Tag: Al-Azhar

Al-Azhar, ultra-conservative Islamist groups reject call for gender equity in Tunisia

Ultra-conservative Islamist group Al-Jamaa Al-Islamyia condemned the decisions, describing it as a…

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New Al-Azhar committee to prepare new law to confront hatred and violence

The proposed law follows controversy after a cleric described non-Muslims as non-believers 

Mohammed El-Said Mohammed El-Said

Abu Hamed insists on presenting Al-Azhar regulation law despite controversy

“All objections to the draft law are about generalities and not the…

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Egypt’s Al-Azhar condemns Stockholm truck attack

Sweden, international community in solidarity against terrorist acts

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Al-Sisi, Al-Tayeb review Al-Azhar’s latest effort on renewing religious discourse  

Al-Tayeb presented Al-Azhar ongoing preparations for the "freedom and citizenship" conference that…

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Al-Azhar asserts legitimacy of oral divorce, stresses need for documentation

A statement out of Al-Azhar’s Higher Scholars Authority hinted that Al-Sisi has…

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Al-Azhar lawsuit against TV presenter Islam El-Beheiry postponed

The lawsuit was filed in 2015 accusing the TV presenter of “deliberately…

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Unified sermon restricts imams’ skills in using knowledge: Endowments Ministry’s top imam

The Administrative Court is upholding the minister’s decision to unify Friday prayer…

Sarah El-Sheikh Sarah El-Sheikh

Iran officially rejects Saudi royals as Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

Khamenei considers Saudi Arabia a “cursed tree”, but Al-Azhar backs its custody…

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