Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2016
The Salafī daʿwa and independent preachers continued their control over Awqaf mosques, as they stepped up their publicity and posters propagating their sermons and Friday prayer orations in an attempt to expand in mosques; under the dominion of the Ministry of Endowmnents (Awqaf), without obtaining...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Giza Endowments Directorate (Awqaf), launched a campaign to remove the signs of the associations and institutions from the facades and inside of its mosques while only allow a sign with the name of the mosque with the removal of all advertisements.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
Muḥammad Ḥabīb was born in 1943 and holds the position of First Deputy for the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Ḥabīb is part of the older generation of the Muslim Brotherhood. This older generation is usually considered to be very cautious about cooperating with the state. They...
Date of source: Sunday, December 27, 2015
In a statement disclosed by Dr. Najīb Jibrāʾīl, the chairman of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization (EUHRO) said that the Salāfī Daʿwa leaders still issue statements that incite hatred against Copts, thus destabilizing social peace. He added that on every [Christian] religious occasion...
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
[First published on May 17, 2014 on the website of the Institute of Middle East Studies (IMES) in Lebanon. Republished with the permission of the author and IMES in Arab-West Report]
Date of source: Thursday, December 31, 2009
As an intern at the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation, my main aim has been to foster intercultural relations between the West and the Arab world. Integrated in a research team, I had the opportunity to delve into precise topics (such as the issue of mosque building in Egypt), and...
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 2010
Mr. Rajab 'Abd al-Munsif, Chairman of the Central Administration of the Curriculum and the Prophetic Sunnah. Mr.Hamdī Mahmūd Al-Dāwī, General Director of Manuscripts and the Heritage Book.
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2011
‘Āsim ‘Abd al-Mājid, leading member of Jamā‘a al-Islāmiyyah, revealed that the majority of the group, especially jīl al-Wasat, don't support forming a political party, and whoever put this idea forward is presenting his personal point of view.
He denied that the group is taking any procedures...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2010
According to the author, the Azhar, as an official religious institution, has taken over the religious state of affairs in Egypt, which has allowed the emergence of religious entities parallel to the Azhar that reject the its monopolization of Islamic Da‘wah.
The history of these associations...
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Khalīl highlights a valuable piece of research presented at the second conference of “Egyptians against Discrimination” , entitled the name ‘Education and Citizenship’.