Date of source: Sunday, July 13, 2014
11 Arabic and International Scholars have become members of the Supreme Council of Islamic affairs. A committee has also been formed to publish researches and religious knowledge in different languages.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2017
ʿAbd al-Ghanī Hindī, a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, described the criticism directed at the Ministry of Endowments over the ban on loud speakers in tarāwīḥ prayers during the coming month of Ramḍān as “pointless exaggeration."
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Mūkhtār Jumʿah, the Minister of Awqaf, stressed the need to coordinate Arab and international efforts to address sectarian extremism in Africa.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Dr. Shawqī ‘Allām, the Muftī of Egypt, has endorsed the international initiative for intercultural and understanding that was made by the Grand Imām, Shaykh of the Azhar, Ahmad al- Tayyib, in the closing of the “Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies” held in Abū Dhabī, UAE.
Date of source: Sunday, January 13, 2013
In the name of God the most Merciful, and the most Compassionate
To: Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Director and Founder of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT) Dear Sir, As I follow up the sincere efforts your good self exert for promoting dialogue between Muslims and Christians...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Bishop Basantī of Helwan and al-Ma'sarah said that Copts do not oppose Muslims in the implementation of the Islamic sharī'ah as long as it is taking into account the rights of Copts. [Muhammad 'Abd al-Shāfī, al-Ahrām, Jan. 17, p. 14] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, December 31, 2009
As an intern at the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation, my main aim has been to foster intercultural relations between the West and the Arab world. Integrated in a research team, I had the opportunity to delve into precise topics (such as the issue of mosque building in Egypt), and...
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2008
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá writes about the principle of citizenship and mechanisms to put it in place in light of the 3rd laymen conference a week ago, that hopefully would pave the way for better citizenship in the future. Mūsá, praised the conference participants and described them as stars whose...
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2008
This report deals with the role of the religious institution in choosing Egypt’s next president. In an interview with Muhammad ‘Alī Khayr, Islamic intellectual Fahmī Hūwaydī claims that religious institutions have no influence nowadays because they lack independence.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Muhammad Nūr reports on the different opinions of Muslim scholars concerning the recent fatwá of Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī regarding prayer times.