Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Introduction:
Inclusive citizenship seeks to go beyond the intellectual debates of recent years on democratization and participation to explore a related set of issues around changing conceptions of citizenship. Peoples’ understandings of what it means to be a citizen go to the heart of various...
Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Dr. Tarek al-Gawhary, MA Azhar University, PhD Princeton University, advisor to Sheikh Dr. Ali Goma’a. explained the thought process in Islamic Law and how a Muslim jurist can think about the concept of inclusive citizenship in a historical context. The basis is in the Constitution of Medina or the...
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2025
The Minister of Agriculture, ʿĀlā’ Fārūq, confirmed that the General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS) had issued a decision to the companies that export meat and poultry to Egypt that required these companies to provide ḥalāl certificates in order to guarantee the quality of their...
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2025
The Egyptian Cabinet revealed details regarding the controversial exemption from the "ḥalāl certificate" for dairy imports, as Prime Minister Moṣṭafa Madbūlī’s remarks that the ability to obtain the certificate would be made easier have caused public uproar.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2025
The Egyptian Cabinet revealed details regarding the controversial exemption from the "ḥalāl certificate" for dairy imports, as Prime Minister Moṣṭafa Madbūlī’s remarks that the ability to obtain the certificate would be made easier have caused public uproar.
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2014
The case of Saint Catherine’s Monastery encroachments on the lands of Sinai and state property, as well as the construction of colonial settlements, is still being handled by the State Council, as the head of the monastery is persistently seizing lands. The monastery seeks to seize 71 plots, only...
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2025
The monks of Saint Catherine Monastery announced the closure of the monastery to visitors in protest of a court ruling that granted the state ownership of the lands surrounding the monastery, while the monks are limited to only using the facility.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
In a meeting at the well-known Downtown Café Riche, hosted by our friend Magdī ʿAbd al-Malāk, the café’s owner and a former military pilot, Major General Aḥmad Rajā’ī ʿAṭīya, an October War hero and education expert, spoke to us about expansions made by the Greek community in Egypt, which has...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
A man of Turkish descent who burned a copy of the Holy Qur’ān outside the Turkish consulate in London was convicted of a "religiously aggravated public order offense."
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2025
Following a wave of controversy over reports that authorities in Egypt's South Sinai governorate were seeking to confiscate the historic Saint Catherine Monastery, administratively affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Church, and seize its lands, President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī assured Greek Prime...