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Legalization of churches displays religious freedom in Egypt
30 أكتوبر 2024
The decision to legalize 293 churches and affiliate buildings by an ad hoc committee during its meeting on October 21 should not go unnoticed. Since the first legalization efforts in May 2018, the total number of legalized churches and affiliate buildings has hit 3,453.
Government announces the legalization of 3,453 churches since 2016
30 أكتوبر 2024
On 30th October 2024, the Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Muṣṭafā Madbūlī, approved recommendations made by an ad-hoc committee on the legal status of 293 churches, and other church-affiliated buildings.
Pope Tawāḍrūs addresses rumors behind resignation of Muqaṭṭam bishop
30 أكتوبر 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church said the al-Muqaṭṭam service has many blessed priests who have offered magnificent service over the years, noting that he remembers Father Samʿān al-Kharrāz, who started his ministry to the church fifty years ago, along with a group of other priests who...
Media figure: Freedom of expression in the U.S is guaranteed except when it comes to Palestine
29 أكتوبر 2024
Media personality Aḥmad al-Muslimānī has stated that the United States constitution guarantees freedom of expression on any political issue, except when it comes to the question of Israel and Palestine.  
Women’s center examines personal status law for non-Muslims
29 أكتوبر 2024
On 29th October, during a symposium, the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA) met in the province of al-Minyā in Upper Egypt to discuss issues pertaining to personal status law of non-Muslims in Egypt.
Netanyahu and the Genocidal Holy War
29 أكتوبر 2024
Currently, the entire world stands idle yet cannot overlook the severity of the genocide in the Gaza Strip, in which fighters, civilians, children, women and the elderly have been targeted indiscriminantly. 
Public prosecutor tries individual in criminal court for condoning theft of utility services
27 أكتوبر 2024
Public Prosecutor, Muḥammad Shawqī, ordered that the individual who issued a fatwā allowing for the theft of water, electricity, and gas, be referred to a criminal court on charges of disrespecting family values in Egyptian society. 
Fatwā secretary: Islamic sharīʿa acknowledges women’s rights to inheritance
27 أكتوبر 2024
Dr. Zaynab al-Saʿīd, a fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ, said that denying women their inheritance rights is one of the worst offenses a person can commit. 
Azhar professor calls out informal ʿurfī marriages used to facilitate financial gains.
27 أكتوبر 2024
Dr. Hiba ʿŪf, a professor of Qurʾān interpretation at al-Azhar University, said using divorce to get a pension or using ʿurfī (legal but informal) marriage to gain financially are flagrant violations of Islamic and Muslim ethics.
New draft law on foreigner asylum to Egypt
26 أكتوبر 2024
According to a legislator, international accords governing refugee conditions were consulted to develop the new draft law on foreigner asylum to Egypt, which the House of Representatives Defense & National Security Committee recently adopted. 

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