Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
The liberal Moroccan writer Saʿīd Nāshīd views that the pattern of religion inherited from the jurisprudence of the imperial ages is no longer convenient for the age of the nation state. What is more, it constitutes a direct threat to peace and security.
In his interview with “Al-Dustūr”, Nāshīd...
Date of source: Saturday, January 25, 2014
The Azhar has denounced the terrorist attack that has taken place on the Security Department yesterday, calling it a crime against religion, the nation and humanity. (Author not mentioned, al- Akhbār, Jan. 25, p. 8). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2018
In celebration of the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad organized by the Ministry of Endowments [Awqāf] last Monday, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib delivered a speech that clearly manifested that the war launched against the Quranists has not ended yet.
Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib attacked the...
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2014
The followers of Sheikh Abu Ishaq al-Hawaini, a member of the Salafi Ulema Council, published a video of him after the defeat of the Muslim Brotherhood in the battle of the referendum, in which he called on the Islamists and preachers to work as advocates and leave political action.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Al-Sīsī presented a vision to develop a religious discourse and improve the benefits and conditions of the preachers so that they could focus on preaching and improving their social standards.
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Egypt has been deeply divided between sympathizers
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
In his election platform, presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā said Egyptians are equal before the law, adding any discrimination among Egyptian citizens on the basis of religion, ethnicity or sex is a crime that has to be punishable by the law. [Muná Abū Sakīn, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 9] ...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Dr. Aḥmad ʿUkāsha, professor of psychiatry and a member of the National Council for Combating Terrorism and Extremism, said that enlightenment religious discourse is the main source of new interpretations for Qur`ān. He also highlighted the importance of deep thinking to understand texts and...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Dr. ʿIṣām Sharaf, former Egyptian Prime Minister, praised the ideas being proposed to renew religious discourse, affirming that this issue [also] necessitates renewing “cultural discourse.”
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Researcher Islām Biḥayrī described discussions about reconciliation with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood as “the crisis of all crises,” from which Egypt and the surrounding region would not recover again. In a long interview with al-Dustūr, Biḥayrī said: the Brotherhood got a proper chance to...