Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 20, 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, the world's leading Sunni Islamic institution, extended condolences to the Iranian people following the tragic death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials in a helicopter crash that took place this month.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 8, 2024
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, received Dr. ʿAmr Rashīd, Chairman of the board of directors of the Egyptian Ambulance Organization (EAO), at al-Azhar headquarters. Dr. Ṭayyīb praised the EAO’s role in the relief of injured Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has been under...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 10, 2024
Following the Easter celebrations, Christian churches across Egypt are celebrating Khamāsīn, or the Holy Fifty Days. Between now and the Pentecost, which falls on June 23, the churches are marking this festival with joyful music and decorations of white curtains and roses.
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 6, 2024
The Egyptian Scientific Academy (Institut d’Égypte), in association with the Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding and Partnership, the University of Cambridge, al-Azhar, Dar al-Iftāʾ, and Egyptian Churches, will hold an international conference under the title “Modern Scientific Developments...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 1, 2024
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, had a telephone conversation with Pope Tawāḍrūs to extend Easter congratulations.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 25, 2024
In its excessive oppression, the Israeli occupation does not discriminate between Muslims and Christians. This is what the Palestinians and Arabs have come to understand for over more than seven decades. Below are the most prominent Christian figures who engaged in honorable resistance against the...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2024
Led by Dr. ʿAlāʾ ʿAbd el-Hādī, the General Union of Arab Writers and the General Syndicate of the Egyptian Writers Union expressed their sincere support for the Grand Imām Aḥmad el-Ṭayyīb and his courageous and noble stance towards the Palestinian issue and what is happening in Gaza in particular...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, received a high-level delegation from the Egyptian Episcopal/Anglican Church, led by Archbishop Sāmī Fawzī of Alexandria and Archbishop Dr. Munīr Ḥannā, the honorary head of the Episcopal Church and Director of the Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 30, 2024
Christian churches following the Western calendar are celebrating Holy Saturday on March 30 with a mass to be led by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 28, 2024
A senior official of al-Azhar said that Muslims must seek moral lessons from the stories of the Holy Qurʾān.