Date of source: Monday, December 31, 2007
The Ministry of Endowments presented a draft law prohibiting all forms of demonstrations and political activities in mosques.
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
The Ministry of Awqāf [religious endowments] has declared a plan to release 1500 female religious guide in mosques in order to confront the phenomenon of the niqāb and religious extremism.
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2007
The press review detects the ongoing discussions in Egyptian press on the chaos of Fatwás, especially the reactions to the recent Fatwá of the Egyptian Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah who refused to consider the Egyptian young men who drowned on the Italian cost to be martyrs.
Date of source: Friday, October 5, 2007
The Ministry of Endowments suffers from many financial and administrative problems. The authors discussed these problems with Egypt’s Minister of Endowments Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Jamāl al-Banna forcefully attacked new scholars accusing them of reactionary and backwardness for their incorrect understanding of Qur’ānic texts, at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s dialogue forum.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
The Ministry of Endowments censors Takfīr statements from a book by controversial Islamic author Muhammad ‘Imārah to stem angry reactions of the non-Muslims.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 6, 2007
The article exposes the reason for the Ministry of Endowments’ delay in the project to unify the Adhān. The project still teeters between the minister of endowments and the rejecters in the religious committee in People’s Assembly.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Mosques must only be houses
of worship, not political forums.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
Dr. Mahmoud Hamdī Zaqzouq, minister of
awqāf,
will leave for Germany tomorrow to participate in a conference on religious dialogue in
Munich, Germany, May
16 "“ 17.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The author reviews the
opinions of university professors about the enactment of an
international law criminalizing any assaults on the
Muslim faith in particular or divine religions in
general.