Date of source: Monday, June 23, 2014
The decision of the Minister of Endowments, demanding that all who want to perform i’tikāf (withdrawal in a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan) need to register their name a week before their tentative i’tikāf dates, has led to much controversy among Islamists.
Date of source: Saturday, June 21, 2014
Salafi preacher, Muhammad al- Abassīrī, stated that the Salafis are a danger to Egypt and that they believe that the nation and ruler are apostates.
Date of source: Friday, June 20, 2014
Dr. Ibrāhim Nigm, advisor to the grand mufti, is presenting a religious show on a daily basis in English entitled “al- Rahmah al-Muhdāh”(the granted mercy) on the Egyptian Satellite Channel (ESC).
Date of source: Friday, June 20, 2014
Pope Tawadros left Cairo yesterday for some European cities including Oslo, Helsinki, and Vienna.
Date of source: Friday, June 20, 2014
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights has issued a report of sectarian violence against Copts after Mursī’s deposal. The report has presented a number of cases of political violence in the few weeks that preceded and followed the deposal of Mursī.
Date of source: Friday, January 31, 2014
Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, the advisor of the Azhar Shaykh denied rumors the Azhar requested the application of the “hirāba law” (Islamic law demanding the amputation of the limbs) on those who are convicted in terrorist attacks (Ayā Fathī, al- Dustūr, Jan. 31, p. 6 ). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, January 31, 2014
Pope Tawadros stated in his weekly sermon that Egyptians are moderate and they gained this characteristic, figuratively, by drinking from the Nile waters (Majdī Fikrī and Girgis Ibrahīm, al- Dustūr, Jan. 31, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2014
On the other hand, a different report stated that the defendants Muhammad Abd al- Hamīd and Ahmad Muhammad Fuād have made dangerous confessions. They stated that they planned to rob a jewelry shop with three other people in order to finance terrorist attacks against the police and army. However,...
Date of source: Saturday, August 18, 2018
Today, a seminar is to be held at the AUC on Dr. Maī Hawās’s book “The Influence of Islamic Creeds on the Islamic Architecture of Mosques”.
The book presents a comparison between the mosques or schools from the Safavid era in Iraq and Iran, and the Bahri / Bahriyya Mamluks [al-Mamālīk al-Baḥariyya...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Terrorists have fired at a police force responsible for securing the Church of Virgin Mary in 6th of October City. The attack led to the death of a policeman. The security forces were capable of arresting two of the perpetrators as well as the car that was used in the attack (Author not mentioned, ...