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Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2021
A great deal of controversy was sparked by the announcement of the Egyptian Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumaʿa concerning plans to translate the Quran into Hebrew, with the aim of countering the inaccurate interpretation of the current Hebrew versions.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
There is an ancient inclination going back to the humanity’s origin to explain natural disasters as the wrath of God or “a divine being.” This inclination goes back to humanity’s instinctual need to be connected to the force of nature that has control over disasters and surpasses humanity’s...
Date of source: Friday, April 10, 2020
Recently there have been calls for al-Azhar mosque to broadcast the Friday sermon [khutba] without an audience on Egyptian TV, satellite channels, and radio in response to the continued suspension of prayers at mosques just like the “distance learning” measures being done by the state for schools...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Prof. Usama Nabīl, head of the French Department at the Faculty of Languages and Translation at Al-Azhar University, delivered a lecture on the Islamic-Christian dialogue at the Department of Politics at Sorbonne University. The lecture focused on the important value of dialogue in Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, August 28, 2014
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia revealed in a statement of its embassy yesterday that all Qur’ān copies of the King Fahd Complex are correct
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2017
The Egyptian Ministry of Awqāf decided to apply a more holistic approach to Qur’ān Schools in major mosques to teach Quranic sciences and to protect young people from the influence of extremist groups.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 16, 2017
After the spread of a video by Egyptian writer Yūsuf Zaydān claiming that the Aqsa Mosque mentioned in the Qur’ān as a destination for the Prophet Muhammad’s Isrā’ and Mi’rāj journey is not the one currently located in Palestine, a wave of Egyptian and Arab reactions has been raised.
Date of source: Monday, April 3, 2017
There are many arguments regarding why women have stopped reading Qur’an out loud; it has been claimed that it was an attempt to constrain women in their social lives. Historically, women were used to mourn loudly at funerals in an attempt to create an emotional scene. Over time, the cultural base...
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2017
The ideas presented by researcher Islām Biḥayrī aim to renew religious discourse by updating, criticizing, and purifying it from impurities that have been associated with it over time.
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
The article claims that there are currently copies of the Qur’ān in circulation that contain numerous mistakes, including the omission of individual verses, as well as entire Sūrahs. In some case, the sequence of the Sūrahs are incorrect.
The book in question bears the name of an international...
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