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كلمة الأزهر في مجلس الأمن عن استراتيجيته في مواجهة الفكر المتطرف

كلمة الأزهر في مجلس الأمن عن استراتيجيته في مواجهة الفكر المتطرف

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Muhyi al-Din Afifi Ahmad, speaking for al-Azhar, addressed the UN Security Council in New York on al-Azhar's strategy against extremist thought; the session was chaired by Egypt's foreign minister while Egypt chaired the council's counter-terrorism committee (p. 95). The author holds that extremism stays in the realm of thought, and becomes terrorism when it is tied to physical violence, takfir or the threat of violence (p. 99). He lists al-Azhar's work: online rebuttal of extremist ideas, training courses for preachers, an online observatory answering Daesh's posts, and joint initiatives with the Council of Muslim Elders (p. 100-102).

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In 2016 Muhyi al-Din 'Afifi Ahmad, representing al-Azhar, addressed the UN Security Council in New York on al-Azhar's strategy against extremist thought; the session was chaired by Egypt's foreign minister while Egypt headed the Council's counter-terrorism committee 1. The writer holds that extremism stays within the sphere of thought until joined to physical violence, takfir, or threats — then it becomes terrorism 2; among al-Azhar's tasks: discussing extremist ideas and answering them.

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  1. Objective Views on Human Issues — Muhyi al-Din Afifi Ahmad , p. 95
  2. Objective Views on Human Issues — Muhyi al-Din Afifi Ahmad , p. 99
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islam.museum contributors. “كلمة الأزهر في مجلس الأمن عن استراتيجيته في مواجهة الفكر المتطرف”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/azhar-strategy-un-security-council-2016/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Hudna (truce with non-Muslims)

Hudna, in the lexical sense, is calm; as a technical term it is an agreement to refrain from fighting with the enemy for a period. The Hanafis call it a settlement for money or without money when the imam sees benefit; the Hanbalis define it as a contract by the imam or his deputy to cease fighting non-Muslims for a known period matching the need. It differs from aman, the lifting of the licence to kill a belligerent and take his property for a time, and from the dhimma contract, which is a permanent safe-conduct while hudna is temporary. Its legitimacy rests on the Qur'an (Surat al-Tawba, and Surat al-Anfal 61), on the Prophet's truce with Quraysh at Hudaybiyya for ten years, and on consensus that it is permitted in general, and may be obligatory in necessity.