Date of source: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Anbā Ermiā, Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center (COCC), announced solidarity with the statement by Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, the president’s advisor for religious affairs, regarding the controversial Takwīn foundation.
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: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
A fierce campaign has been launched recently against anyone who dares to express controversial opinions or arguments regarding religion on the grounds that one must be an expert on religion to be entitled to express an opinion on the matter.
Date of source: Monday, May 13, 2024
Talk show host ʿAmr Adīb said that he would arrange a debate between researcher Islām al-Buḥayrī, one of the founding members of the Arab Intellect Taqueen (Takwīn), and Islamic preacher ʿAbullah Rushdī, to discuss the ideas of the foundation that has recently been sparking controversy.
Date of source: Monday, April 22, 2024
While the Israeli war machine relentlessly claims Palestinian lives, Netflix has released a docu-series depicting the life of Prophet Moses and the “tragedy” of the Israelites in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2024
The Ṣūfī Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī lived during the 12th century. Most of his books were lost during his trips from the city of Murcia in Spain (Andalusia) to the Levant, namely Damascus, where he died and was buried.
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: Sunday, April 14, 2024
The timing of the announcement of an agreement between Israel and Indonesia to normalize relations might have gone unnoticed under different circumstances, especially before the aggression on Gaza following the events of October 7.
Date of source: Friday, April 19, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs attended an event organized by the Papal Office for Projects (POP) to launch an awareness-raising document titled ‘Let the Joy be Complete,’ which addresses the risks associated with consanguineous or interfamilial marriage.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
When the book ‘al-Mawāqif wa al-Mukhāṭabāt’ by al-Nafarrī was published in Cairo in 1934, the late novelist and Nobel laureate Najīb Maḥfūẓ was just 23 years old, having already graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Department of the Egyptian University, now known as Cairo University.