Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa announced a new digital platform focused on family affairs, alongside a set of recommendations addressing emerging challenges facing families, according to a statement by Nazir Ayyad, Grand Mufti of the Republic, on Friday, 4 September.
The announcements came at the conclusion of the 11th International Conference of Dar al-Iftaa, held from 2 to 3 September under the theme of protecting the family amid social and technological changes.
The conference brought together religious scholars and researchers to discuss issues affecting families, including the impact of digital technology, changing social dynamics, and the growing pressures surrounding marriage and family life.
One of the key announcements was the launch of ‘Sakan’, a digital platform designed to provide family-related fatwas, consultations, premarital guidance, and support for reconciliation between family members.
The platform is expected to use artificial intelligence to help organize and provide access to a large body of family-related religious guidance.
The conference’s recommendations included calls to strengthen protections for children and young people from risks linked to virtual relationship platforms, compulsive gaming, digital gambling, and misleading online content.
They also called for greater access to premarital counseling, particularly to help couples develop communication and conflict-resolution skills and understand the legal, psychological, social, and economic aspects of married life.
The recommendations further called for increased social support for people preparing for marriage, newly formed families, and vulnerable households, while encouraging families to preserve their values, identity, language, and sense of belonging.
The conference addressed concerns surrounding body image and digitally altered beauty standards, calling for greater awareness of their psychological, social, and economic effects.
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