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The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Ahṃad al-Ṭayyīb, has spoken about the status of women in Islam in a Facebook post on his official page. Whilst citing the Holy Qurʾān and the sunnah, Dr. Ṭayyīb expressed that the Prophet Muḥammad insisted on men and women being equal, as well as condemning...
The Papal Office for Projects organized a celebration to honor Egyptian women and recognize the integral role that they play in society. The event was organized in partnership with the National Council for Women and was inaugurated by Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The celebrations...
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has spoken on the need to prioritize the correct qualities and holding good ethics in high regard when choosing a wife or husband. Whilst speaking on an episode of his daily Ramaḍān television show, al-Imām al-Ṭayyīb, the Shaykh cited several...
Nādiya Qaḥf has become the first ḥijāb-wearing Muslim woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court in the US state of New Jersey. Judge Qaḥf is Syrian-American, having come to America at the age of 2 with her family. Preceding her appointment to the Supreme Court of New Jersey, she specialized in...
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church has spoken on the current status of Copts in Egypt whilst welcoming a French delegation of politicians, journalists, and writers. When asked whether Copts were persecuted in Egypt, Pope Tawāḍrūs II explained that this was not the case under President...
The Egyptian President, ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī, has revealed that work is underway to draft a law stipulating that any verbal divorce lacking official documentation will not be accepted. The President cited statistics from the Dār al-Iftāʾ stating that it deals with hundreds of thousands of divorce...
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has said that although women’s rights and issues have been handled well within the sharīʿa (Muslim law), with explanations duly given and false claims refuted, objections nevertheless appear every now and then.
Dr. Muḥammad ʿAlī, an Islamic preacher, has said that God ordained that the decision to divorce is in the hands of the husband, whilst khulʿ is something that a woman may resort to if no other alternatives remain, and in this case khulʿ would be a way to leave the marriage.
Egyptians and historians have rejected the proposed change of St. Catherine's official name to that of “the Greatest manifestation” (al-Tajallī al-Aʿẓam). They emphasized that to do so is to erase the popular and Egyptian identity associated with this name by which the site has been known...
The Egyptian Minister for Justice, ʿOmar Marwān, has affirmed President al-Sīsī’s dedication to eliminating slow litigation processes and achieving justice, as well as his desire for the judicial sector to benefit from technological developments to improve the quality of its services. During an...

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