Objection to the potential selling of endowments has primarily come from Al-Azhar.
Sisi's proposal to end verbal divorce has highlighted tensions between the state and Al-Azhar
Al-Azhar says that directive to follow ministry sermons does not apply to its preachers
Imams to read from pre-written sermon distributed by the Ministry of Endowments
Despite Al-Azhar’s rejection of Endowments Ministry-written sermons, many imams continued to read from the proscribed text.
Despite imam's early resistance to pre-written sermons, Egypt’s Muslims have heard a unified sermon the past two weeks.
On Friday, Egypt’s Endowments Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, joined a long list of ruling statesmen denouncing calls to protest and/or publicly assemble…
The Endowments Ministry will begin translating Friday sermons into English and other foreign languages, the ministry declared in an official statement on…
Ramadan rituals this year have been affected by the Ministry of Endowments' policies throughout the past period to tighten its control on…
Alexandria’s leading Salafi preachers will no longer be allowed to give Friday sermons in the coastal city, Deputy Endowments Minister Mohamed Nour…
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