Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Dr. Tarek al-Gawhary, MA Azhar University, PhD Princeton University, advisor to Sheikh Dr. Ali Goma’a. explained the thought process in Islamic Law and how a Muslim jurist can think about the concept of inclusive citizenship in a historical context. The basis is in the Constitution of Medina or the...
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2019
A lecture from Dr. Tarek Mansour on Muslim-Christian relations in the Middle East.
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2025
A translator and scholar of Islamic studies, Dr. Mykhaylo Yakubovych is a postdoctoral researcher with the Global Qurʾān Project at the University of Freiburg. He is the author of The Kingdom and the Qurʾān: Translating the Holy Book of Islam in Saudi Arabia (2024), translator of the first complete...
Date of source: Monday, February 17, 2025
Al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars commemorated the death anniversary of Dr. Aḥmad Ṭaḥa Rayyān, a prominent Mālikī fundamentalist cleric, who passed away on February 17, 2021.
Date of source: Sunday, March 3, 2024
Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, chaired the 3rd session of AlBaraka Forum for Islamic Economy during its 44th edition, held in the Saudi city of Medina under the title ‘Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa: The Governing Framework of Islamic Economics.’
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2023
Dr. Fānia Mabādi ʿAbd al-Raḥīm has passed away. He was a professor at the Islamic University, and spent many years of his life teaching the Arabic language to non-native speakers. He was also a researcher and investigator. He passed away after sunset today (October 20) in Medina.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 8, 2014
After a few members of Muslim Brotherhood attacked Dr. Yāssir al-Burhāmī during his walk in the Prophet’s Mosque in al- Madīnah al- Munawarrah [Saudi Arabia], anger prevailed over Salafi circles.
Date of source: Saturday, March 15, 2014
In the mosque of Prophet Muhammad (al- Masjid al- Nabawī) in al- Madīnah al- Munawarah, the first simultaneous translation of a Friday sermon to English and Urdu was held.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
In an opinion article published by Civic Egypt, Rāghib Al- Rikābī wrote about the difference between Islam during the early Islamic period of Mecca and the Islamic experience witnessed after the hijra, or emigration; the date of this event marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar.
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Father Christiaan van Nispen tot Sevenaer (15.3.1938 – 12.5.2016) was a Jesuit priest and had been in Egypt since 1962. Van Nispen had a PhD in Islam which he received in Serbonne, Paris. Besides his PhD, he also studied Philosphy and Islam and had been active in the formation within...