Objection to the potential selling of endowments has primarily come from Al-Azhar.
Al-Azhar says that directive to follow ministry sermons does not apply to its preachers
“There is no such thing as freedom of religion on the podium of Prophet Mohamed,” the deputy minister of endowments proclaimed, referring to podiums from which Imams deliver sermons. “There…
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.
Egypt’s Endowments Ministry declared sermons nationwide this Friday will focus on “destructive calls” to destabilize the country and spread sedition, referring indirectly…
The Muslim Brotherhood welcomed the call for demonstrations on November 28 in a carefully worded statement on their official website Sunday. The Islamist…
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