Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II expressed his extreme disapproval at the events unfolding in Palestine, where bombing, devastation, and killing were taking place. He stated that “Our hearts are in pain at what is happening in Gaza, and at the large numbers of deaths and victims, as well as the wounded and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
President ʿAbd el-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī addressed the nation and told the people that the idea of transferring Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Sinai is the same as transferring the idea of resistance and of fighting from the Gaza Strip to Sinai, thus making Sinai a base for launching operations...
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2023
Dr. Walāʾ Jād al-Karīm, a member of the National Council for Human Rights, confirmed that Israel is violating both human rights and international law, pointing out that the United Nations has not been able to enter the occupied territories and follow up on human rights because Israel is refusing to...
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Al-Azhar said it is offering condolences to a “silent world” over the victims of Palestine. It hailed the bravery of the Palestinian people and prayed for God to grant them determination in the face of “Zionist tyranny and the shameful silence of the international community.”
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2023
Al-Azhar hailed the “great people of Palestine and the Arab and Muslim nation, who won the honor of the shahāda (martyrdom) as steadfast defenders of their homeland and their cause — the Palestinian issue — to which they, we, and each and every human of integrity all over the world are devoted.”
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2023
Under Pope Tawāḍrūs II, the Coptic Orthodox Church expressed rejection and denunciation of the current developments between the Palestinians and Israelis.
Date of source: Monday, August 7, 2023
A post on social media revealed that the books and works of late writer Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī were put on sale at a bookshop, which sparked a controversy over the rights of her heirs: a son and a daughter.
Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2023
Today is the 28th anniversary of the assassination of Egyptian thinker, Dr. Faraj Fūda. He was killed on June 8, 1992 over his opinions and studies, in which he refuted the ideologies of the extremist organizations and the Muslim Brotherhood group, and exposed their efforts to reach power in the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2023
Grand Muftī, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, said that seeking the knowledge of specialists in each field of activity is the optimal way to build sound awareness, adding that the first of these ways is education.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2023
On Monday (October 2), the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, received Egypt’s ambassador to the Vatican, Maḥmūd Ṭalʿat, and gave him a message to send to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church.