preachers
President El-Sisi orders improving financial conditions of preachers
Egypt
February 8, 2023
President El-Sisi orders improving financial conditions of preachers
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has called for pursuing efforts aimed at improving the financial conditions of preachers and imams…
Endowments Ministry dismisses 9 preachers over links to terrorist group
Egypt
November 22, 2019
Endowments Ministry dismisses 9 preachers over links to terrorist group
The Ministry of Endowments ended the service of nine preachers from Sohag and Qalyubiya, a decision which prevents them…
Govt refutes April Fool’s Day rumors
Egypt
April 4, 2019
Govt refutes April Fool’s Day rumors
The Egyptian government refuted several rumors that were spread on the April Fool’s Day including that all preachers had been…
Egypt’s Endowments Ministry launches investment fund at LE3 bn
Egypt
August 6, 2018
Egypt’s Endowments Ministry launches investment fund at LE3 bn
Endowments Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Sunday announced the launch of the “Endowments Investment Fund” with a capital of…
Six preachers referred to investigation for changing Friday speech
Egypt
January 30, 2016
Six preachers referred to investigation for changing Friday speech
The Religious Endowments department in Monufiya has decided to refer six preachers to investigation for violating regulations and changing the…
Imams can swim with foreigners to support tourism: Endowments Ministry
Egypt
November 11, 2015
Imams can swim with foreigners to support tourism: Endowments Ministry
The Religious Endowments Ministry has given imams permission to mingle with foreign tourists in Egypt's resort cities to support tourism…
Imam who claimed sainthood interrogated
Egypt
November 11, 2015
Imam who claimed sainthood interrogated
The Religious Endowments Ministry is interrogating one of its imams in Monufiya who had claimed sainthood and printed books promoting…
Ministry slammed for installing monitor cams in mosques
Egypt
August 25, 2015
Ministry slammed for installing monitor cams in mosques
The Endowments Ministry has raised observers’ ire with its plans to install monitoring cams at mosques, the latest measure in…
Endowments Ministry asks preachers not to run for parliament
Egypt
August 25, 2015
Endowments Ministry asks preachers not to run for parliament
The Endowments Ministry has appealed to its employees not to run for the upcoming parliamentrary elections and to be "fully…
Influential Salafi preachers banned from Eid sermons
Egypt
July 14, 2015
Influential Salafi preachers banned from Eid sermons
The Ministry of Endowments has banned influential Salafi preachers Mohamed Hassan and Mohamed Hussein Yakoub from preaching during the Eid…