Date of source: Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sāmiḥ Shukrī delivered a recorded speech at a meeting held by the UN Human Rights Council at the request of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), titled “The Escalation of Religious Hatred Evident in the Repeated Violations of the Holy Qurʾān.”
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2023
The incident of burning a copy of the Holy Qurʾān in Sweden has provoked outrage among people who call for social peace. The act, committed by an Iraqi refugee residing in Sweden named Silwān Mōmīkā, was seen as a flagrant assault on the sanctities of the Islamic religion.
Date of source: Thursday, July 6, 2023
An Iraqi refugee in Sweden burned a copy of the Holy Qurʾān. This act has been widely condemned as it insults Muslims all over the world and goes against human values and principles.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
On Wednesday, Iraq welcomed a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the encouragement of dialogue and religious tolerance in the face of hate speech.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2023
The Muftī of the Sultanate of Oman, Aḥmad Bin Ḥamd al-Khalīlī, called for a “firm and comprehensive” Islamic boycott of Sweden in response to its “excessive” insults towards the Holy Qurʾān and Muslim sanctities on its lands.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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.
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2023
Shaykh Khālid al-Jindī, a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, hailed a decision by the awqāf (religious endowments) minister, Dr. Muḥammad Mokhtār Jum ͑a, to extol the Prophet Muḥammad after the Friday prayers, adding the glorification of the prophet would bring blessings to all...
Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2023
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al- Ṭayyīb, received a message of thanks sent by Head of the Islamic Seminaries in Iran, Ayatollāh ʿAlireḍā ʾʿArafī, with utmost respect. This was in regard to the Grand Imām’s stance of rejecting insults to the Holy Qurʾān in some European countries.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
On Wednesday, al-Azhar condemned a raid on the al-Aqṣā mosque and on Palestinian worshippers by the “Zionist entity” as “a repeated act of terrorism”, decrying the silence of the international community which “pays only lip service to the protection of places of worship.”
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
The Deputy Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī, spoke of the important role played by al-Azhar in endorsing the values of peace and fraternity during a recent meeting with a Dutch delegation. Whilst speaking to the Dutch Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry, Paul Huijts, Dr....