Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2023
On Wednesday (September 27), Muslims worldwide are celebrating the al-Mūlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet’s Birthday), which falls on the 12th of Rabīʿ al-Awal, 1445 according to the Muslim Hijrī calendar.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 11, 2023
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is convening an urgent session on July 11, 2023, during its 53rd ordinary session in Geneva.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Dr. ͑ Alī Jum ͑a, a member of al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars, said the term ‘real estate development’ is a modern one that did not exist in the books of heritage and old fiqh (jurisprudence). Accordingly, a faqīh (theologian) must thoroughly study the history of real estate development and...
Date of source: Monday, May 22, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church condemned the incidents going on in Sudan during a Divine at the Maria von Zeitoun Kirche in the Austrian capital Vienna.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2023
Dr. ʾIbrāhīm Najm, a senior advisor to Egypt’s Grand Muftī, has reviewed the efforts of the Dar al-Iftāʾ in combating extremism, during a meeting with a delegation from the European Parliament, led by Tomáš Zdechovský. He cited the various initiatives enacted by the Dar al-Iftāʾ to confront...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Bishop Sīdārūs, the general bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church, denounced the recent statements of Fr. Ṣamūʾīl al-Buḥayrī, during which he described Protestant marriage as a form of adultery, confirming the church's complete rejection of this idea.
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
Islamist activists in Salafī forums lashed out at Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī, Deputy Chairman of the Salafī Daʿwah [Call] Movement, over a published photograph showing him hugging Bishop Būla of Ṭanṭā that some have even accused Burhāmī of loyalty to Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2012
The great Egypt, with its Muslims and Christians, has always been an example to follow for thousands of years as a nation that knows no religious fanaticism.
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
Although Sarah is a minor in the eyes of the law, she is an adult in the eyes of the Salafists who had earlier called for including into the new constitution an article lowering the marriage age for girls from 18 to nine!
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2012
Michel Aoun, a former Lebanese army commander and currently a politician and leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, warned that changing the regime of Syrian President Bashār al-Assad would wreak havoc with Lebanon and the Christians living inside it.