In this article, I will continue what I said at the conference held by the Freedoms Committee of the General Syndicate of the Egyptian Writers Union on February 3, 2023, entitled “Palestine: The Essence of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.”
Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn al-Hilālī, a renowned professor of comparative fiqh (jurisprudence) at al-Azhar University, emphasized the need for a religious discourse that fosters unity and avoids divisive tendencies, adding that fatwās represent the convictions of those issuing them, and are therefore not...
Sūhāj University President, Ḥassān al-Nuʿmānī, and Grand Muftī of Egypt, Shawqī ʿAllām, inaugurated the 9th Scientific Conference for Young Researchers, attended by a host of local leaders, clergymen, al-Azhar scholars, and university students.
The Egyptian churches and the Bible Society of Egypt are participating in the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) with a collection of varied publications handling history, theology, and religious studies.
Dr. Aḥmad ʿUmar Hāshim, the former president of al-Azhar University and a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, emphasized the distinguished history of al-Azhar, attributing to it the safeguarding of “the most honorable culture that has illuminated humanity.”
The Dār al-Iftāʾ booth at the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) said that it is receiving visitors at Hall 4 – B50, to communicate and provide them with summaries of books and publications during this year’s major Egyptian cultural event.
Monṣif Sulaymān, the Coptic Orthodox Church’s legal advisor and a member of the House of Representatives’ Religious Affairs Committee, anticipates the official promulgation of the personal status law for Copts in June, pending the completion of the Justice Ministry’s review.
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, expounded on five important fatwās (religious edicts) during his weekly appearance on the show Naẓra (Vision) on the Ṣadā al-Balad TV station with talk show host, Ḥamdī Rizq.
Kyrios Kyrios Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine and Jordan, inaugurated the Christian Family House in Jordan and prayed for the success of all those working for the new initiative.
The Palestinian Christian Kairos Palestine initiative delegation met the Secretary-General of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and his accompanying delegation at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) headquarters in Jerusalem.