Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2023
The Abrahamic Family House has announced its upcoming program of panel discussions and events on the themes of peaceful coexistence and the role of faith in fostering culture, inspiring the arts, and tackling global challenges.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 23, 2023
Journalist Ashraf Ḥilmī, who lives in Australia, denounced the return of salafī preacher Abū Islām on his privately owned TV channel al-Umma. Ḥilmī says that Abū Islām aims to resume his “dirty” war on Christianity and practice his takfīr on all believers.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 17, 2023
A decision to set up a new college teaching the Ḥanbalī fiqh (jurisprudence) at the World Islamic Sciences & Education University (W.I.S.E) in Jordan has raised many questions. While some view it as a plan to empty the Ḥanbalī fiqh from its content and make a new Salafism that is more appealing...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 24, 2023
Salafī groups have escalated pressures on the state and the education ministry over a recent decision to ban the niqāb in schools as the new academic year starts.
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2023
It is something remarkable that the education minister’s decision to ban the niqāb (face-covering veil) in schools has neither sparked anger in clerics’ and salafīs’ circles nor was met with fierce criticism like the decision-taker feared it would in the past.
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2023
The salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party said that it will be filing a lawsuit against the decision to ban the niqāb (face-covering veil) in Egyptian schools.
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 27, 2023
During a TV show, a heated debate occurred between Dr. Aḥmad Kirīma, a professor of comparative fiqh (jurisprudence) at al-Azhar University, and Shaykh Hānī al-Ṣālḥī, an Islamic preacher, after the Shaykh made statements that the Prophet Muḥammad was a salafī.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 22, 2023
Qummus (Archpriest) ʿAbd al-Masīḥ Basīṭ of the Virgin Mary Church in Musṭurud said that Lord Jesus Christ did not made alcohol, but turned water into a wine that was not intoxicating.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2023
In association with the Masār al-Khayr (Path of Benevolence) foundation for sustainable development, the Bible Society of Jordan announced the start of a campaign to hand out packages of stationery to more than 2,000 government school pupils in the provinces of al-Karak, Mādabā and Maʿān.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 2023
Under the auspices of the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ṣūfī Orders, Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Qaṣabī, the General Sheikhdom of the Ṣūfī Orders is holding a series of symposiums and lectures for ten days. Ten scholars will participate as part of the sheikhdom’s educational role for followers of Ṣūfī...