Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2014
The Maspero Youth Union has declared its determination to organize a stand against events in Iraq, where ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) issued a choice to Christians yesterday – death, conversion to Islam, or payment of the jizya (tax on free non-Muslims under Muslim rule).
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 2014
Furthermore, Grand Imam Shaīkh Ahmad al-Tayyib met Amīr Khālid Bin Bandar Bin ‘Abd al- ‘Azīz and ‘Abd al-Allah Bin ‘Abd al- ‘Azīz Āl Sa’ūd, King of Saudi Arabia
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 2014
Meanwhile, the al-Azhar founded the Forum for Moderation and Dialogue, comprising a number of Grand Scholars of al-Azhar, al-Harakah al-Islāmīah and al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīah, as a means to confront Islamic extremism.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2014
The Azhar, Dār al-Iftā’ and the Ministry of Endowments demanded punishment for those responsible for the death of several members of the security forces in the town of al-Farāfara in the governorate ‘NewValley’.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 2014
Yesterday, Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, welcomed an Emirati delegation of ministers and officials headed by Shaykh Muhammad Bin Zāyyid Āl Nahyān, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, in Cairo
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2014
A committee of intellectuals and religious scholars has been formed by Grand Imam of the Azhar, Doctor Ahmad al-Tayyib, to discuss the issue of the representation of the prophets in cinema, in response to the recent film, ‘Noah’.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2014
Grand Imam of the Azhar, Doctor Ahmad al-Tayyib, has declared at the first meeting of the Muslim Council of Elders in Abu Dhabi that they have a responsibility to resuce the ummah from its terrible fate that awaits them, saying that the da‘wah has been transformed by terrorists as a means to call...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2014
Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, awarded outstanding students of al-AzharUniversity with appreciation letters, tablets, and cash prizes and distinguished them as future pioneers of al-Azhar.
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2014
Yesterday, the Council of Ministers agreed upon some changes in laws concerning the reorganization of the al-Azhar and its bodies.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2014
After his reappointment as Minister of Religious Endowments, Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Gum’ah stated that he is planning to regulate the Egyptian religious discourse more tightly in order to purge it from extremist elements. Furthermore, he wants to improve the investments of the endowment funds in...