Egypt’s Mufti Shawqi Allam on Sunday discussed in a meeting with his Singapore’s counterpart Nazirudin Mohd Nasir means of fostering religious cooperation between Dar Al Ifta in the two countries.
At the beginning of the meeting, Allam highlighted the deeply-rooted relations between Egypt and Singapore, lauding the efforts of the Singaporean Ifta Foundation in dealing with the coronavirus crisis.
Those efforts qualified the Singaporean Ifta Foundation to get the Imam al-Qarafi Award for Fatwa Excellence at the Seventh World Fatwa Conference held in Egypt in October.
The Mufti reviewed Dar Al Ifta’s efforts in training and qualifying muftis and imams, citing the establishment of a department specialized in training muftis from different world countries.
Allam stressed the importance of cementing cooperation between Egyptian and Singaporean religious institutions in terms of unifying training programs and combating flawed fatwas that pose a threat to societal security, as well as building scientific partnerships to propagate the moderate teachings of Islam for being first line of defense against extremism.
On his part, Nasir thanked Allam for granting the Singaporean Ifta Foundation the Imam al-Qarafi Award for Fatwa Excellence, lauding Egypt’s Dar Al Ifta role in spreading Islam’s moderate and tolerant teachings.
Nasir said the Singaporean Ifta Foundation looks forward to benefiting from Egypt’s Dar Al Ifta expertise in training and qualifying Muftis.
Source: State Information Service Egypt