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After he was exonerated from accusations of blasphemy and apostasy, Muslim thinker-scholar professor Abdel Sabour Shahin, added fuel to the growing dispute over his latest book when he emphasized that he was abiding with every letter and every word published in his book.
In the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq summer camp in Alexandria, the Mufti of the Republic attributed society’s psychological ills and vices to the people’s lack of consciousness of their religion. He also underlined the deep-seated cordial relations and national unity between Muslims and Copts in Egyptian...
Charles Montagu Doughty (1843-1926) is the forgotten man of Arabian exploration. Doughty made a point of traveling openly and fearlessly, defiantly proclaiming his status as a Christian. Not surprisingly, he was snubbed, humiliated, beaten up and threatened with death.
Many times claims of kidnap and rape are not correct but this story in the Egyptian Gazette proofs that women can be raped. The culprits were caught and one of them was sentenced to death.
El-Sayeda Zeinab Mosque which lures huge members of worshippers from Cairo and other parts of the nation, is experiencing large-scale renovations which are planned to make the building able to accommodate as many as 12,000 persons.
Article 20 of the new Personal Status law has legalized the women’s right of Al-Khulaa, which allows women to divorce themselves by waiving all their financial entitlements. But reviving this system caused controversy among sheikhs.
Some members of the Islamic Research Council (IRC) argued that Shahin challenged confirmed facts in the creed, the majority rejected this view and called for debating the issue with the author in a closed session. The inquiry which included prominent sheikhs acquitted Shahin of this offense,...
Together with hundreds of patients, Abdel Hamid Al-Missawi, popular as Sheikh Abdel Hamid, believes that he can cure a variety of illness, psychic problems and also drive out evil spirits that may haunt people.
Youssef Badawi whipped the young woman across her shoulders in another effort to drive away the evil genies that he said possessed his patient.
Al-Azhar University will take part in an intentional symposium called "The contribution of the Islamic heritage to Western culture."

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