Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2022
Dr. Yāsmīn Fuʾād, Minister of Environment, confirmed that Al-Azhar was at the forefront of the institutions that showed support for Egypt’s hosting of the upcoming COP27 climate conference, and contributed with constructive ideas and visions, praising the Sheikh of Al-Azhar’s speech on climate in...
Date of source: Monday, May 30, 2022
I think that not even an obstinate person can deny that the June 30 revolution has provided the citizen with many citizenship rights. Since the first day of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s term in office, all his orientations have been in favor of supporting all elements of restoring the quality...
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2022
Ambassador Suhā Jindī, Minister of State for Immigration and Egyptians Abroad, participated in the celebration organized by the Coptic Orthodox Church on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the episcopate of public, social and ecumenical services, which was held in the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2022
Pope TawāḍrūsII, Pope of Alexandria, Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, inaugurated today, Saturday, the St. Mark Church in Azbakiyya, after renovating it while preserving its original character.
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Bahrain is preparing to welcome Pope Francis I in the coming November in his second visit to the Gulf after signing the Document of Human Fraternity in the USA in 2019, where Pope Francis met the Shaykh al-Azhar and the Council of Muslim Elders. Bahrain is known for its efforts in religious...
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2022
What is the Islamic ruling on transferring human organs and donating them? A question was submitted to the eminent Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, and he answered it by saying: The Sharia [Sharīʿa] of Islam has honored the human body, whether it is alive or dead, and it has forbidden...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The Ministry of Youth and Sports closed the file of ʿUyūn Miṣr' Club because of its affiliation with one of the religious sects, which contradicts the concepts of citizenship stipulated in the constitution, which forbid any discrimination on religious grounds in any societal component, including...
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2022
The Church and Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, celebrated this morning (Thursday, Sept. 29) at St. Mark’s Cathedral in ʿAbbāsiyya the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of the episcopate of public and social services, which was established by the...
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Lara Gibson participated in the CAWU-Heliopolis University summer school between June 27 and July 6, 2018, and interned with our center between July 8 and October 4, 2018. Lara studied Arabic language and culture at Durham University, UK.
Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2022
Yūsuf Al-Qaradāwī, head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, died today, Monday, after a long struggle with illness.
Al-Qaradāwī was born in September 1926 in the village of Ṣafṭ Turāb, the center of al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā, in the Gharbiyya Governorate.