Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
Meanwhile, Minister of Insurances and Social Affairs Dr. Najwá Khalīl said the ministry has so far approved giving a legal license to 4,000 civil society organizations since the beginning of this year, which is equal to all associations approved throughout all of 2011.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī issued a decree appointing Ambassador Muhammad Fathī Rifā’ah al-Tahtāwī as chief of the presidential candidate.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
The State Council on Wednesday (Aug. 8) announced the appointment of Counselor Ghubryāl Jād ‘Abd al-Malāk as president of the council in succession of Counselor ‘Abd Allāh Abū al-‘Izz, who reached the age of retirement, as part of a shakeup in the judicial establishment.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
A charity foundation’s announcement about a round of debates during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadān in which salafī figures would give lectures critiquing Christianity sparked wide-scale angry comments on the social networking web sites that some considered it a call for “civil strife in...
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
In a conciliatory session, al-Nūr Party on Wednesday (Aug. 8) successfully ended yet another sectarian unrest that broke out a few days ago in the village of Makram, Abū Humus township, al-Beheira governorate.
A feud had erupted between two Christian and Muslim families as clashes between the two...
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
Giza Governor ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Rahman on Wednesday released compensations to all persons harmed in the deplorable incidents after an ad hoc commission estimated the losses at LE500,000 (roughly $86,000) give to 52 families – 45 families and seven owners of stores.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
Some 10 Christian families have returned to their homes on Wednesday (Aug. 8) in the village of Dahshūr, Giza, where they had been displaced after clashes erupted between Muslims and Christians, following an agreement reached between security agencies and representatives and Muslim and Christian...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius mourned the martyrs of duty, the soldiers of the armed forces killed by terrorists recently in Sinai and prayed for God to bestow mercy and patience on their families.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Ambassador Ahmad al-Bidiwī, Assistant Foreign Minister for Diplomatic Corps and Inspection Affairs, said there will be no restrictions on bearded and hijāb-clad persons to join the foreign ministry in the contest that will soon take place.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
No one exactly knows what the rulings of the sharī’ah are. Are they the Qur’ān and the original Sunnah? Are they the sayings and teachings of the old scholars?
If they are the sayings of the old scholars, then what doctrine should be in use – the Hanafī, Mālikī, Shāfi’ī or Hanbalī?