In an expanded symposium at the Authority in the presence of leaders of national institutions and newspapers.."National Press" Hosts the Minister of Endowments
D. Osama Al-Azhari: Egypt’s National Press is citadels of awareness and fortresses of ancient thought
– Continued efforts to renew religious discourse and develop its mechanisms
– It is time for a decisive intellectual battle that reduces the burden on the security services in confronting extremism
– Nine-tenths of the battle with extremism falls on the shoulders of intellectual institutions
– Terrorism and extremism are an idea that crosses religions, peoples and cultures
– Tendent electronic brigades that spread a spirit of pessimism and despair and raise confusion and doubts in state institutions
– Extremist organizations exploit “social media” And exploit it to undermine the stability of the homelands
– Preserving the authentic Egyptian identity and components is our top priority
– Strengthening bridges of cooperation with Al-Azhar and religious institutions
– Atheism requires a deep, organized, and carefully considered intellectual confrontation
– Continuous attention to imams and preachers, qualifying them academically, and developing training programs
– Continuous advocacy convoys, initiatives, seminars and lessons to enhance religious awareness
– Study of allocating the second part of the Friday sermon to “spatial priorities
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The symposium was attended by Alaa Thabet, Undersecretary of the Authority, Counselor Mahmoud Fouad Ammar, Hamdi Rizk, Amr Al-Khayyat, Sameh Mahrous, Osama Abu Pasha, members of the Authority, Marwa El-Sisi, Secretary-General of the Authority, Medhat Lashin, Vice President of the State Council and Legal Advisor to the Chairman of the National Press Authority, Dr. Ahmed Mukhtar, and a number of chairmen of the boards of directors of national press institutions and editors-in-chief of publications, and from the Ministry of Endowments Mahmoud Al-Jallad, Assistant Minister for Information.
At the beginning of the symposium, Engineer Abdul Al-Sadiq Al-Shorbaji, Chairman of the Authority, with His Excellency Professor Dr. Osama Al-Azhari, Minister of Endowments, and the heads of the boards of directors of national press institutions and editors-in-chief of publications, expressing his appreciation for this visit. He extended his congratulations to the Minister on the great success of the International Holy Quran Competition in its thirty-first edition, wishing continued success.
The Chairman of the Authority appreciated the Minister’s great efforts in implementing the vision of the Egyptian state in many files. The issues, most prominently “renewing religious discourse” To confront extremist Takfiri thought, build sound cultural and religious awareness, promote the values of tolerance and spread correct moderate thought, and he praised the Ministry’s continuous follow-up in developing the administrative performance of the affiliated agencies, improving the scientific and advocacy performance of the imams, and raising their intellectual and scientific level to achieve an enlightened religious message.
 
The Chairman of the Authority praised the Ministry’s efforts within the framework of “Reconstructing the Houses of God.” Whether by opening new mosques or maintenance and development operations, he also praised the ministry’s ongoing and fruitful initiatives within the framework of religious awareness, community development and human building.
Al-Shorbagy said that the world is going through rapid and successive crises. Which poses more challenges and requires the combined efforts of all state institutions to keep our country strong amid these developments and events. He added: Here, intensifying cooperation is an inevitable necessity in the context of enhancing awareness, spreading facts, and responding to lies. And confronting tendentious ideas.
The Chairman of the Authority stressed that Egypt’s national press will remain supportive of the nation and its issues, and a powerful and main tool in the processes of enlightenment, education, spreading awareness, and confronting rumors and false ideas, and said: We are ready. Always to enhance and support cooperation with the Ministry of Endowments within the framework of the national role of national press institutions to clarify facts, confront false ideas, and support the state’s plans and vision to renew religious discourse and spread moderate thought. The correct one.
For his part, Dr. expressed. Osama Al-Azhari, Minister of Endowments, expressed his happiness at being present at the National Press Authority in an important symposium in the presence of senior writers and journalists. He stressed that Egypt’s national press is citadels of awareness and ancient bastions of thought, and possesses great journalistic treasures and statures that have filled the nation with knowledge and thought. He said: I am proud to be your guest in The National Press Authority, and I am proud of all the support from you and yours. We trust the national press, and we appreciate the Authority’s keenness to hold these periodic meetings for dialogue. Closely in accordance with the vision of the Egyptian state for greater cooperation and coordination in various fields and issues. And terrorism, non-religious extremism and the decline of moral values, and promoting human building and the creation of civilization. He pointed to the issue of renewing religious discourse and confronting intellectual extremism, and working to protect Egyptian society from all forms of extremism, especially after the great challenge it created. Modern technology and social media at many levels, whether religious, societal, moral or otherwise, and he stressed that many efforts have been made in this context to confront extremism, starting with identifying extremist currents, some of which disappeared and disappeared with the passage of time and their names and orientations changed, passing through their ideas, which are the wrong ideas that have been and are being promoted. It has different platforms that target minds that begin with takfir.
The minister continued, saying: Intellectual institutions have a very important role here. The security institutions have endured far beyond their capacity, and the time has come for a decisive intellectual battle that will ease the burden on the security services to confront extremists and their poisonous ideas. I believe that nine-tenths of the battle with extremism falls on the shoulders of intellectual institutions. He pointed out the importance of identifying danger points, as extremist organizations exploit technology and harness it to There are world powers who spend generously on them, employ them, and exploit them to undermine the stability of the homelands. Here, the confrontation with such organizations must be organized, studied, and according to a precisely defined path. With the cooperation of all institutions.
Dr. confirmed. Osama Al-Azhari, that extremism does not know a religion, and the facts of history confirm this, and religion does not create extremism. Terrorism and extremism are an idea that crosses religions, peoples and cultures. We are in an intellectual war that we are waging and a danger that must be faced to protect our countries, our children, and even our children. Here we must be very careful in dealing with… Young people, who are wary of social media, which is filled with tendentious electronic groups aiming to spread a spirit of pessimism and despair and arouse confusion and doubts. In state institutions, and therefore one of the priorities of our work – and I consider it one of the priorities of renewing religious discourse – was to restore bridges of trust, whether for the citizen in himself, his abilities and successes, or in his country or state institutions. The minister added that preserving the authentic Egyptian identity and components was a priority and a goal in confronting the people of evil. To deter their continued attempts to undermine the people’s confidence in their history, institutions, and national and historical symbols.
The Minister also touched on issues of atheism and how to deal with them. And confrontation. He said: This is a great danger and one of the types of intellectual extremism and should be dealt with carefully, with full awareness and study. Atheism requires a deep and organized intellectual confrontation. He referred to a previous meeting he had with the Pope of the Vatican, where ways of cooperation to confront atheism were discussed, and he stressed the importance of building a mental intellectual system. Able to confront atheistic thought and its advocates, who start from three determinants: provocation and pride And expansion. Shared for the benefit of the religion, the nation, and the citizens, and he said: We continue to strive together to maximize the bridges of cooperation with the four sides, as we want to provide the Egyptians with something they can feel comfortable with. Their souls.
Dr. added. Osama Al-Azhari said that advocacy efforts have been intensified within the framework of a comprehensive strategy to build humanity and combat extremism in all its forms. It included various advocacy convoys and ongoing initiatives to enhance religious awareness, organize seminars, and activate religious lessons in mosques, as well as maximizing the role of women and involving them in advocacy activities within the advocacy, scientific, and cultural activity – female endowments preachers – in coordination with a number of parties within the framework of educating Egyptian women on many important issues.
The Minister pointed out the great care To train imams and preachers scientifically and intellectually, and to develop training programs for imams and to qualify them religiously and culturally in various fields with the aim of refining their skills and enhancing their abilities to keep pace with contemporary issues and enhance their status in a way that befits their preaching responsibilities.
With regard to the Friday sermon The Minister revealed that a study is now underway to have the second sermon – the second part of the sermon – dedicated to addressing the spatial problems or challenges within which the mosque falls, whether A village, a city, or a governorate, and he added: We are very keen on a unified sermon, as it makes the Egyptians unite in the heart of one man, and it is developed with care and balance, taking into account the balance between requirements, spatial challenges, and priorities according to the regions. We are studying the allocation of the second sermon to the most pressing topics in this context.
The Minister also referred to the launch of the “Return of the Katateeb” initiative. There was a great welcome and response in a number of governorates to this initiative, which does not only target teaching and memorizing the Holy Quran; Rather, they contribute to teaching them reading, writing, and arithmetic, and for the writers to be helpful and supportive of the role of the Ministry of Education. At the end of the lesson, a prayer is made for Egypt to instill the values of loyalty and belonging to the homeland in the hearts of the children. We have also drawn up a work charter for the writers with five main points: respecting the universe, honoring humans, and preserving homelands. Increased urbanization and increased faith, and we seek to benefit from it in religious curricula in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the Church Egyptian. The mission, in addition to continuing to strengthen the process of forming sound religious awareness, which contributes to building the character of the Egyptian person, and confronting all behaviors that lead to a decline in morals.
At the end of the symposium, Engineer Abdel-Sadiq El-Shorbagy presented the shield of the National Press Authority to His Eminence Professor Dr. Osama Al-Azhari, Minister of Endowments, in honor of his efforts.
