Date of source: Monday, February 3, 2014
The prime defendant in the case of killing the policeman in front of a Church in 6th October City stated in the interrogations that he was trained by al- Zawahirī in Sinai (Mahmūd al- Garhī et al., al- Watan, Feb. 3, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2014
The Dār al- Ifta’ warned yesterday against extremist fatwás (religious decrees) that call members of the security forces infidels and prohibited prayer for those members of the security forces who die in attacks on them (Wā’il Fāyyiz, al- Watan, Feb. 2, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2014
The Ministry of Endowments announced that two preachers’ convoys are heading to the Sinai today under the auspices of the Azhar Shaykh, Dr. al–Tayyīb, to give the Friday sermon and a number of religious lectures and seminars with people in Sinai, particularly youth (Muhammad ‘Antar, al- Shurūq, Jan...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 19, 2014
‘Abūd al- Zumur, leader in the Jamā’ah al- ‘Islāmiyah, stated that carrying weapons against the army and the police is religiously prohibited (harām).
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2014
“The Falcons of Qutb” led by leaders who have broken off from the Muslim Brotherhood have issued a document called the “The Organization of Resistance”. This document acts as a revision to the idea of peaceful change. They have demanded, in an official statement, that the Muslim Brotherhood discard...
Date of source: Monday, August 18, 2014
Al- Azhar Shaykh Ahmad al- Tayyib, in a visit to the site of the Suez Canal, stated that building the new canal is a form of jihad and an application of the civility of Islam and its tolerance.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
The liberal Moroccan writer Saʿīd Nāshīd views that the pattern of religion inherited from the jurisprudence of the imperial ages is no longer convenient for the age of the nation state. What is more, it constitutes a direct threat to peace and security.
In his interview with “Al-Dustūr”, Nāshīd...
Date of source: Saturday, August 16, 2014
A statement issued by the union of Sufī orders requested to purge the Azhar of Wahābī’s Muslim Brotherhood members and ISIS sympathizers
Date of source: Sunday, January 26, 2014
Islamic Scholars stated that Muslim Brotherhood members betrayed the homeland and that they “are fighting God and the prophet”.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The Azhar issued a decision to send preaching convoys to different governorates that would, as part of its job, alert to the Shi’te danger and sectarian strife and its impact on the unity of the ummah and social stability.