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Al-Azhar condemns attack on mosque in central Afghanistan
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2019
Al-Azhar has condemned the terrorist bombing that targeted a mosque in the city of Ghazni   in central Afghanistan yesterday evening, killing at least two and wounding 20 others.
Coptic Demographics, Migration, and Bureaucracy
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For decades now, Egyptian Coptic Christians and Muslims have been citing widely diverging numbers for the percentage of Christians in Egypt. In the absence of reliable, published data, the figures vary wildly, anywhere from 6 to 24 percent of population.
Tomorrow... The Forum of Senior Scholars will be launched in the City of Islamic Missions in the presence of the Shaykh of the Hadith Transmitters
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2019
The Office for the Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar announced the launching of the Forum of Senior Scholars under the title "Sunnah between criticism of the chain of transmission [al-Sanad] and criticism of the reported text [al-Matn]: provisions, rules, and effects." The forum will be held tomorrow, after...
The Birth of the Prophet Muhammad Marked the Birth of Mercy, Justice, and High Moral Standards
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 9, 2019
Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyād, Secretary General for the Islamic Research Academy, said that the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad marked the birth of mercy, love, and dignity, indicating that the morals of the Prophet before the revelation of the Quran [al-Qurān] had a huge influence in spreading the call to Islam...
Minister of Endowments at the Celebration for the Anniversary of the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birth: "We Need a Revolution in Religious Thinking"
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 7, 2019
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī attended a celebration marking al-mawlid al-Nabawī, the anniversary of Prophet Muḥammad’s birth, organized by the Ministry of Awqāf.  
After an Egyptian Researcher’s Talk about Forced Marriage of Female Captives...“A Message to al-Azhar”
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 2019
Statements by ʿAbd Allāh Rushdī, an Egyptian researcher, imām, and preacher at al-Sayiddah Nafīssah Mosque, about marrying female captives and having sex with them is causing a flurry of backlash.  When he was asked on Twitter about owning a female slave and having sex with her, he said, “She is a...
Interview with Ambassador Mona Omar on the Status of Women in Egypt
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 30, 2019
The interview with Ambassador Mona Omar was held at the Diplomatic Club, in Cairo on 7th July; the discussion was fully recorded with the Ambassador’s permission.  This text was presented to Ambassador Mona Omar on July 21, 2019. The Ambassador had no objections to publishing this text. Ambassador...
Salafists call for the closure of the shrine of al-Ḥussayn during ʿAshūrāʾ, and Sufis respond
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2019
The Egyptian Salafist movement called on the Egyptian Ministry of Endowments to close the Imam al-Ḥussayn shrine, citing fears that Shiite rituals would be conducted in front of the mosque. The demand was rejected by Egyptian Sufi currents, who warned there would be an outrage in the community in...
“A justification for rape…take two!”
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2019
When asked by one of his followers about the reason behind the rapes of women during Islamic wars, Shaykh ‘Abd Allāh Rushdī replied “these are human beings and they have needs,” going on to explain that these needs could not be considered shameful as long as the woman has consented to the sexual...
Bishop George Shīḥān: "We always communicate with the shaykh of al-Azhar"
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2019
The Maronite Church is part of the Catholic Church, and recognizes the sovereignty of the Vatican. The headquarters of the Maronite Church in Bakarkī, Lebanon, and it has its own patriarch and bishops. It was founded by Patriarch Yūḥannā Mārūn in 687 AD in northern Syria. Yūḥannā Mārūn and his...

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