Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2024
Al-Azhar denounced Zionist attacks targeting innocent residents of the Rafaḥ refugee camp, which was previously declared a safe region for displaced Gazans. The world watched as this heinous crime left scores of men, women, and children dead or injured.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Anṣār al-Sharīʿa (Supporters of Islamic Law), an extremist group in Libya that the UN and the US had classified as “terrorists,” declared in a statement that it had disbanded itself.
Date of source: Saturday, May 18, 2024
On behalf of Prince ʿAlī bin al-Ḥusayn, Jordan's Minister of Culture, Hayfāʾ al-Najjār, opened the 17th conference of Christian youth students on Saturday, May 18.
Date of source: Friday, June 7, 2024
According to the Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, the majority of radical fatwas were issued by individuals who were not affiliated with reputable major scholarly institutions or the religious establishment.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2017
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt said on Saturday, December 10, that it will not welcome U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during his visit to Egypt in light of the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Shaykh Khalīfa bin Zāyīd Āl Nahyān, announced new legislation that will administer severe penalties and criminalize any act inciting religious hatred.
Date of source: Friday, May 31, 2024
Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa praised the Egyptian movie ‘I Raised My Eyes to the Sky,’ directed by Ayman al-Amīr and Nadā Rīyāḍ, which also won the L'Œil d'Or, or the Golden Eye, award for Best Documentary at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
Date of source: Friday, May 17, 2024
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches’ Affairs in Palestine (HCC) said a visit by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, to Gaza under Israel’s prolonged hostility is a “message to all world leaders to work towards ending this war and bring about a just peace that...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Egyptian businessman Najīb Sāwīrīs has sparked controversy among social media users following a post in which he said, “We Christians believe in one God,” renewing controversy he had made the prior week following a similar post in which he cited a verse of the Qurʾān (Sūrat Al-Kāfirūn) as evidence...
Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2024
Dr. Saʿad al-Dīn al-Hilālī, a professor of jurisprudence (fiqh) at al-Azhar University, stated that the debates about the Sunna (the traditions of the Prophet Muḥammad) or the Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī collection of ḥadīths, are being used as propaganda tools rather than topics of genuine discussions aimed...