Date of source: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, the president’s advisor for religious affairs, said it was causing him and other pious Muslims significant discomfort to hear calls for recognizing only the Holy Qurʾān and denying the Sunnah, which is an established precept of Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Archbishop of al-Minyā, Anbā Makāryūs, has been given the nickname the ‘Honest Pastor’ following his visit to the village of al-Fawākhir after the assault on his congregation, where three houses were set alight and more were looted.
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2024
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem announced that it is not holding celebrations this year due to the “barbaric” war being waged by the occupation forces in Gaza.
Date of source: Monday, May 6, 2024
The Egyptian Scientific Academy (Institut d’Égypte), in association with the Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding and Partnership, the University of Cambridge, al-Azhar, Dar al-Iftāʾ, and Egyptian Churches, will hold an international conference under the title “Modern Scientific Developments...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Palestine is considered to be the cradle of Christianity, the birthplace of Jesus, and home to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the majority of Christian antiquities.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, had a telephone conversation with Pope Tawāḍrūs to extend Easter congratulations.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Journalist Aḥmad al-Ṣāwī, Editor-in-Chief of the Ṣawt al-Azhar (Voice of al-Azhar) newspaper, republished statements by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, addressing issues related to the construction of churches and communal unrest in certain villages.
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2017
The Islamic Research Academy on Thursday, May 11, 2017, held an extraordinary meeting under Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, to discuss the crisis sparked by cleric Dr. Sālim ʿAbd al-Jalīl’s statements regarding Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Egyptian security forces were able to restore calm in the village of al-Fawākhir, Samāllūṭ town, in the southern Egyptian governorate of al-Minyā, after violence erupted there on Tuesday evening (April 23).
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Security forces in the Upper Egyptian province of al-Minyā and the deputy governor rushed to al-Fawākhir village after reported assaults by extremists on Copts over rumors about the construction of a church.