Date of source: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Professor of theology and philosophy at al-Azhar University, Dr. ʿAzza Ramaḍān, stated that addressing atheists in society requires extensive research and that there is no universally applicable solution to the problem of recognising and dealing with atheists.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
In the context of Islam, jihād refers to the fight of Muslims to abstain from sin, which is the highest kind of jihād, as well as the defense of their beliefs and homeland.
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2024
Umayma Farīd Muḥammad, an assistant professor in the Comparative Jurisprudence Department at al-Azhar University for Girls, and a researcher who received a PhD with summa cum laude for her thesis, suggested applying Islamic sharīʿa provisions to funding projects and banking transactions.
Date of source: Saturday, May 17, 2014
A cautious calm is returning to the Azhar’s male dormitories in Nasr City, Cairo, after the security forces were capable of ending the acts of violence that students possibly affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood started yesterday (May 16) after the Friday prayers.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 2014
The Ministry of Youth and Sports is organizing preaching convoys under the slogan of “Together we Protect Egypt” in all governorates from March 25 until April 25.
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2018
The recently deceased scholar Shaykh Maḥmūd ʿĀshūr was one of the most prominent undersecretaries and leaders of al-Azhar over the past years; besides, he was an active member of the Islamic Research Academy, the Supreme Consultative Council for Bringing Muslim Madhahib Closer together of the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 2010
The author criticizes the recent statements by Azhar Scholars' Front. The author refers to the lowly statements issued by the Azhar Scholars Front and he wonders how such statements can be issued by revered shaykhs who belong to a great institution such as the Azhar.
He believes that most of...
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2010
During his Friday prayer speech, Azhar University professor Dr. Ismā‘īl al-Bādī described questioning Qur'ānic verses and whether they were added before or after Prophet Muhammad’s death as slander. He cited various Qur'ānic verses as proof of the Qur'ān being impossible to distort because it is...
Date of source: Friday, May 14, 2010
This article reflects on the Muslim reactions to Netanyahu’s claim that Jerusalem, or Zion, is mentioned in the Bible as the homeland of the Jews 850 times.
Date of source: Friday, March 5, 2010
Dr. al-Birrī is an Azhar scholar who believes that ‘Abd al-Nāsir’s regime was behind sectarianism in Egypt, and that the sectarian problems are a result of ignorance that dominate Muslims and Christians of Egypt.