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Coinciding with the June 30 Revolution anniversary and the presidency of  ͑Abd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, al-Azhar was urged by the president to make efforts to renew the religious discourse and combat extremism. These efforts include the establishment of several centers and initiatives.
Al-Azhar Mosque held a forum to refute skeptics’ allegations over the sacrifice rituals in Islam. It was attended by a host of senior clerics and scholars of al-Azhar.
A legislator said more efforts need to be exerted to maintain the Egyptian identity and confront the spread of the Salafī ideology that undermines the Egyptian character, calling for the better use of opportunities through Egyptian TV channels to accomplish this.
Grand Muftī Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, Chairman of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Authorities Worldwide, said that the institution provides a great opportunity for different ideas and scholarly methodologies to meet.
Imām al-Bukhārī grew up as orphan, but his mother ensured his scholarly studies at a young age. He had a long tour all over the Muslim world, where he met with senior scholars, studied information he had received from nearly 1,000 shaykhs, and collected about 600,000 ḥadīths (the Prophet Muḥammad’s...
Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, the president’s religious affairs advisor, has said that al-Azhar al-Sharīf is one of the greatest gifts to the Arab and Muslim world, adding that al-Azhar is a great establishment that built a grand image of Egypt in the eyes of all people in the Arab world.
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery commemorates the United Nations’ 1949 ratification of the Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others and aims to shed light on contemporary forms of slavery. Recent books from authors...
Whilst speaking on an episode of his daily Ramaḍān television program, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, addressed the issue of husbands beating their wives. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb emphasized that the Qurʾān does not condone such actions and instead orders men to treat their wives with...
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, has expressed that the Prophet Muḥammad was an exemplary husband and set the standard for how men should treat women and that they should participate in household work and family matters. Speaking during a radio episode of “Allahum Aʿinnā”, Dr. ʿAllām...
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, has stated that the celebration of national, religious, and seasonal celebrations is permissible from a sharīʿa standpoint. Regarding certain practices and activities of the modern age, he explained that whilst the Prophet Muḥammad, naturally, did not...

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