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1. Heretical groups in Islam say praying is not an obligation, pilgrimage is haram and they fast in Shaaban
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 10, 2001 to الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 16, 2001
The Head of the Department of Transport and Bridges Equipment in Cairo was arrested together with his wife for forming a group promoting ideas against Islam. He issued a fatwa to his followers that they were not obliged to pray in the direction of the Kiblah while performing prayers. He also denied...
7. Strange Days. A few of the weirder items from the Arabic press. Police bust pillar fiddlers
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 5, 1999 to الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 18, 1999
A false prophet has been arrested for claiming God had sent him to Egypt to prevent Muslims from watching television, the Ministry of Interior announced on 27 July.
6. Go tell it on the mountain, but watch out for the cops
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 5, 1999 to الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 11, 1999
Declaring oneself a prophet is not allowed in a Muslim country. Ali Said Mohammed was detained. Muhammad was the second "false prophet" arrested in Egypt in less than one year. In April 1998, Egyptian authorities detained Bahaa Eddin Ahmed and 29 suspected members his cult.
6. A false prophet appears in Alexandria
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 22, 1999 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 28, 1999
In Alexandria, Mohammed Ibrahim Mahfouz, an ex-chairman of an Alexandria maritime company and the holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, claims to be God and the prophet Mohammed. He says people should pray towards him, and that the Hajj can be made at his apartment instead of going to Makkah...
1. Don’t miss the Pillars
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 1, 1999 to الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 1999
An Alexandria prosecutor has decided to charge 19 members of a dissident sect for religious contempt, judicial officials announced on 25 March.
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