Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2024
According to a Health Ministry official, Egypt’s female circumcision rate has significantly decreased, especially for girls under the age of 19.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 17, 2024
The Fatwā Secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ, Dr. Hishām Rabīʿ, has criticized remarks made by a professor of comparative Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) at al-Azhar University, Dr. Suʿād Ṣāliḥ, regarding the tafkīr (ex-communication) of anyone who composes music or sings verses from the Holy Qurʾān,...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 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.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2024
Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa, a well-known media personality, stated that Egypt is a civil state and that religion has no bearing on the government’s service operations.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, highlighted the role of ministries and institutions of culture in Arab nations in attaching importance to the Arabic language.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 20, 2024
The Coptic Orthodox Church postponed the 10th seminar that was scheduled to be held in November 2024 at Wādī al-Naṭrūn Monastery in al-Buḥyra Desert sine die, without an appointed date for resumption.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2024
On November 18, the Coptic Orthodox Church will commemorate the 12th anniversary of Pope Tawāḍrūs’ inauguration as the 118th pope in church history and as the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark the Apostle.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2024
As the birthplace of Jesus Christ, the Church of the Nativity in Palestine, is extremely significant to Christians, and all denominations travel there to receive its blessings, especially during the Christmas season.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2024
Al-Azhar declared a state of mourning for the “heroic martyrs of the Palestinian resistance” after Israel announced that Yaḥyā al-Sinwār, the leader of the Ḥamās movement, had been killed during fighting in the southern Gaza city of Rafaḥ, on Thursday, October 17.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 17, 2024
Muḥammad ʿIzz al-ʿArab, an expert at Al-Ahrām Center for Political & Strategic Studies (ACPSS), said that Israel has been sending mixed messages and is currently not planning on stopping its war, which is being carried out simultaneously on multiple fronts.