Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2023
A decision to set up a new college teaching the Ḥanbalī fiqh (jurisprudence) at the World Islamic Sciences & Education University (W.I.S.E) in Jordan has raised many questions. While some view it as a plan to empty the Ḥanbalī fiqh from its content and make a new Salafism that is more appealing...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2023
Salafī groups have escalated pressures on the state and the education ministry over a recent decision to ban the niqāb in schools as the new academic year starts.
Date of source: Thursday, September 14, 2023
It is something remarkable that the education minister’s decision to ban the niqāb (face-covering veil) in schools has neither sparked anger in clerics’ and salafīs’ circles nor was met with fierce criticism like the decision-taker feared it would in the past.
Date of source: Thursday, September 14, 2023
The salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party said that it will be filing a lawsuit against the decision to ban the niqāb (face-covering veil) in Egyptian schools.
Date of source: Sunday, August 27, 2023
During a TV show, a heated debate occurred between Dr. Aḥmad Kirīma, a professor of comparative fiqh (jurisprudence) at al-Azhar University, and Shaykh Hānī al-Ṣālḥī, an Islamic preacher, after the Shaykh made statements that the Prophet Muḥammad was a salafī.
Date of source: Friday, September 22, 2023
Qummus (Archpriest) ʿAbd al-Masīḥ Basīṭ of the Virgin Mary Church in Musṭurud said that Lord Jesus Christ did not made alcohol, but turned water into a wine that was not intoxicating.
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2023
In association with the Masār al-Khayr (Path of Benevolence) foundation for sustainable development, the Bible Society of Jordan announced the start of a campaign to hand out packages of stationery to more than 2,000 government school pupils in the provinces of al-Karak, Mādabā and Maʿān.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Under the auspices of the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ṣūfī Orders, Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Qaṣabī, the General Sheikhdom of the Ṣūfī Orders is holding a series of symposiums and lectures for ten days. Ten scholars will participate as part of the sheikhdom’s educational role for followers of Ṣūfī...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Alexandrian Jesuits Fathers received Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Saturday, August 19, 2023
In one of his shows, U.S. comedian and actor Chris Rock, who was once hit by Will Smith during an Oscar awards ceremony, addressed the statements made by a U.S. police official regarding the killing of Afro-Americans by police gunfire.