Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2022
On Saturday, the Egyptian Embassy in Belgrade organized an event entitled "Cairo's contribution to the enrichment of Islamic culture: Architecture, calligraphy, artifacts", hosted by the Islamic Sheikhdom of Serbia.
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2021
The Supreme Administrative Court, headed by Counsellor Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Wahāb Khafāja, confirmed the ruling to ban non-specialists from issuing religious fatwas, and restricting pulpits from preaching without a license from al-Azhar, Egypt’s highest religious authority, or the Ministry of Awqāf.
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2021
Today, Friday, the Ministry of Awqāf inaugurates 12 mosques in six governorates, including 11 that have been rebuilt and one that has been recently restored. This brings a grand total of 258 mosques which have been opened since 1st July, 231 of which have also been rebuilt and another 27 that have...
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 2021
Dr Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Church of Alexandria, participated in joint theological dialogue sessions between the Anglican Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches around the world through a Zoom meeting.
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 2021
This ancient cave church, build above the cave known as Abū Sirja, is located in the area of Babylon in Old Cairo. Historians differ on the date they believe the church was founded; however, most accounts record it being built in the fourth century AD.
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2021
The deaf educational unit for the Anglican Episcopal Church in Egypt will organize courses for teaching Egyptian sign language for everyone next March.
Archbishop Munīr Ḥannā, head of the Alexandria region for the Anglican Episcopal Church, said that workshops consist of three levels in which...
Date of source: Monday, February 15, 2021
ʿAlāʾ Mubārak, son of former president Ḥusnī Mubārak, responded to MP Muṣṭafā Bakrī’s statement in which he stated that it was the former president who issued the decision to concede the islands Tīrān and Ṣanāfīr, saying, “Mr. Muṣṭafā Bakrī… stop distorting and falsifying history.”
Date of source: Thursday, February 25, 2021
Dr Aḥmad Karīma, professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at al-Azhar University, has attacked the draft personal status law that is currently being reviewed in the House of Representatives.
Shaykh Aḥmad Karīma stressed that the proposed penalty for a husband who does not inform his wife of his...
Date of source: Saturday, April 3, 2021
The parade of the ancient royal mummies arrived at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC), after its journey that began from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square.
The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade included 22 royal mummies (18 kings and four queens) dating back to the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2021
Before their session today, Sunday, the House of Representatives, head by Dr. Ḥanafī Jabālī, released a statement expressing their immense anger and condemnation for the Israeli attack on worshippers in al-Aqṣā Mosque, calling recent actions by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians in...