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
In light of a wave of labor protests against the minister of endowments, 12 of the ministry’s employees have recently been referred to criminal prosecution for protesting, while the minister has…
The Endowments Ministry revoked all licenses given to religious institutes and cultural centers that are not administered by the ministry or Al-Azhar, a ministry statement said on Saturday. The ministry…
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…
Families of the victims of a catastrophic stampede in Mecca last week are decrying the lack of state support as they try to…
The Egyptian pilgrimage delegation announced on Tuesday that the death toll of Egyptians in the Mecca stampede has risen to 78, the Middle…
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