The Egyptian Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) has issued a statement in response to the circulation online of a video showing an imām playing football with a group of youths inside a mosque. The Ministry discredited the video, stating that it was an old clip that had been re-shared on platforms, and that the events in it did not in fact take place in Egypt, but rather in another country. The video had sparked an outcry from social media users, with some expressing that such behavior should not be allowed to take place within places of worship.