Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2014
Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments stated that any preacher who shall use the sermons to incite for violence and sabotage will be immediately expelled. He assured that the Ministry is implementing the law, and prohibiting non-specialized people from giving sermons (Sāmir Husnī,al- Yawm...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 1, 2014
Popular and security efforts succeeded in nipping a sectarian strife in the bud. This was between Copts and Muslims of Taybah Village in Samalūt, Minya. This took place after clashes between two families of which one is Muslim and the other is Christian. This led to the injury of 6 people and...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 31, 2014
Dār al- Iftā’ assured that electronic conversations are not allowed between men and women who are unrelated to one another. It stated that this is a doorway to evil and is a path of the devil (Sanā’ Hashīsh, al- Wafd, Aug. 31, p. 16)
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 30, 2014
The Minister of Endowments Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah assured of the need to revise the Azharite syllabi as well as the laws and regulations. He reiterated in a statement on Friday the importance to face extremists and those who are members of the Muslim Brotherhood (author not mentioned, al- Tahrīr,...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 29, 2014
Islamist are divided on the international campaign that the Ministry of Endowments has launched recently to change the name of ISIS in the media to the “Offshoots of al- Qā’idah”. Dr. Abd a- Ghaffār Hilāl, professor of Azhar University, stated that they are tarnishing Islam’s image and thus the...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 28, 2014
Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, the Minister of Endowments, assured that ISIS, the Muslim Brotherhood and all the takfīrī organizations constitute the greatest danger that the Arabic nation (‘ummah) is facing. Jum’ah stated that there are three challenges that the ‘Ummah faces: first, terrorist...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 27, 2014
He three Coptic Churches (Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic) are in a race against time to complete the draft law of Church building as per the request of Counselor Ibrahīm al- Hunaīdī, Minister of Transitional Justice. One of the members of the Committee, Fr. Rif’at Fathī, General Secretary of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 26, 2014
Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments assured that the Ministry does not need preachers who are not Azhar graduates. He stated that what had been stated that the Ministry accepted the application of those who split from al- Nūr political party is completely untrue (‘Abd al- Rahīm ‘Abd...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 25, 2014
Egyptian President ‘Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī threatened to crush ISIS if it comes near Egypt. He assured that the Egyptian air force are inside Egypt and that no attack was held outside the Egyptian borders. He stated that the greatest dangers that Egypt is exposed to are the dangers that threaten...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2014
The NCHR is holding today a workshop for civil associations to discuss the draft laws of civil associations. This will be attended by the Minister of Social Solidarity Ghādah Wāly and the head of the Civil and Political Rights Committee George ‘Ishāq. The head of the Egyptian organization of Human...