Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2013
Reviewing his achievements since his appointment as Grand Muftī of Egypt in 2003, Shaykh ‘Alī Jum’ah has become a leading advocate for moderation. He has revolutionized the process of issuing fatwás in Egypt, transforming Dār al-Iftā’ from an institution that was the extension of one individual (...
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2013
Karīm Kamāl, president of the union, stated that the recent violence, unprecedented in the Egyptian society, has jeopardized media outlets when the perpetrators blocked the Production Media City and blocked the judges from accessing the Supreme Constitutional Court. The latest curfew imposed on...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Spokesman of President Mursī, Dr. Yāsir ꞌAlī, yesterday commented on statements delivered by President Mursī on Egyptian Christians describing them as “minorities”. Accusing media of delivering false reports, ꞌAlī argued that media have taken President Mursī’s statements out of context and that the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 18, 2012 to Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Shaykh Sharīf al-Hawwārī, a notable Salafist in the western Alexandria town of al-‘Āmrīyah, pledged to bring back the five Coptic families expelled over a purported love affair between a Christian man and a divorced Muslim woman to their homes.
Date of source: Saturday, February 18, 2012 to Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Shaykh Sharīf al-Hawwārī, a notable Salafist in the western Alexandria town of al-‘Āmrīyah, pledged to bring back the five Coptic families expelled over a purported love affair between a Christian man and a divorced Muslim woman to their homes.
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2012 to Sunday, April 15, 2018
Meanwhile, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb on Wednesday (February 15) launched an international initiative to break the siege imposed on al-Quds (Jerusalem) in the presence of Palestinian Muftī Shaykh Muhammad Husayn, representatives from the Patriarchate of Antioch and Ambassador...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 to Sunday, April 15, 2018
Meanwhile, under the auspices of Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, the top Sunni Muslim institution is hosting a meeting called by the General Congress for the Support of al-Quds (GCSQ) in a bid to launch an international campaign to break the siege on al-Quds (Jerusalem) and its...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 to Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Salafī al-Nūr Party in the governorate of al-Fayoum precluded a fitnah that almost erupted between a Muslim landlord and a Christian tenant in the town of Sinnūris.
'Abd al-'Azīm 'Abd al-Hamīd and his sons sought last week to terminate the contract of Dāwūd 'Azmī Fahmī and have him out of his...
Date of source: Friday, February 10, 2012 to Monday, March 19, 2018
Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah termed as “loss for Egypt” calls for civil disobedience on February 11, adding all Egyptians have to do their duty and avoid disrupting citizens’ interests and tampering with the potentials of this nation.
“Egypt is going through a decisive moment of its...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, announced the launching of a satellite channel which, according to him, would be popularly accepted by Egyptians who trust in the moderate stance of The Azhar body.