Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2007
The People’s Assembly Religious Committee rejects the unified call to prayer plan and recommends directing its funds to solve social problems.
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2007
The author disagrees with what Kamāl Abu al-Majd said in the newspapers that Islam prohibits using mosques in expressing political views.
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2007
Citizenship Committee examines the curriculum of various stages of education and of the Ministry of Endowments’ Institute of Du‘ā’ to purify them of any text that contravenes the values of human rights and the principle of acceptance of others.
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2007
Items of the Unified Houses of Worship Bill, which was submitted by the President of the Council for Human Rights Ahmad Abu al-Majd to the President of the People’s Assembly, caused a lot of controversy at a meeting held by the National Council for Human Rights.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The Ministry of Endowments has blocked the construction of minarets of new mosques on the pretext of cutting expenses.
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President Husnī Mubārak underlined in an address to the nation that the call of Islam has brought lofty teachings and values and stretched a helping hand to all humanity with the aim of disseminating peace and justice in all countries where Islam has spread.
Date of source: Thursday, August 19, 2004
The decision made by the former Council of Governors concerning the conditions for building mosques and Azharite institutes still raises many questions, for example why were no religious officials from the Azhar or the Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] present to take part in these decisions...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Although he apologized for releasing a Fatwá recommending that adult males be breastfed by their female co-workers, the Azhar decided to refer Dr. ‘Izzat ‘Atiyyah to a disciplinary committee.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Mulhim al-‘Isawī writes a feature about Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī. Al-‘Isawī investigates al-Qaradāwī’s relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood, provides a brief biography and some of al-Qaraḍāwī’s most notable Fatwás, his attacks on the Azhar, and support for Ḥizb Allāh.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
The Ministry of Endowments begins the trial of a unified adhān.