Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, received the Australian ambassador to Egypt, HE Neil Hawkins, in his office at Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta earlier this week. The Australian ambassador congratulated Dr. Allam on the advent of the blessed month of Ramadan.
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In a news statement issued on Monday, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Shawki Allam, confirmed that moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, is a clear provocation to the feelings of 1.6 billion Muslims around the world. more ...

The Senior Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ibrahim Negm, announced in a news statement that Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta will organize an official public celebration on Tuesday on the occasion of sighting the new moon of the blessed month of Ramadan. The celebration will be held at Al-Azhar’s Conference Center, Nasr city, Cairo. more ...

His Excellency, Dr. Shawki Allam, the Grand Mufti of Egypt and the President of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, received today a delegation from King Abdullah Bin AbdulAziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID). The delegation headed by the Director General, Dr. Fahad Abul-Nasr, KAICII ... more ...

Egypt's Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, delivered the keynote speech in Algeria's conference on integrating Islamic education in official institutions. more ...

Egypt's Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, left for Algeria on Sunday morning to take part in the international conference on integrating Islamic education in official institutions. The conference is held under the auspices of the Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and organized by the Supreme Islamic Council from April 23-25. more ...

In a news statement issued on Wednesday, Egypt's Dar al-Ifta Observatory for monitoring Islamophobia praised the establishment of the World Council of Muslim Minorities that will be based in Abu Dhabi. more ...

In a symposium titled “Jerusalem: A Memorable Heritage”, organized by Al-Azhar and in cooperation with Egypt’s Ministry of Culture, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Shawki Allam delivered a word that carried significant messages to the international community. more ...

In a news statement issued on Thursday, the Observatory for Monitoring Islamophobia at Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta praised the British government's rejection of the racist “Punish a Muslim” campaign launched recently by an anonymous group. The press release stressed that it is necessary to work on criminalizing Islamophobia by every possible means to comba ... more ...

In a big special event held on Friday in Islamabad, the President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain, conferred the highest national award on the Grand Mufti of Egypt Dr. Shawki Allam in appreciation for his contributions, as the head of Egypt's Dar al-Ifta, to world peace and Islamic scholarship. more ...

As part of his current official visit to Pakistan, Egypt's Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, delivered Friday sermon at Islamabad's big mosque. He devoted his sermon to the great value of "mercy" and its impact on communities. more ...

Part of his current official visit to the Pakistani Republic, Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam delivered the keynote speech in Pakistan’s conference titled “A National Narrative to Counter Extremism”. He confirmed that we are suffering from a peculiar state of hostility and misrepresentation of Islam, propelled and practiced by numerous contr ... more ...

In response to an official invitation extended by the Pakistani President, Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, starts his official visit to Islamabad for the next several days. more ...

In his word delivered on the occasion of celebrating International Women’s Day, Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, stated that Islam supports and grants women their full rights since its revelation. He added that Shari’ah has honored and saved women from the degrading status they led before Islam. more ...

Egypt's Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, received a high-level delegation from Kuwait's Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, headed by the Undersecretary of Ministry of Awqaf, Sheikh Farid Asad Emadi, to discuss aspects of religious cooperation between Egypt's Dar al-Ifta and Kuwait's Awqaf. more ...

Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, received a high-level Nigerian delegation on Wednesday to discuss some women-relevant issues in Islam. more ...

In his key speech delivered on Monday in KAICIID’s conference on “Dialogue for Peace”, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Shawki Allam, stated that Islam has established rules and principles for coexistence with followers of different faiths across different contexts, times, and places, allowing Muslims to integrate and live in perfect harmony with the ... more ...

In response to an official invitation extended by the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), Egypt's Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, left for Austria's Vienna on Sunday morning to take part in the conference on “Interreligious Dialogue for Peace” to take place on 26-27 February 2018. more ...

Thursday, February 15, 2018

The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Shawki Allam, strongly denounced the Florida School bloody shooting that left 17 dead and tens injured.
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawki Allam, received a high-level Indonesian delegation in his office on Thursday morning to investigate the means of enhancing cooperation between Indonesia and Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta in combating extremism and correcting the misconceptions about Islam. The delegation included the minister o ... more ...