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Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb expressed support the top post in the Sunni establishment to be through elections from among the senior scholars board, adding he has been one of the earlier figures who called for brining the grand shaykh through elections.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2012
The Azhar settled differences about remarks on some phrases in the citizenship rights textbook for the 2nd grade of the secondary stage of education, asserting that the textbooks do not have anything that violates Islam or the sharī’ah.
Date of source: Thursday, October 25, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb criticized the West’s constant bias in favor of the Zionist entity, adding the Palestinian issue is the very core of all problems in the region that failure to reach permanent and just solution and establish a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its...
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
Dr. Ahmad Karīmah, professor of sharī’ah at the Azhar stated in response to al- Qaradawi’s fatwa, calling the participation in the presidential elections harām, that religion has nothing to do with elections and that no person or institution can claim that such a vote or referendum is halāl (...
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2012
Twenty-five human rights organizations and political parties called on the Shūrá Council to freeze the recent appointments of chief editors of state-run newspapers.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb praised President Muhammad Mursī's decision to re-establish the Senior Scholars...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, received on Wednesday a delegation of Nigerian doctors, religious and community leaders.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 7, 2014
A study of Hāzim al- Gamal, a lawyer at the Azhar, stated that the Azhar with its moderate thought has developed new theoretical pillars that include economic relations, politics and society as well as legislations.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Grand imām of al Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyib, stated that our relationship with the West needs no more than dialogue and cooperation that demands efforts from both sides.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
An anonymous source from the Azhar university stated that that the number of students that were expelled from the university this year reached 300 while more than 1200 students are under investigation
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Today, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar and head of the Muslim Council for Elders, met with President Sergio Mattarella at the presidential palace in Rome, Italy. The meeting comes as part of al-Ṭayyib visit to Italy.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Grand Mufti of Lebanon Shaykh ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Dariyān expressed his sincere gratitude to Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, for commissioning him to deliver the open plenary session of the 4th international conference of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide held today,...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2014
A female student of al-Azhar University got arrested after she confessed to belong to the terrorist organization ISIS. The Vice President of al-Azhar University emphasized the stability of the educational process during the current study year in comparison to the last year
Date of source: Monday, November 3, 2014
During a meeting with the Minister of Communication and Islamic Affairs in Singapore, the Grand Imam of the al-Azhar said that it set a moderate way of thinking in the minds of its students and that Islam is innocent of any killings or destruction.
Date of source: Sunday, November 2, 2014
Shaykh Ahmad Karīmah called for the need to spend on Sunni schools in Kurdistan to spread the Sunni doctrine. He pointed out that there are cells of the National Party which want the Sunni doctrine to become silent and not to reform
Date of source: Thursday, October 30, 2014
The national front seeks to coordinate with religious institutions in order to raise awareness of the dangers of terrorism and violent armed groups. The assistant general secretary of the Wafd Party stressed that the religious institutions are aware of their role, concerned with development, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 28, 2014
During a session of “The Egyptian Will Challenges Terrorism” on Tuesday, organized by the Center for Artistic Innovation and the cultural branch of Beheira, the Mufti of Egypt stressed that Islam is a religion of mercy and that it is free of any extremist acts or ideas.
Date of source: Sunday, October 26, 2014
The Minister of the Religious Endowment (Awqāf) stressed that the Muslim Brotherhood’s leaders deal with God’s religion, exploit public feelings and is highly funded by the international organization. He stressed that the Muslim Brotherhood is a political organization that aims at seizing power
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2014
Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, assured that protecting tourists is a religious duty.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 22, 2014
‘Alī Jum’ah stressed that a marriage remains halāl even if there is no written contract as long as all conditions are fulfilled according to sharī’ah. Accordingly, marriages on social network sites; Qur’anic marriages; marriages using tattoos, sand, text messages, stamps, cassettes, or the giving...
Date of source: Monday, October 20, 2014
The “Jurists of Moodiness” are a group of religious Scholars that publish hardline Fatwas based on their ‘wrong’ readings and interpretations of religious texts without taking into consideration any social conditions for the Fatwa, for example those issued by the Salafist preachers Abū Ishāq al-...
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