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The decisions taken by the Minister of Endowment Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah is controversial. They include prohibiting non- Azharites from giving sermons in mosques as well as imposing a fine on mosques that hang the banner of “have you prayed for the prophet today.”
A new controversy has started among Copts pertaining to the call of Nūr Party to Copts to nominate themselves on the lists of the party. While those who agreed with the call of the Nūr Party stated that allying with them is better than allying with the Mubārak regime members, those who rejected the...
There are a number of religious scholars and preachers who were once representative of the beauty of Islam, and now have lost most of their popularity and legitimacy with their involvement in politics. Politics either has gotten the best of them, or burned them completely from the public sphere
A strong debate is taking place in Coptic circles due to the decision of  Father Abanoub of Muqattam to prevent protestant hymn singers from singing in St. Simon’s the Shoemaker Church in Muqattam, restricting it to Orthodox singers. 
Sources within the Nūr party revealed that the party and the Salafī Call group are making preparations  to support the nomination of General Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī for the presidency by transforming their campaign of “Yes for the Constitution” to The Campaign for Supporting al- Sīsī’s Nomination...
An electronics’ technicians reported his daughter missing in Shubrā al-Khaymah without accusing anyone of her kidnap. Ishāq Karmī Bisālī, father of the “kidnapped”, said that he had good relations with his Muslim neighbors. He added that his daughter’s wedding was going to be next June (2013). He...
After a five-day siege of the St. George Church in kom Ombo, Aswan, life has returned to normal. The siege began after people accused the church of kidnapping a Muslim teacher and ended when security forces found her in Sharm el-Sheikh. The violent clashes ended when it became clear that there were...
Bishop Bola called upon Egyptians to vote “yes” in the constitutional referendum. He thanked Dr. Shawkī Allām, the representative of Al-Azhar in the committee, and said that he was the one who resolved the dispute pertaining to the inclusion of the interpretation of sharī’ah articles (Nagwá Mahdī, ...
Al-Sabāh stated that Amr Mūsá and the rapporteur of the Formulation Subcommittee, ‘Abd al-Jalīl Mustafá, went to the Shūrá Council to check the registry of the session discussions. Muhammad Wagdī, the head of the Shūrá Council information center, stated that there a committee was formed to produce...
Ahmad Fawzī, general secretary of the Social Democratic Party and member in the election commission, declared that it field its candidates giving priority to women, Copts, and youth. The election campaigns will be financed by the candidates funds deposited in bank accounts specified for each...

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