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In his meeting with the Muftī, Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah, the Minister of Interior called for exerting all executive and public efforts to achieve safety and stability in the country. The Minister also met with Pope Tawadros and stressed on the national role of the Egyptian Church in spreading tolerance and...
The Azhar clerics and scholars praised the agreement brokered between Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb and representatives of political powers, MPs and heads of professional syndicates that the Azhar undertakes contacts with all Egyptian political groups to form a constituent assembly to draft a...
The Azhar apologized for not participating in the constituent assembly and expressed reservations over its “poor” representation in the panel after it decided to withdraw Wāsil from it. The decision was taken during a meeting of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy under Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-...
The Iftā' House, which received an official request by the interior ministry asking about the urgency of growing beards as provided by the sharī'ah, said this matter should not take much of the society's time debating it, appealing for focusing on more important issues of reconstruction and...
Meanwhile, the Iftā' House, a Muslim authority in Egypt that gives opinions about contemporary issues based on the teachings of the Qur'ān and the Sunnah, expressed discontent over the current arguments regarding beard growing for some officers and personnel in the interior ministry. [Ahmad al-...
The Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, announced his disapproval of the bloodshed and deaths that occurred yesterday (July 27) in Nasr City, Cairo. He asked the interim government for an immediate investigation into the circumstances and truths behind the events which led to dozens...
Ahmad Al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, began his retreat from public life at his house in Luxor, protesting the forms of violence erupted at the Presidential Palace. Al-Tayyīb left the Mashyakhat al-Azhar (Azhar’s headquarters) heading toward Luxor, as he had announced in his initiative for...
A meeting was held at the headquarters of the Azhar to discuss the implications of the attack on the Cathedral and the implications of the current surge in sectarian discord. The meeting, attended by members of the Egyptian Churches as well as Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar,...
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, had sent a number of representatives of the Family House to inspect the incident, denouncing the clashes erupted in Khusūs (Ahmad al-Bihayrī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Apr. 7, p. 19). Read original text in Arabic.
The General Prosecution started investigating in al-Khusūs incidents and security apparatuses arrested 15 suspects in the incidents. Additionally, calm have been restored in the village after the conciliation session organized by the Azhar’s Bayt al-‘Aylah (Family House). The session lasted 1.5...

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