Egypt’s minority Shia population is thought to make up around one percent of Egypt’s total population. And yet, every year when Shia Muslims celebrate Ashura — commemorating the death of…
During a weekly television appearance, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar mosque Ahmed al-Tayyeb warned viewers about attempts to spread Shia Islam within Egypt. Tayyeb was…
The Endowments Ministry is closing the shrine in Islamic Cairo’s historic Hussein Mosque from Thursday to Saturday to bar followers of the Shia…
As the Shia community celebrated its religious holiday Ashura on Thursday, the Ministry of Endowments kept the historic Hussein Mosque closed as…
After the Egyptian Shia community announced it would commemorate the holiday of Ashura in Islamic Cairo’s Hussein Mosque, the Endowments Ministry issued…
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