The World Organization for al-Azhar Graduates organized a workshop themed: \u201cThe Concept of Jahiliyyah\u201d for a number of international students from different nationalities. The workshop was lectured by Prof. Abdul Fattah al-\u2018Awari, member of the Islamic Research Academy and former Dean of the Faculty of Usul al-Din, Cairo branch, al-Azhar University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The workshop, held at the Organization\u2019s headquarters in Cairo, aimed to correcting the misconceptions related to the concept of Jahiliyyah (ignorance) and demonstrating the proper understanding of it in the light of al-Azhar moderate approach. This will contribute to promoting the international students\u2019 intellectual and religious awareness, establishing the values of moderation and confronting the misconceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To that end, the workshop also discussed Prof. al-\u2018Awari\u2019s book \u201cThe Concept of Jahiliyyah\u201d, published by the Organization\u2019s Center of Refuting the Extremist Thinking. The book explains the term \u201cJahiliyyah\u201d according to Quran and Sunnah, how jurists and scholars tackled it, in comparison to how the extremist groups misused it. The book also illustrates the precise difference between the meticulous Islamic methodology in understanding the religious terms and the extremists\u2019 intellectual demagogy in tackling concepts, addressing issues for the sake of deception and misleading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This workshop comes within the framework of the Organization\u2019s keenness to qualify the international students, academically and intellectually, and to enhance the right understanding of the religious and intellectual issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The World Organization for al-Azhar Graduates organized a workshop themed: \u201cThe Concept of Jahiliyyah\u201d for a number of international students from different nationalities. The workshop was lectured by Prof. Abdul Fattah al-\u2018Awari, member of the Islamic Research Academy and former Dean of the Faculty of Usul al-Din, Cairo branch, al-Azhar University. The workshop, held at …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":26556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-students","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t