Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2023
Speaking during the 67th session of UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, Dr Māyā Morsī, president of the National Council for Women in Egypt, has called for more recognition of the role played by sharīʿa in the emancipation of women, and the Qurʾān for recognising their important role and...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2023
A Coptic delegation from the Parish of Esnā and Armant has congratulated the Orthodox Coptic inhabitants of al-Dayr village, in the south of Luxor, on the occasion of the annual celebration of the birth of Aḥmad ibn Idrīs. The village is home to a mosque bearing the name of the saint, whose lineage...
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2023
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...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2023
The Election Commission for the Evangelical Presidency announced that Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī has won a second term as President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, and will hold this position for the period March 2023 to March 2031. Dr. Zakī was elected in 2015 as the President of the Evangelical...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2023
A video showing an Imām playing football inside a mosque has provoked widespread controversy after it was shared across social media platforms. In the video clip, Sheikh Muḥammad Abū al-Qatʿa is seen coaching goal-keeping skills to a group of youths inside the mosque. Several people, including...
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2023
Grand Mufti underlines the importance of Qurʾān and Sunna at the International Competition for Qurʾān Memorization, stressing the importance of both sources for a proper understanding of Islam.
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This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2022
In his speech at the conference on “Tolerance, Peace, and Sustainable Development in the Arab World,” Dr. Mukhtār Gumaʿa, the Minister of Religious Endowments (awqāf) in Egypt, highlighted the importance of advancing the values of tolerance and respect for diversity, as well as the importance of...
Date of source: Friday, October 21, 2022
Egypt’s Ministry of Awqaf (religious endowments) launches the “Right of the Nation” initiative in all mosques in Egypt, starting from Friday 28th of October and lasting for a whole month.
Date of source: Thursday, August 18, 2022
Dr. Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumʿa, Minister of Awqāf, congratulated Shaykh Jābir Ṭāyiʿ Yūsif Sulṭān, former head of the religious sector at the Ministry of Awqāf, on obtaining a PhD from the Faculty of Arts, Minūfiya University, for a thesis entitled, “Egypt’s Ministry of Awqāf Efforts in spreading...