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Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius led a high-ranking church delegation to the Azhar, the Iftā’ House and awqāf (endowments) ministry to congratulate Muslims over ‘Īd al-Fitr
The Ministry of Endowments condemned the attack and stated that it comes against all religions, all religious codes, and human values. It also requested that the imams and preachers focus on national unity and how to promote it in their sermons the next Friday (Ahmad al-Buhayrī and Haytham al-...
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, announced the decision (August 18) to suspend 12 officials from the Department of Media in Al-Azhar because of their suspected affiliation to the Muslim Brotherhood until their affiliation is investigated. In related news, Dr. Mukhtār Jama’ah, Minister...
Several top religious authorities and the Azhar lashed out at the candidacy of Dr. Muhammad Yusrī Ibrāhīm, Secretary General for the general association for rights and reformation, as Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqāf).Sufī orders called on Dr. Muhammad Mursī, President of the Republic, to...
Several top religious authorities and the Azhar lashed out at the candidacy of Dr. Muhammad Yusrī Ibrāhīm, Secretary General for the general association for rights and reformation, as Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqāf).Sufī orders called on Dr. Muhammad Mursī, President of the Republic, to...
Addressing the inauguration of the cultural season of the Azhar's Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs on Monday (January 16), Muftī of the Republic Shaykh 'Alī Jum'ah said there was no group called virtue-promoting and vice-preventing organization during the time of the Prophet Muhammad. Jum'ah...
Dr. Muhammad ‘Abd a-Fadīl al-Qūsī, the minister of awqāf (endowments), issued a decision referring Shaykh Mazhar Shāhīn, the imām and preacher of the ‘Umar Makram Mosque in al-Tahrīr Square, for investigations over complaints lodged against him that he was involved in incitation against the armed...
The Qasr al-Dūbārah Church near al-Tahrīr Square denied that it had closed its doors before the wounded in the clashes on al-Qasr al-'Aynī street. "The clinic and the field hospital have never closed their gates since December 18," according to Eva Butrus, the coordinator of the Qasr al-Dūbārah...
Dr. Sālim 'Abd al-Jalīl, assistant minister of endowments for preaching and preachers affairs, said that the 2001 statute has good regulations for building mosques. Dr. Hamdī Zaqzūq, minister of endowments, said that he is with issuing a new law to regulate building churches. Read original text in...
Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah, muftī of the Republic, attacked people who criticize him and said: "The ongoing attacks on me are impolite."  In an interview with al-Hayat 1 channel, Jum'ah said that he is ready to drop the court case against Shaykh al-Huwaynī if the latter apologized. Read original text in...

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