Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Shūrá Council’s financial and economic affairs committee has endorsed the Islamic Research Academy’s rejection of the Finance Ministry's proposal for Islamic bonds.
“We reject the bonds in terms of economy and in terms of Sharī’ah,” committee chairman Muhammad al-Fiqī said.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī, Islamic preacher, said in an interview with Akhir Sā’ah Magazine that it is allowed to use mosques to mobilize people to vote in the elections or referendums for the victory of the Islamic sharī’ah. However, liberals and secularists are not allowed to use mosques to call for...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The Administrative Judiciary Court is reviewing today (January 1) the case of dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood Group and expelling the Muftī of the Republic.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youth, for his part, said that Copts have been migrating for a long time because of financial issues. but now it is out of religious fear. He added that the Church tells them that leaving out of fear is wrong because Copts should exist in the country and should not...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 to Sunday, March 4, 2018
In a precedent inside the first parliament after the January 25 revolution, Salafī MP Mamdūh Ismā’īl stunned all fellow lawmakers when he recited the azān (Muslim call for prayers) for the ‘asr (afternoon) inside the People’s Assembly hall during debates.
Parliament Speaker Sa’d al-Katātnī...
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.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Counselor Farīd Tanāghū, president of the State Council’s Administrative Court postponed to March 12 the review of six cases calling for the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), asking for the closure of its headquarters and the confiscation of its funds. Lawyer Shihātah Muhammad Shihātah...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Al-Dustūr reports on a teacher who assaulted her colleague and students after she failed in convincing them to support the new constitution. Al-Waylī Secondary School subsidiary to Hadā’iq al-Qubbah municipality witnessed a disagreement between Nafīsah Mihanná, teacher of art classes and a number...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Former al-Nūr Party head and assistant to the president, ’Imād ‘Abd al- Ghafūr, has announced the formation of the Al-Watan Party, as well as a new alliance with former presidential candidate Hāzim Salāh Abū Ismā’īl. In a conference Tuesday (January 1, 2013) at the Azhar Conference Center, ‘Abd al...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The current Shūrá Council was elected in February 2012 with a turnout that was lower than 15 per cent and yielded an Islamist majority of 84 per cent of elected seats. The list of the newly appointed members includes a diverse number of Christians, some have been listed under ‘The Christian...