Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
The director of the Egyptian Liberal Democracy Institute, Dāliyyā Ziyāda, said that the Administrative Court was right in rejecting the appeal case against the niqāb-Ban for teaching staff at Cairo University. Ziyāda confirmed that it is important for every working woman to be able to communicate...
Date of source: Thursday, April 18, 2019
On Thursday, the Center for the Development of International Student Education organized the annual closing ceremony of the activities of the institutes of Islamic Missions and the institutes of Arabic Language Education for non-Arabic speakers and the opening of an exhibition to introduce the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2019
Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyād, Secretary General for the Islamic Research Academy, said that the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad marked the birth of mercy, love, and dignity, indicating that the morals of the Prophet before the revelation of the Quran [al-Qurān] had a huge influence in spreading the call to Islam...
Date of source: Thursday, November 7, 2019
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī attended a celebration marking al-mawlid al-Nabawī, the anniversary of Prophet Muḥammad’s birth, organized by the Ministry of Awqāf.
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2019
The Maronite Church is part of the Catholic Church, and recognizes the sovereignty of the Vatican. The headquarters of the Maronite Church in Bakarkī, Lebanon, and it has its own patriarch and bishops. It was founded by Patriarch Yūḥannā Mārūn in 687 AD in northern Syria. Yūḥannā Mārūn and his...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Egypt expressed regret at the burning of the historic tower of the Church of Notre Dame in the French capital of Paris, expressing solidarity with the French authorities.
Date of source: Sunday, August 4, 2019
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark, visited Sunday the headquarters of al-Azhar, accompanied by a large church delegation to express felicitations for the occasion of ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā.
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2019
The Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib met today with the Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during his visit to Cairo.
Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said that the top Sunni establishment is vigilant on any attempts to disrupt religious unity and national fabric in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Presidency confirmed that President Muhammad Mursi (Mūrsī) held a surprise meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, and Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, at the Presidential Palace (Nāsir 'Abd al-Majīd, al-Wafd, June 19, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.