Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 18, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb said that all documents, statements and decisions as well as meetings held at the Azhar headquarters throughout last year was not an attempt to get the top Sunni Muslim establishment to play a political role but rather out of keenness on the nation's...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youth says there is no doubt the Azhar under Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb is now playing its ordinary national role in association with the Coptic Church under Pope Shenouda III.
The two sides, along with the government, represented by Dr. al-Janzūrī, as well as...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 11, 2012
Under the slogan "A Patriotic Meeting to Restore Egyptian Spirit," Shaykh Tayyīb will preside over a meeting to be attended by Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III at the Azhar office on Wednesday (January 11).
The meeting, to be attended by a host of Azhar scholars, priests, intellectuals and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 11, 2012
The statement underlined some controls and governing principles of these freedoms in light of the Arab Spring revolutions in a way that would preserve societal accordance and public interests in a stage of democratization in several Arab countries.
The statement noted that the Azhar's call was only...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2012
A young Copt, Kyrillos ‘Ayyād, sat on the ground inside the St. Mark Cathedral carrying a large photo of Shaykh ‘Imād ‘Iffat, who was killed in the recent incidents off the cabinet office in downtown Cairo, during the visit of Dr. Tayyīb, Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah and Minister of Awqāf...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2012
“Muslims and Christians in the East make a united national fabric. Past dictatorial and despotic regimes have harmed both Muslims and Christians,” Dr. Tayyīb said during a meeting with Patriarch Gregory III Laham of the Church of Antioch on January 5.
The top Sunni Muslim cleric also appealed to...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2012
Meanwhile, the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy approved in a meeting on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, amendments to the law on the Azhar, including the retirement of the Grand Shaykh at the age of 80 or upon his request.
Grand Shaykh Dr. Tayyīb, during the three-hour session, was in favor to have...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III received Shaykh Tayyīb at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, where Tayyīb and a delegation of Azhar scholars offered greetings for the Copts of Egypt and the Pope over the Coptic Christmas on January 7.
Dr. Tayyīb expressed hope that...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2012
Al-Azhar vehemently rejected the setting up of a so-called Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), asserting that the top Sunni Muslim establishment is the only Muslim reference concerned with religious affairs in Egypt. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Jan. 5, p. 14...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2016
The Eminence of the Grand Imam Dr. Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭayib, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, visited the Cathedral of St. Mark in Al- ʿAbassiyyah yesterday to congratulate Pope Tawadros II and the Coptic brothers on the occasion of the Easter Feast. The Grand Imam was received by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II...