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: Thursday, June 22, 2017
"Renewing religious discourse is a matter of life and death…" This is an Egyptian call launched by President Abdel Fattah al-Sīsī on Wednesday from the country of al-Azhar, [an outlet of] moderate Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2017
Egypt is facing a confrontation against terrorist groups concentrated in northern Sinai targeting military installations and buildings and extending their activity recently to the capital.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 23, 2017
The Secretariat of Specialized Committees of the Future of the Homeland [political] party, headed by Engineer Muḥammad al-Jārḥī, organized their first forum under the title, "New Prospects Against Extremism" on Monday evening.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2017
At the same time that Egypt exited world rankings in the quality of education, there were voices calling for the need to merge al-Azhar and the public education [systems] together.
Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2017
Sources in a highly guarded prison in the Turā prison complex, commonly referred to as "Scorpio 2," revealed that the Ministry of Interior has started a series of ideological review [programs] for many Islamist groups, especially those belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, members of ISIS cells...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
Dr. Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭayib, the sheikh of Al-Azhar, will visit Paris next month as part of a series of scheduled international tours to correct the image of Islam on the 24-25 of May.
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
Sheikh Amīn ʿAbd al-Waḥid, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Awqaf in North Sinai, said that 1600 imams perform their role and duties in 1,300 mosques spread throughout the Governorate.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Mūkhtār Jumʿah, the Minister of Awqaf, stressed the need to coordinate Arab and international efforts to address sectarian extremism in Africa.