Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 18, 2023
The al-Azhar Global Fatwa Center has announced its plan for the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramaḍān, which consists of the following 10 components:
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, welcomed a visiting delegation of French journalists and intellectuals, and responded to their questions about the strategy of al-Azhar in confronting intellectual extremism.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2023
In Egypt, the issue of altering the religion of a child has become the object of widespread attention, following the declaration of a boy, who was originally adopted by Coptic parents before being taken into custody by authorities as a Muslim.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 4, 2023
“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew, 17:20)
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2023
Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Anglican Archbishop of Alexandria, has opposed the Church of England's vote in favor of blessing same-sex marriages. The archbishop explained that he spoke as an Archbishop of the Global South, among those who had issued a Charter of Faith, stating thus:
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 11, 2023
The Egyptian Ministry of Awqāf (charitable endowments) recently announced that they have begun to receive applications for a number of vacancies for imāms and mosque caretakers. This comes almost a month after it announced the need to fill the posts, in what appears to be surrender to the status...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 3, 2023
In conjunction with Jordan's celebration of Interfaith Harmony Week, first proposed by King ʿAbd Allāh II of Jordan at the United Nations in 2010 in order to promote communal peace, Bahāʾīs in Jordan celebrate the establishment of the ʿAsdīa project by ʿAbbās Efendī (also known as ʿAbd al-Bahāʾ,...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 5, 2023
The Senate Committee on Tourism, Antiquities, Culture and Information, chaired by Dr. Maḥmūd Muslim, has continued its discussion of the study submitted by MP Suhā Saʿīd, Under-Secretary of the Senate Committee on Culture, Tourism, Antiquities and Information, and Secretary of the Coordination of...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 5, 2023
Egyptians and historians have rejected the proposed change of St. Catherine's official name to that of “the Greatest manifestation” (al-Tajallī al-Aʿẓam). They emphasized that to do so is to erase the popular and Egyptian identity associated with this name by which the site has been known...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 2, 2023
On Monday, 27 February 2023, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights announced the launch of the "Map of Religious Freedoms" in Egypt after six years of work, with the aim of providing a documentary reference for all matters relating to freedom of religion and belief and the violations of that...