Date of source: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Al-Jamal: Calling women to remove the hijab is ‘an insult to them’
Dr. al-Jamal, Imam and preacher at Sayyida Zaynab Mosque, has stated that removing the hijab means distancing oneself from Islam. Al-Jamal said that calling women and young girls to remove the hijab is an insult to those whom Islam...
Date of source: Thursday, April 9, 2015
Burhāmī: “Forbidding circumcision is against the law and the judges’ atonement is not authentic”
Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī, Vice President of the Salafist Call, said that the Personal Status laws in Egypt are derived from Islamic Sharīʿa rulings, and that saying otherwise represents an unfounded claim...
Date of source: Friday, April 10, 2015
The Minister of Endowments warns against mistakes and sins in the religious discourse
The Minister of Endowments warns against that religious discourse which turns from objective to subjective, and degrades to mere insults. In a statement on Friday he stated that it is necessary to differentiate...
Date of source: Sunday, June 28, 2015
Fatwah: Islamic Law prohibits the affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood
The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Prof. Mohammad Shouqī ʿUlām, clarified that the affiliation and association with the Muslim Brotherhood is prohibited by Islamic Law because the Islamic religion forbids joining groups like this one...
Date of source: Monday, June 29, 2015
Resumption of the trial of Mursī and ten others charged of espionage with Qatar
Cairo Criminal Court is carrying out the trial of former President Mursī along with ten other individuals from the Muslim Brotherhood cadres, accused of espionage with Qatar. The trial is headed by Judge Muhammad Shīrīn...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Long Live Egypt accuses Mursī’s son of financing the assassination of Attorney General and calls for his quick arrest
Tāriq Mahmūd, Secretary General of the Long Live Egypt Coalition, presented a request of immediate arrest of Ahmad Muhammad Mursī, the son of former President Mursī, after the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Preliminary results from the first round of parliamentary elections suggested that the electoral coalition 'For the Love of Egypt' ('Fī Hob Misr') has made sweeping gains, with Al-Nūr Party far behind in second place.
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 2015
Egypt's workers played a major role in the surge of protests that swept across the country in the 2000s, leading to the undermining and eventual fall of the regime of Husni Mubārak in 2011. Despite subsequent regime crackdowns on domestic dissent, the independent labor movement continued its...
Date of source: Thursday, October 1, 2015
President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi announced a global initiative to invest in youth and discourage them from terrorism and extremism at the 70th United Nations General Assembly meeting on Monday evening.
Date of source: Sunday, September 20, 2015
During his talk show aired on Sadda al-Balad TV Channel, program presenter Ahmad Mūsa warned the parliamentary electoral candidates of using religion in their campaigns, noting that some candidates have resorted to bribe voters who are in need of medical treatment, in order to win parliamentary...