Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 13, 2014
A recent fatwá of Dr. Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, stated that calling for participation in the coming presidential elections is harām (religiously prohibited).
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 25, 2018
Pope Tawāḍrūs II and Usāma al-Azharī, the President’s adviser on religious affairs, inaugurated the “Youth and Future Industry” conference at Ain Shams University.
In the presence of Dr. Suzān al-Qilīnī and Dr. ‘Abd al-Wahāb ‘Izzat, president of Ain Shams University, the conference began with a...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 3, 2013
Last Tuesday (September 3), Dr. Shāykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of Al-Azhar, met the institution's representatives in the Constituent Assembly amending Egypt's Constitution to discuss Al-Azhar's view on the new document and agree on the texts that they will present to the assembly. One of the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 3, 2013
Grand Muftī of the Republic, Dr. Shawqī 'Alām, has been chosen as a representative for Al-Azharin the Constituent Assembly. He commented, “This appointment is a national responsibility that I respect and appreciate.” The Muftī explained in a press statement that the Azharhas the first...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 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: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2018
Dr. Muḥyī al-Dīn ʿAfīfī, rapporteur of the Religious Discourse Committee at the Egyptian Family House (EFH), and Hegumen Buṭrus Buṭrus, the assistant rapporteur, met with the members of the clergy and imams of Al-Azhar at the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center of the St. Mark Cathedral in al-...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 8, 2014
Dr. Ahmad Umar Hāshim, member of the Azhar senior scholars, called upon everyone to fight and renounce ideological extremism.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 8, 2014
In the Bahraini capital, al- Manama, the Conference on Civilization and Cultural Dialogue came to a close.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 19, 2013
Muhammad ʿAbd al-ʿAtty al- Nūbī, President of the International Al-Azhar and Sufī Youth Union, invited Egyptian youth groups to stand as one against what he describes the spiral of despicable violence that spread through Egypt recently.
Al-Nūbī stressed today, in his declaration, that what happened...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 19, 2013
The Minister of Endowments said that there is no room for politics in mosques, and that there are extremists exploiting the current crises to involve mosques in political conflict. He said that there is complete cooperation between the Ministry of Endowments and Al-Azhar to arrange a committee of...