Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2012
Today’s press overview is tackling a “weird” so-called fatwá sanctioning the killing of opponents of President Muhammad Mursī, made by Shaykh Hāshim Islām, a member of the Azhar’s fatwá committee. In his religious opinion, Islām considered the opponents as “khawārij [Kharijites which means...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 13, 2012
Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, Counsellor to the Azhar Shaykh on the dialogue of religions, and Professor at the Azhar University and the Sorbonne, is regarded as one of those who bear the responsibility for extending channels of communication and cooperation with non-Muslim religions, cultures and...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 18, 2014
With the endorsement of the Grand Imām Ahmad al-Tayyib Shaykh of the Azhar, a new branch of ‘Bayt al-‘Ailah (a body related to the Azhar comprised of Christian and Muslim leaders and scholars), was inaugurated in the governorate of Sohag by several officials, among them Dr. ‘Abbās Shūmān, Deputy of...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2012
Two months have passed since work first began on the Constituent Assembly and still its sub-committees did not finish drafting the final articles of the Constitution amidst an ongoing tug-of-war among its members, particularly about Article II, articles concerning the powers of the president and...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 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: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 14, 2012
Today’s overview deals with calls by the Azhar on Muslim countries meeting at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in the Saudi city of Jeddah to withdraw the Arab initiative to settle the disputes between Israel and the Palestinians.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 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: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2013
There are new hopes for resuming relations between Al-Azhar and the Vatican. Dr. Shawkī Allām, Egypt's Mufti, attended a peace conference in Rome as a representative of the Shaykh of Al-Azhar. The mufti carried a message from Shaykh to the Pope welcoming the renewal of dialogue between the two...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 14, 2014
Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, decided to refer the Azharite attire in Iraq, Shaykh Faraj Allah al- Shāzilī, for investigation for making the call for prayers in the Shi’ite way which contradicts with the call of Sunnah.
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2013
Representatives of Al-Azhar in the Constituent Assembly have announced their unanimous rejection of removing the phrases of “Christians and Jews” from the Article 3. Counselor Muhammad ‘Abd al-Salām, the Rapporteur of the Basic Requirements subcommittee in the Constituent Assembly, stated that its...