Date of source: Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Minister of Endowments, Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Gum’ah, has issued a decree Monday, August 19, to initiate investigations against 10 preachers and to withdraw them from their mosques where they advocated for the Muslim Brotherhood and preached against General 'Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī during prayers in...
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2014
The Ministry of the Religious Endowments visited some 200 sites throughout Cairo at which Friday prayers for ‘Īd al-Adhá will take place.
Date of source: Sunday, September 14, 2014
Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, issued two ministerial decrees.
Date of source: Sunday, July 13, 2014
11 Arabic and International Scholars have become members of the Supreme Council of Islamic affairs. A committee has also been formed to publish researches and religious knowledge in different languages.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, the Minister of Endowments, stated that the Alexandria Endowments department has filed two complaints against the Salafī preacher Yāssir al-Burhāmī, as he gave a sermon without a license.
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
The Ministry of Awkaf or Awqāf (Religious Endowments) stressed that the mutual exchange of congratulations on the occasion of Christian and Muslim festivities is an expression of indigenous feelings of love and affection rooted in the Egyptian people throughout history, and at the same time it...
Date of source: Monday, November 11, 2013
The popular movement for the independence of Al-Azhar has criticized the call of the Shi’ite leader Ahmad Rāssim Al Nafis to celebrate ‘Ashūra’ in the al-Husayn Mosque. The movement assured that it is a call for fitnah (Ismāīl Rif’at, al-Yūm al-Sābi’, Nov. 11). Read the original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, August 2, 2013
On Friday (August 2) a convoy consisting of fifteen Islamic scholars ('ulamā) from Al-‘Āzhar and the Ministry of Endowments (Awqāf) went to Gharbia Governorate to deliver Friday sermons. They sought to promote the acceptance of the "other", Islamic tolerance, rejection of violence and the ...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
The Ministry of Awkaf or Awqāf (Religious Endowments) stressed that the mutual exchange of congratulations on the occasion of Christian and Muslim festivities is an expression of indigenous feelings of love and affection rooted in the Egyptian people throughout history, and at the same time it...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Members at the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy has rejected a Finance-Ministry-proposed bill sectioning the introduction of Islamic financial bonds.