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Al-Azhar condemns Christian channel for promoting sedition
Egypt

Al-Azhar condemns Christian channel for promoting sedition

Al-Azhar expressed concern on Thursday toward extremist ideas broadcast though a Coptic satellite channel, aiming to "sow sedition and unrest…
Court voids prison sentence for 19 pro-Morsi students
Egypt

Court voids prison sentence for 19 pro-Morsi students

Egypt’s highest appeals court annulled a five-year prison sentence handed down against 19 students on Saturday.
IS crimes based on Islamic scholars’ literature: Islam Beheiry
Egypt

IS crimes based on Islamic scholars’ literature: Islam Beheiry

Notorious extremist groups, including the Islamic State, rely on interpretations of traditional Islamic literature in their activities, said a media…
Al-Azhar urges international action to save al-Aqsa
Egypt

Al-Azhar urges international action to save al-Aqsa

Egypt’s Al-Azhar has urged international action to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and protect Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque from violations. The call by…
Iraq’s Shi’ite leader Al-Sadr invites Al-Azhar for unity against Jews
Egypt

Iraq’s Shi’ite leader Al-Sadr invites Al-Azhar for unity against Jews

Muqtada Al-Sadr, one of Iraq’s influential Shi'ite leaders, has invited Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the top religious academy in the Sunni Islamic…
Endowments Ministry forbids Shi’ite celebrations
Egypt

Endowments Ministry forbids Shi’ite celebrations

Endowments Ministry Undersecretary Mohamed Abdel Razek said the ministry will not allow celebrations for the Shi'ite Day of Ashura, during…
Sharia-promoting website announces first ‘online wedding’ success
Egypt

Sharia-promoting website announces first ‘online wedding’ success

A newly launched social media platform called Muslimface, which describes itself as “Sharia friendly”, recently announced the wedding of two…
French PM rejects link between Islam, terrorism
Egypt

French PM rejects link between Islam, terrorism

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has openly rejected some peoples' tendency to link Islam with terrorism, urging instead that people…
Court upholds al-Azhar’s decision on female-to-female education
Egypt

Court upholds al-Azhar’s decision on female-to-female education

The administrative court in Alexandria upheld on Monday an earlier decision that had been made by the Grand Sheikh of…
Al-Azhar professor: ‘Intellectuals’ should be excluded from religious reform debates
Egypt

Al-Azhar professor: ‘Intellectuals’ should be excluded from religious reform debates

An al-Azhar professor has said that what he called “intellectuals” should not be engaged in debates over the reforms that…
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