a wedge between Muslims and Copts. He made the remarks after Clinton’s statements that the United States...
Today the Coptic celebrations of St. Dimyana started in Bilqās, Dakahlia. 
Counselor Ahmad Mikkī, the minister of justice, said President Muhammad Mursī’s decision to abolish the complementary constitutional declaration was based on the popular legitimacy he acquired through his election as president of the republic.
Egyptian churches rejected insistence by salafī members of the constituent assembly drafting a news constitution for Egypt that Copts should be compelled to pay the zakāh.  
Today’s overview deals with calls by the Azhar on Muslim countries meeting at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in the Saudi city of Jeddah to withdraw the Arab initiative to settle the disputes between Israel and the Palestinians.
  Twenty-five human rights organizations and political parties called on the Shūrá Council to freeze the recent appointments of chief editors of state-run newspapers.     Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb praised President Muhammad Mursī's decision to re-establish the Senior Scholars...
There are new hopes for resuming relations between Al-Azhar and the Vatican. Dr. Shawkī Allām, Egypt's Mufti, attended a peace conference in Rome as a representative of the Shaykh of Al-Azhar.  The mufti carried a message from Shaykh to the Pope welcoming the renewal of dialogue between the two...
Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, decided to refer the Azharite attire in Iraq, Shaykh Faraj Allah al- Shāzilī, for investigation for making the call for prayers in the Shi’ite way which contradicts with the call of Sunnah.
Sufī Shaykhs criticized the elections of the Shaykh of the Sufis stating that these were marred by  legal irregularities.
Shī’ite and Sufī leaders rejected the Constituent Assembly, stating that it does not reflect the whole Egyptian society. Sufī leaders affirmed that they and the Shī’ite community are not properly represented in the commission and they are worried about being excluded from the Constitution. Sufī...
The “Jurists of Moodiness” are a group of religious Scholars that publish hardline Fatwas based on their ‘wrong’ readings and interpretations of religious texts without taking into consideration any social conditions for the Fatwa, for example those issued by the Salafist preachers Abū Ishāq al-...
Shaykh Yāssir Burhamī, Vice President of al- Da’wah al- Salafiah, stated that his fatwás were tarnished on purpose. He criticized the misinterpretation of the fatwás which he states is deliberate. 
Dr. Yāssir Burhamī, vice president of the Da’wah al- Salafia, has reiterated his controversial fatwá, stating that a man must not kill his wife and her lover if she falls into adultery simply for the reason of seeing them nude. 
Shaykh Muhammad Abd al- Raziq, deputy of the ministry of Endowments for Mosque Affairs, announced the suspension of the protocol signed by the ministry and the Da’wah al- Salafia pertaining to giving sermons in mosques. 
Islamic Research Institute scholars have commented on the controversial fatwa of Dr. Yāssir Burhāmī, Vice President of the Da’wah al-Salafiah, describing it as corrupt. The fatwá states that a man is not obliged to defend his wife from rape if his life is threatened in trying to protect her 
An article appeared in al- Sabāh, accusing Wagdī Ghunīm, a Salafī Shaykh, who is a strong supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood of being funded by Qatar (Shaykh Wagdī Ghunīm recently appeared on social media sitting at large banquets in what is to be believed a Qatarī palace).
Shaykh Muhammad Abd al- Rāziq, Deputy of the Minister of Endowments, stated that the Ministry has received the confirmation of the Ministry of Justice on their request to grant the right of judicial arrest to the inspectors, heads of department of the Ministry of Endowments. 
Shaykh Jābir al-Tāyi’, Deputy of the Ministry of Endowments, assured that non-Azharis among the Salafī preachers, including Shaykh Muhammad Hassān and Muhammad Hasanayn Yaqūb and Abū Isāq al- Huwaynī are not permitted to ascend the pulpits of mosques, as they are not appointed by the Ministry,...
Unlike the previous year, Salafī preachers this year have been silent on the religious permissibility of congratulating Copts.
Salafīs have stopped Shaykh Muhammad ‘Iz al-Dīn Abd al-Sattar, First Deputy for preaching affairs, Ministry of Endowments, from entering al-Rahmān al-Rahīm mosque in MutāhrahVillage, Abū Qurqās district, Minya. Instead they allowed Shaykh Muhammad Ya’qūb to give the Friday sermon. 
The formation of a Fact-Finding and Reconciliation Commission by the Shaykh al-Azhar and the Minister President to end the clashes between two Nubian tribes was followed by preparing lists of all those deceased in the strife between the two sides. It will be presented to Engineer Ibrāhīm Mahlab for...
The visit of Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, Shaykh of the Azhar, to Aswan yesterday put an end to the bloody confrontation between the Nubian Dābūd tribe and the Banī Hilāl. Al-Tayyib managed to do this after he met with delegations of the two sides. They decided on a roadmap to end the conflict by...
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, Shaykh al-Azhar, formed a commission for reconciliation talks between the al-Dābūdīya and the Banī- Hilāl tribes, following intensive meetings with representatives and Shaykhs of the two tribes to end the conflict. This comes at a time when about 25 schools reopen their doors...
Ruways Morcos, General Deputy of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral and official spokesperson for the Church in Alexandria, said that the travel ban to Jerusalem for Orthodox Copts was a decision of the Holy Synod is the highest authority in the church. 
Despite announcements from the government that it would organize outdoor spaces for ‘Īd (Eid) prayers, and would not permit others organized by the people, the Salafi Call organized prayers in 40 squares in Alexandria as well as 7 in Marsá Matrūh.
Mustafá ‘Izat Hamdīn, the imam of ‘Amr Ibn al-‘As Mosque, was referred for questioning by the representative of the Ministry of Endowments in Cairo, Jabir Tayi’. The imam is being investigated for having left work and allowed someone else to take his place, without prior agreement from the Ministry...
A leading figure in the Salafī organization has released information regarding the organization’s participation in the upcoming ‘Īd al-Fitr prayers. The source clarified that no Salafī sheikhs have received permits from the Ministry of Endowments to lead ‘Īd prayers, but will do so anyway,...
The media office of the Coptic Orthodox Church stated that Pope Tawadros had offered his best wishes to Grand Imām Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib, shaykhs of the Azhar, and all Muslims on the occasion of ‘Īd al-Fitr (Eid al-Fitr). 
The annual sūfī Iftār was held at the headquarters of the ‘Azmiyyah tarīqah in the neighborhood of Sayyidah Zaynab yesterday. As well as the presence of several Sūfī sheikhs, there was also a diplomatic Iranian delegation present, under the supervision of Tawfīq al-Samdī, political advisor to the...
Several Islamist groups have come out against the terrorist actions of ISIS in Iraq and their displacement of Christians in the Mosul region of Iraq, specifically declaring these actions in clear opposition to Islamic jurisprudence. 
Despite the Ministry of Endowments’ perseverance in regaining control over the country’s religious podiums, reinstating its independent laws regarding the right to preach in mosques, and its long fight with the Salafī organization regarding this matter, the Ministry has agreed to grant ten Salafī...
Sheikh Ahmad Turk, head of research and advocacy at the Ministry of Endowments has released information regarding meetings conducted between members of the Salafī organization and the Minister of Endowments, Muhamad Mukhtār Jum’ah.
Leading figure in the Jamā’ah Islamiyyah and member on its Shūra “Advisory” Council, ‘Abūd al-Zumur continues his attack on the Muslim Brotherhood in an article titled, ‘Guidelines on Evaluating the Experiment’ published on an online news source yesterday.
Dr. Mahmūd ‘Ashūr, former Azhar representative, declared that the Turkish Interior Minister’s description of Prophet Muhamad (PBUH) as “arrogant” expresses the extent of this Turkish official’s ignorance about the Prophet, Islam, and Islamic heritage.
A Salafī leader announced that the sheikhs of his organization would not be observing any of the Ministry of Endowments’ rules regarding i’tikāf . The source affirmed that none of the Salafi sheikhs or youth have registered for i’tikāf , as per the new laws, and that they will all embark on this...
The Ministry of Endowments announced that only 3,300 mosques nationwide would be participating in the religious tradition of i’tikāf this year. Sheikh Muhamad ‘Abd al-Rāziq, head of the religious sector of the Ministry of Endowments, issued a strong warning to whoever tries to violate the rules and...
A fight started in the early hours of Wednesday, between Muslims and Copts in the village of al-‘Alīqāt in Kom Ombo, Aswan Governorate. The head of the police station of  Kom Ombo received a complaint that a fight started between  Muslims and a Copt in the  village, which led to the injury of 6...
The regional governorate departments of the Ministry of Endowments have begun receiving requests from Shaykhs of al- Da’wah al- Salafiah for preaching licenses.
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Shaykh, Ahmad al-Tayyib, made a decision to appoint Dr. Muhyiddin Afifī as Secretary General of the Islamic Research Academy.
Dr. Ahmad al- Tayyib, Shaykh of the Azhar, stated that the aggression of the “Zionist entity” against the Gaza Strip is a genocide against the unarmed Palestinian people. 
Dr Ahmad al- Tayyib, the Azhar Shaykh is traveling on Sunday to the Emirates to receive the Dubai International Award for the Holy Qur’ān. 
Deputy of the Minister of Endowments, Shaykh Sabrī Ibādah, stated that the Ministry of Endowments has not received any complaints after Friday prayers yesterday, stating that there have not been any violations by the mosques’ imams, pertaining to the new preaching law that prohibits non-authorized...
Shaykh Gamal Taqādum, official spokesman of the Reconciliation Committee to complete the reconciliation between al- Dabūdiyah and the Banī Hilāl Tribes, that a collective iftār will be organized to bring the members of both tribes on the same dining table to ascertain that the reconciliation has...
The Egyptian Coalition for Minorities has organized on Wednesday a collective iftār in the Jewish Synagogue , which was attended by representatives of religious minorities.
The Azhar has denounced the barbaric attacks launched by the Israel against the Palestinian people, he assured that the Arabs and Muslims will not be patient for long. 
After a few members of Muslim Brotherhood attacked Dr. Yāssir al-Burhāmī during his walk in the Prophet’s Mosque in al- Madīnah al- Munawarrah [Saudi Arabia], anger prevailed over Salafi circles. 
Ahmad al- Tayyib, the Azhar Shaykh stated that it is not permissible to give employees raises based on love and hate.
Sources in the Da’wah al- Salafiah revealed the attempts of Shaykh Yāssir al- Burhāmī, the vice president of al- Da’wah, to resolve the problem of prohibiting the leaders in al- Da’wah al- Salafiah from giving sermons. 
The decisions taken by the Minister of Endowment Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah is controversial. They include prohibiting non- Azharites from giving sermons in mosques as well as imposing a fine on mosques that hang the banner of “have you prayed for the prophet today.”
ISIS has released more than 20 photos of the destruction of religious shrines of both Sunni and Shi’ite saints in Nineveh, Iraq. A statement of ISIS stated that these shrines are idols and that the sharī’ah prohibits them and that Islam’s judgment is that they should be destroyed until leveled with...
Dr. Ahmad al- Tayyib, the Azhar Shaykh requested each Egyptian house to be moderate in spending and avoiding excessive spending, stating  that Ramadan is a month of prayer and asceticism and not one of pleasure, or having fun. 
The Azhar is about to complete the draft law for the ‘alms- house’ that is to be presented to the council of Ministers the coming week. 
Bayt al- ‘Ailah held an extraordinary meeting in the Nag’ Hammādī Diocese two days ago (Tuesday July 1) after armed assailants have repeatedly kidnapped Coptic citizens in Nag’ Hammādī.  
 Muhammad Mukhtār Jum‘a, Minister of Religious Endowments, has refused the demands of shaykhs of the Salafi Call to review the law on the practice of preaching and giving religious lessons in mosques, calling for adherence to the terms of the law. Muhammad Salāh Khalīfa, a member of the Media...

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