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Egypt: Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar refutes claim that Islam allows Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men

Nov 20, 2020 11:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams 11 Comments

The issue of interfaith marriage has arisen again this week among several Islamic leaders, reflecting a tug of war inside Islam and renewed efforts to keep Sharia provisions rigidly in place. Supremacism and expansionism are central to Islam, while mass Muslim migration, globalism and the Internet have had impact not only upon Western countries, but […]

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Filed Under: Egypt, Featured, Islamic supremacism, Sharia, women's rights in Islam Tagged With: Ahmed El Tayyeb, Al Azhar, Amena Nosair

Al-Azhar Grand Imam: ‘We reject calling terrorism Islamic,’ stop using this term, it hurts the feelings of Muslims

Nov 11, 2020 4:00 pm By Robert Spencer 45 Comments

El-Tayyeb is focusing on non-Muslims using the term “Islamic terrorism,” but what about when Muslims speak as if Islam encourages warfare and violence against unbelievers? Among the modern-day Muslims (and some from the recent past) who would disagree with El-Tayyeb’s statement are these: “Jihad was a way of life for the Pious Predecessors (Salaf-us-Salih), and […]

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Filed Under: Featured, free speech, Islamic supremacism Tagged With: Ahmed El Tayyeb, Al Azhar

Grand Imam of al-Azhar vows to sue those who insult Islam in international courts

Nov 11, 2020 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer 42 Comments

The “Abu Dhabi Declaration” that the Pope and El-Tayyeb signed states: “Freedom is a right of every person: each individual enjoys the freedom of belief, thought, expression and action.” But El-Tayyeb didn’t really mean it. Now, what a surprise! Who saw that coming! In reality, anyone who knows that Islamic law mandates death for blasphemy […]

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Filed Under: blasphemy, Featured, free speech, Islamic supremacism, Muhammad cartoons Tagged With: Ahmed El Tayyeb, Al Azhar, Jean-Yves Le Drian

Grand Imam of al-Azhar calls for international legislation criminalizing ‘acts of hate’ against Muslims

Oct 29, 2020 1:00 pm By Robert Spencer 51 Comments

Europe, the U.S., and the world at large are eventually going to have to choose: freedom of speech, or submission to Sharia blasphemy laws? Which one they will choose is in doubt at the moment. Submission was galloping forward until Samuel Paty was beheaded. That seems to have galvanized the French government into acting to […]

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Filed Under: blasphemy, Egypt, Featured, free speech, Islamic supremacism, Muhammad cartoons, Sharia Tagged With: Ahmed El Tayyeb, Al Azhar

Al-Azhar grand imam says man who beheaded teacher doesn’t speak for Islam, but warns against ‘insulting religions’

Oct 24, 2020 2:00 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams 38 Comments

Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, said: “I declare that Islam, its teachings and its Prophet are innocent of this wicked terrorist crime….At the same time, I emphasize that insulting religions and attacking their sacred symbols under the banner of freedom of expression is an intellectual double standard and an open invitation to hatred.” No […]

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Filed Under: blasphemy, Featured, France, free speech, Muhammad cartoons, War is deceit Tagged With: Ahmed al-Tayeb, Al Azhar, Samuel Paty

Al-Azhar condemns Macron’s plan for fighting ‘Islamic separatism’ as an ‘explicit call for racism and hate’

Oct 6, 2020 8:00 am By Robert Spencer 22 Comments

Racism? Really? What race is “Islamist separatism” again? I keep forgetting. Anyway, we have seen this many, many times before. Any counterterror initiative, no matter how mild, no matter how carefully worded, no matter how many “moderate” profiteers it puts front and center, will be condemned as “racist” and “hateful.” The effect of this is […]

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Filed Under: claiming victim status, Egypt, France, War is deceit Tagged With: Al Azhar, Emmanuel Macron

Al-Azhar grand imam denounces use of term ‘Islamic terrorism,’ says it’s offensive to Islam

Oct 3, 2020 8:00 am By Robert Spencer 35 Comments

Reality: Muhammad said: “I have been made victorious through terror” (Bukhari 4:52.220). The Qur’an says: “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah and your enemies…” (8:60) “When your Lord was revealing to the angels, ‘I […]

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Filed Under: claiming victim status, Egypt, Featured, Taqiyya, War is deceit Tagged With: Ahmed El Tayyeb, Al Azhar

Al Azhar congratulates Germany on its forming of a committee for ‘confronting animosity against Islam’

Sep 4, 2020 2:00 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams

Al Azhar is the “chief centre of Islamic and Arabic learning in the world.” Four months ago, the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar, Ahmad El-Tayeb, declared that Islam was a religion of peace, stating that “Islam doesn’t seek war, Muslims only fight back to defend themselves.” Out of the other side of his mouth, he […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", Germany Tagged With: Al Azhar, Al Azhar Observatory for Fighting Extremism, German Interior Ministry

Austria: “In addition to ‘Black Lives Matter’ we should start a new campaign with the motto ‘Muslim rights matter'”

Jun 21, 2020 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer

The occasion for this declaration was Norbert Hofer’s criticism of the Qur’an. Given the radical Marxist goals of Black Lives Matter, Omar Al Raqi’s call is yet another manifestation of the Leftist/Islamic alliance. Both Leftists and Islamic supremacists want to crush the freedom of speech and install an authoritarian order. “Al-Azhar Condemns Austrian Politician’s Remarks […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", Austria, blasphemy, claiming victim status Tagged With: Al Azhar, Islamophobia Watch, Norbert Hofer, Omar Al-Raqi

Al-Azhar Sheikh rejects idea that Islam needs reform: “War between heritage and modernity made up to hold us back”

Mar 22, 2020 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer

I would have said that this hits hardest those professional moderates who have grown rich and laden with honors by telling Western audiences what they want to hear, that is, feeding them soothing half-truths and outright lies about how Islam will soon reform and is or soon will be completely compatible with Western secular governance, […]

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Filed Under: Egypt, Featured, Islamic reform Tagged With: Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, Al Azhar, Muhammad Othman Al-Khosht

Egypt: Al-Azhar to hold international conference on “Islam’s invitation to human brotherhood for reaching peace”

Sep 21, 2019 4:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Interesting! Human brotherhood, eh? Will they renounce these Qur’an verses and others like them? “Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Book and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the most vile of created beings.” (Qur’an 98:6) “Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the […]

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Filed Under: Egypt, Taqiyya, War is deceit Tagged With: Al Azhar, Islamic Studies Faculty

Pope signs declaration with Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar condemning “terrorism and oppression” carried out in God’s name

Feb 5, 2019 12:05 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams

Pope Francis has “met with Emirate leaders and signed a joint declaration together with Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, condemning ‘acts of murder, exile, terrorism and oppression’ carried out in God’s name.” This sounds admirable and appears on paper to the gullible to be a source of hope, but the […]

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Filed Under: Catholic Church, Featured, Taqiyya, United Arab Emirates, Useful idiots, War is deceit Tagged With: Al Azhar, Emirate Leaders Joint declaration, Pope Francis, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb

A day after jihadis murder four tourists, Vatican ambassador to Egypt says “dialogue” prevents terrorism

Dec 30, 2018 11:53 am By Robert Spencer

“The absence of dialogue between Al-Azhar and Vatican is the greatest gift for terrorism, Musarò added.” He said that on December 29. “Two Vietnamese tourists were killed earlier on Dec. 28 and ten others were injured in a tourist bus explosion in Marioteya district, near Giza governorate.” Apparently the jihadis who killed those tourists didn’t […]

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Filed Under: Catholic Church, dialogue, Egypt, Featured, Useful idiots, willful ignorance Tagged With: Al Azhar, Bruno Musarò

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar: Terrorism cannot be a result of Islam, jihad terror results from “unjust policies”

Oct 11, 2018 7:49 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

This is the kind of lie that has captured many on the left who are too self-absorbed to pay attention to history: Terrorism results from international unjust policies that lost all compassion toward the weak and the poor, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayyeb said during his speech in the Sixth Congress of Leaders of […]

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Filed Under: Egypt, Featured, Taqiyya, War is deceit Tagged With: Ahmed El Tayyeb, Al Azhar, Cairo, Grand Imam of Al Azhar

Al-Azhar on French call to reform Qur’an: “Go to hell!” Violent verses are “in reality verses of peace”

May 5, 2018 5:13 pm By Robert Spencer

“No to freezing a single letter from the Koran, and those calling for this can go to hell.” Peaceful guy! Shuman also said: “What those who issued this call think are verses calling for their killing are in reality verses of peace,” claiming that the Qur’an only calls for fighting in self-defense. He seems to […]

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Filed Under: Egypt, Featured, Islamic reform, Qur'an Tagged With: Abbas Shuman, Al Azhar

Al-Azhar enraged by French call to purge Qur’an of anti-Semitism, charges “Islamophobia”

Apr 29, 2018 12:30 pm By Robert Spencer

The Qur’an depicts the Jews as inveterately evil and bent on destroying the well-being of the Muslims. They are the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they claim that Allah’s power is limited (5:64); they love to listen to […]

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Filed Under: Featured, France, Islamic reform Tagged With: Al Azhar

Al-Azhar spokesman: “Not within the power of Al-Azhar” to declare the Muslims who attacked mosque “infidels”

Nov 27, 2017 8:47 am By Robert Spencer

In June 2009 at al-Azhar, Barack Obama said: “For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning.” In October 2001, right after 9/11, the New York Times called Al-Azhar “the revered mosque, the distinguished university, the leading voice of the Sunni Muslim establishment.” It quoted a Muslim cleric: “Al Azhar […]

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Filed Under: Egypt, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Abbas Shuman, Al Azhar, al-Rawda mosque

Pope in Egypt: “Let us say… ‘No!’ to every form of violence…carried out in the name of religion”

Apr 28, 2017 6:00 pm By Robert Spencer

It’s hard to be Egyptian: water turning to blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, diseased livestock, boils, hailstorms, locusts, darkness, death of firstborn, and now Pope Francis. Seriously, Francis notes the “incompatibility of violence and faith” and says: “Let us say once more a firm and clear ‘No!’ to every form of violence, vengeance and hatred […]

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Filed Under: Catholic Church, dialogue, Egypt, Featured, Useful idiots Tagged With: Ahmed al-Tayeb, Al Azhar, Pope Francis

Al-Azhar, the foremost institution in Sunni Islam, refuses to declare the Islamic State apostate

Apr 16, 2017 1:06 pm By Robert Spencer

In June 2009 at al-Azhar, Barack Obama said: “For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning.” In October 2001, right after 9/11, the New York Times called Al-Azhar “the revered mosque, the distinguished university, the leading voice of the Sunni Muslim establishment.” It quoted a Muslim cleric: “Al Azhar […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Al Azhar

Egypt: Sisi calls for restrictions on verbal divorce, al-Azhar says no

Feb 12, 2017 7:09 am By Robert Spencer

In Islamic law, all a man need do in order to divorce his wife is say to her, “Taaleq,” that is “(You are) divorced.” If he says it once or twice, he can take her back simply if he decides to do so. But if he says it three times, he cannot take her back […]

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Filed Under: Egypt, Featured, Islamic reform, women's rights in Islam Tagged With: Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Ahmed El Tayyeb, Al Azhar

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