Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2023
The Egyptian President, ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī, has revealed that work is underway to draft a law stipulating that any verbal divorce lacking official documentation will not be accepted. The President cited statistics from the Dār al-Iftāʾ stating that it deals with hundreds of thousands of divorce...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 24, 2023
The city of Luxor in southern Egypt has become a paradigm of amity between Muslims and Copts during the holy month of Ramaḍān after Rūmānī Ramzī ʿAjāybī and his son Bīshūy hosted the largest māʾidat al-raḥman (charitable ifṭār) for their Muslims neighbors in Egypt. The father and son provide this...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 26, 2023
The holy fasting month of Ramaḍān is an important time for Chadian Muslims who make up more than 80% of their country’s total population. During this month charitable activities become increasingly prominent. Muslims spend the majority of their time at mosques for prayers and Qurʾān recitation, and...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 26, 2023
The Centre of Christian-Muslim Understanding & Partnership (CCMUP) has announced an initiative for raising awareness about climate change under the motto “It’s Our Planet, Let’s Preserve It” in cooperation with the Egyptian Family House. The initiative was attended by Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 24, 2023
The Catholic Center for Studies and Media offered a message of congratulations to Muslim brothers and sisters across the world on the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramaḍān. This message is sent annually by the Vatican’s Roman Catholic Church via the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 22, 2023
During a weekly sermon on Wednesday at the Saint Mark Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāsīya, Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church offered his congratulations to Muslims over the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramaḍān.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 23, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has said that although women’s rights and issues have been handled well within the sharīʿa (Muslim law), with explanations duly given and false claims refuted, objections nevertheless appear every now and then.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 22, 2023
Diabetics are among those who must carefully monitor both their illness and lifestyle throughout Ramaḍān, due to the possibility of the hours of fasting having a dramatic effect on them.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2023
Dr. Muḥammad ʿAlī, an Islamic preacher, has said that God ordained that the decision to divorce is in the hands of the husband, whilst khulʿ is something that a woman may resort to if no other alternatives remain, and in this case khulʿ would be a way to leave the marriage.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2023
A lecture entitled “Dismantling Extremist Thought” was held for Somali trainees at the headquarters of the World Association of al-Azhar Graduates, implemented in cooperation with the al-Azhar International Academy for Training.