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Free Egyptians Party warns against presidential campaigning in mosques
Egypt

Free Egyptians Party warns against presidential campaigning in mosques

The liberal Free Egyptians Party has warned against what it described as the “dire consequences” of using mosques to campaign…
Imams Syndicate warns Brotherhood of exploiting mosques to promote Shater
Egypt

Imams Syndicate warns Brotherhood of exploiting mosques to promote Shater

The Egyptian Imams and Preachers Syndicate on Wednesday warned the Muslim Brotherhood against the exploitation of mosques in their election…
Ministry of Religious Endowments oversteps authority by disrupting film production
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Ministry of Religious Endowments oversteps authority by disrupting film production

In what appears to be an unprecedented move, the Ministry of Religious Endowments has refused to issue a permit that…
Muslims clash with China police who destroyed mosque
World

Muslims clash with China police who destroyed mosque

Hundreds of Muslims fought with armed police who demolished a mosque in north China, local police and a human rights…
Salafi, Sufi mosques being used for election campaigning
Egypt

Salafi, Sufi mosques being used for election campaigning

With the election season looming, mosques have become homes for election campaigns. Sufis and Salafis alike have used houses of…
80,000 Muslims pray on the street in Moscow
World

80,000 Muslims pray on the street in Moscow

MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of Muslim men knelt shoulder-to-shoulder in prayer on the freezing streets of Moscow on Sunday to…
Government ‘withholding information about law on places of worship’
Egypt

Government ‘withholding information about law on places of worship’

Amir Ramzy, a member of the cabinet-appointed National Justice Committee, has said that the government is withholding information about the…
Egyptian government re-thinks unified law on places of worship
Egypt

Egyptian government re-thinks unified law on places of worship

The Egyptian government will reconsider the unified law on the construction of places of worship in light of various observations…
Religious committee rejects unified law on places of worship
Egypt

Religious committee rejects unified law on places of worship

The House of the Egyptian Family, an ad hoc committee formed under the chairmanship of the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar,…
Al-Azhar voices anger at Syrian security assault on Damascus mosque
Egypt

Al-Azhar voices anger at Syrian security assault on Damascus mosque

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has expressed anger about Saturday's assault on Al-Rifai mosque in Damascus by Syrian army and…
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