Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2018
On October 4, 2010, Ḍiyā’ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, 47, decided to leave his work as an Imam in the Sharqiyah governorate and emigrate to the United States, fleeing from society’s rejection of his homosexuality. This emigration brought with it a remarkable story for the Egyptian Imam, who dared to open what...
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2017
In his speech at the second session of the World Youth Forum, Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī said that the social housing projects carried out by the state to tackle the problem of slums and incomplete urbanization infrastructures Egypt is facing.
Date of source: Saturday, August 12, 2017
The UAE-based Gulf News published a report on barring women wearing burkini – a tight dress that covers women’s entire body and known locally as Sharīʿah-compliant swimwear – from using hotel’s beaches and swimming pools, adding that Egypt’s tourism authorities have warned coastal hotels against...
Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2017
Woman writer and columnist Rashā Samīr tackles in her column this week the issues on freedom of opinion, tolerance, and acceptance of the others, all virtues that, according to Samīr, do not go beyond being slogans, and never practiced on the ground by the Egyptian society, which she accuses of...
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2017
Social variables have occurred on the Egyptian reality in recent times, raising a wide debate about the right of the individual to freedom of opinion and expression on the one hand, and adherence to standards and genres and moral values on the other.
The discussions in their entirety were on “...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2017
“The Eastern Christians, Two Thousand Years of History” Exhibition, hosted by the Arab World Institute in Paris, has received great attention in the French, Arab and other media networks, especially because French President Emmanuel Macron attended the opening of the exhibition.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 to Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Dr. Muḥammad Mukhtār al-Jumaʿa of the Ministry of Religious Endowments employed two imams who speak foreign languages during the past two years .
Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2017
The Islamophobia Observatory in Egypt has praised Sawsan Shalabī of the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, Germany, for her recent announcement concerning Islam, terrorism, and tolerance in society.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2017
Asrār al-Usbūʿa: The Endowment District of Alexandria announces on Saturday an advocacy program to be held during the month of Shaʿabān, that includes organizing weekly advocacy convoys, lessons, and religious nights teaching about “the change of the Qibla, a valuable lesson”.
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 2016
Would hundreds of books and tens of thousands of theses criticizing Islamic, its history, and its narratives affect the faith of Muslims?
And would hundreds of books and tens of thousands of theses criticizing Orthodoxy of the Christian faith and its theology affect the faith of Egyptian Christians...