Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 20, 2018
For the fifth year respectively, The Egyptian ministry of endowments announced on Wednesday's evening the closure of a shrine attributed to Imam al-Ḥussāyn binʿAlī in conjunction with the celebrations of ʿashūrā’ which began yesterday.
Egyptian security forces stepped up their presence in front of...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2018
It’s been five years since the dispersal of Rābʿaa and Nahḍa sit-ins, however no one has forgotten the crime of burning the churches and assaulting the property of the Copts which was documented by the international and local organizations.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 29, 2014
A Saudi Islamic scholar has requested his country’s authorities to chemically castrate men convicted of sexually harassing women. Sa’ūd ‘Abd Allah Finās, former Dean of Sharī’ah Faculty at the Imām University, stated during a phone call on Ya Halla show on Rotana Khalījiyah satellite channel that...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 27, 2014
Dr. Su’ād Sālih, Professor of Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence at the AzharUniversity, stated that it is possible that a woman becomes a muftī. She added that it is not an agreed upon requirement that the muftī is a free, hearing, seeing, speaking male. A fatwa can be taken from a male or female,...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 27, 2014
Dr. Mahmūd Abū al-Nasr, Minister of Education, has visited the Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School in Heliopolis, Cairo, after the school has received terrorist threats. The minister has visited the school to reassure the students and parents (Nivīn Shihātah, al- Ahrām, March 27). Read original...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 26, 2014
Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers in the Azhar branch in Assiut have demonstrated their power by holding paramilitary trainings inside the university campus for half an hour. A number of students appeared wearing black face masks and raised al Qaeda flag on campus. They chanted slogans promising...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 25, 2014
The Muslim Brotherhood has reportedly issued orders to its ranks in preparation for a protest planned for tomorrow. The National Coalition in Support for Legitimacy has called for an escalation of protests tomorrow to take place in front of court houses and embassies of Arab regimes supportive of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 3, 2018
Many wars are fought within the American society and the new media is its main weapon, especially the social networking sites. Trump masters the use of such weapon, for he is well trained on using it since his presentation of a widely popular live show for job applicants called “The Apprentice”....
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 23, 2014
Muslim Brothehood leader Gamāl Hishmat stated that the Brotherhood is ready to “retreat a step backwards” in order to reach a political consensus. He stated that they would like to follow the path of Rāshid al- Ghanūshy, head of al- Nahdah party in Tunisia when he gave up power. Samīh ‘Id, Islamist...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 22, 2014
Former muftī of Egypt, Alī Gum’ah, has called upon Muslim youth to visit Jerusalem. This call stirred much contention in Egyptian political circles. Some political parties stated that the call is alien, ambiguous, not justified and considered a form of naturalization with ‘the Zionists’. Dr. Abd al...