Date of source: Saturday, December 22, 2012
"I have not been able to go home for a month now." It is with this statement that Shaykh Muhammad 'Abdullah Nasr, coordinator of the group Azharians for a civil state and a Tahrir Square preacher, disclosed the chase launched against him by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the Salafists. In an...
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2012
After toppling the prosecutor-general, Counselor ‘Abd al-Majīd Maḥmūd, demands are renewed by Azharite movements to sack Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Tayyib on the grounds that he belonged to the former regime.
Date of source: Friday, May 16, 2014
The conflict between the Da’wah al- Salafiah and the Ministry of Endowments has increased after the rejection of the Da’wah to abide by the unified sermon that the Ministry is requesting all imams to abide by.
Date of source: Monday, September 9, 2013
A meeting between the representatives of Al-Azhar and the Church in the Constituent Assembly took place at the headquarters of Al-Azhar and lasted nearly two hours. It came at the invitation of Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyib, Al-Azhar Grand Shaykh, who did not attend the meeting.
Eight members of the assembly...
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2014
Al- Da’wah al- Salafia continues its confrontation with the Ministry of Endowments.
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2014
Shaykh Muhammad Abd al- Raziq, deputy of the ministry of Endowments for Mosque Affairs, announced the suspension of the protocol signed by the ministry and the Da’wah al- Salafia pertaining to giving sermons in mosques.
Date of source: Thursday, April 24, 2014
Al- Azhar scholars have denounced the terrorist operations that target police and army men as well as civilians. They assured that it is a form of “corrupting the land” that is done by criminals and religion is innocent from their actions
Date of source: Thursday, April 24, 2014
Islamic Research Institute scholars have commented on the controversial fatwa of Dr. Yāssir Burhāmī, Vice President of the Da’wah al-Salafiah, describing it as corrupt. The fatwá states that a man is not obliged to defend his wife from rape if his life is threatened in trying to protect her
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2014
Shaykh Muhammad Abd al- Rāziq, Deputy of the Minister of Endowments, stated that the Ministry has received the confirmation of the Ministry of Justice on their request to grant the right of judicial arrest to the inspectors, heads of department of the Ministry of Endowments.
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2014
Salafīs have stopped Shaykh Muhammad ‘Iz al-Dīn Abd al-Sattar, First Deputy for preaching affairs, Ministry of Endowments, from entering al-Rahmān al-Rahīm mosque in MutāhrahVillage, Abū Qurqās district, Minya. Instead they allowed Shaykh Muhammad Ya’qūb to give the Friday sermon.