religion

Dar al-Ifta issues fatwa calling to commit to coronavirus suspensions
Egypt

Dar al-Ifta issues fatwa calling to commit to coronavirus suspensions

Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta issued a fatwa on Sunday calling on people to abide by medical regulations against the coronavirus, especially…
Egypt shuts down religious shrines to combat virus outbreak
Egypt

Egypt shuts down religious shrines to combat virus outbreak

The Ministry of Endowments on Sunday shut down religious shrines across the country, in the wake of a presidential decision…
Egypt’s Endowments Minister cancels Israa and Miraj festivities
Egypt

Egypt’s Endowments Minister cancels Israa and Miraj festivities

Egypt’s Minister of Religious Endowments Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has decided to cancel all mass and festive aspects of the Israa…
Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa slams controversy over Magdi Yacoub’s religious beliefs
Egypt

Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa slams controversy over Magdi Yacoub’s religious beliefs

Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa, the government’s principal Islamic legal institution for issuing fatwas (religious edicts), applauded the work of Egyptian-British cardiac…
Demo broadcast of Egypt’s 1st satellite channel for Quran recital begins: Spokesperson
Culture

Demo broadcast of Egypt’s 1st satellite channel for Quran recital begins: Spokesperson

Egypt’s first satellite TV channel dedicated to recitations from the Quran has begun its first demo broadcast, said the spokesperson…
The shame of FGM
Opinion

The shame of FGM

The reprehensible habit of female genital mutilation (FGM) has taken another life; a 12-year-old girl forced into a clinic to…
Renewing religious discourse essential to saving Muslims: Sisi
Society

Renewing religious discourse essential to saving Muslims: Sisi

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday said that several years ago he had called on religious institutions, foremost among…
Ex-pope Benedict rejects opening up priesthood to married men
World

Ex-pope Benedict rejects opening up priesthood to married men

Former pope Benedict XVI has publicly urged his successor Pope Francis not to open the Catholic priesthood up to married…
Pope Francis equates violence against women to profaning God
World

Pope Francis equates violence against women to profaning God

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is pinning much of his hopes for a more peaceful world in the new…
Pope Francis kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass
World

Pope Francis kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass

Pope Francis ushered in Christmas celebrations for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics on Tuesday, saying the celebration of Jesus’s birth…
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