Imams to read from pre-written sermon distributed by the Ministry of Endowments
A young girl with a long headscarf was sitting on the floor listening to the Friday sermon in the almost-empty women's prayer section of a mosque in the northern neighborhood…
In a turbulent political climate, the Ministry of Endowments is once again at the heart of a standoff, facing accusations of serving certain agendas as political Islam struggles to survive.…
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.
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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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