A conference for Al-Azhar, Egypt\u2019s top Islamic institution, calling for renewing religious discourse, will kick off on Monday under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.<\/p>\n
The conference, dubbed \u201cAl-Azhar International Conference on Renovation of Islamic Thought\u201d will be attended by Sisi, along with a number of top leaders; prominent political and religious figures; and representatives of the Awqaf (Endowments) Ministry; Dar Al-Iftaa, Egypt\u2019s religious authority authorized with issuing religious fatwas (opinions); and Islamic councils from 46 countries.<\/p>\n
The main themes of the conference include innovation concepts and mechanisms, the dismantling of misconceptions, women’s and family issues and the role of international, religious and academic institutions in renewing Islamic thought.<\/p>\n
The conference discusses the renewal conditions, causes and factors, and will treat misconceptions related to Jihad (the sacred fight of Muslims to defend Islam, with force if required).<\/p>\n
President Sisi, since taking office in 2014, has called for developing religious discourse, especially that of Islam, and addressing religious misconceptions used by some extremist groups to justify their terrorist acts and deceive the youth.<\/p>\n
The calls for renewing religious discourse, endorsed by the Ministry of Endowments (Awaqf Ministry), are believed to be part of the state\u2019s war against terrorism.<\/p>\n
At the ceremony of Muslim\u2019s Laylat al-Qadr at the headquarters of the Ministry of Endowments in June, Sisi said that people\u2019s behaviors could affect the image of their religion negatively or positively in other nations\u2019 points of views.<\/p>\n
\u201cStrong religion could be weakened by its believers\u2019 behaviors,\u201d said Sisi, adding that Muslims should represent Islam in a good way through their practices.<\/p>\n
Egypt Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A conference for Al-Azhar, Egypt\u2019s top Islamic institution, calling for renewing religious discourse, will kick off on Monday under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The conference, dubbed \u201cAl-Azhar International Conference on Renovation of Islamic Thought\u201d will be attended by Sisi, along with a number of top leaders; prominent political and religious figures; and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":162241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[2486,51726,40361,2484,54679,8470],"class_list":["post-162239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-al-azhar","tag-awaqf-ministry","tag-dar-al-iftaa","tag-egypt","tag-laylat-al-qadr","tag-sisi"],"yoast_head":"\n