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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…
Uproar as Turkey cancels raki festival
Middle East

Uproar as Turkey cancels raki festival

Turkish authorities have cancelled a festival celebrating the national drink raki because of complaints by Islamic groups, causing an uproar…
Ministry investigates statement about imams visiting resort cities
Egypt

Ministry investigates statement about imams visiting resort cities

Religious Endowments Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has ordered a probe into statements by one of his senior assistants regarding plans…
Imams can swim with foreigners to support tourism: Endowments Ministry
Egypt

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…
Intellectuals to denounce blasphemy laws at conference Wednesday
Egypt

Intellectuals to denounce blasphemy laws at conference Wednesday

A group of media figures, artists and intellectuals are organizing a conference at the Journalists' Syndicate on Wednesday to denounce blasphemy…
Travel ban of preacher Mohamed Gibril lifted
Egypt

Travel ban of preacher Mohamed Gibril lifted

The Court of Administrative Justice lifted the ban on Islamic preacher Mohamed Gibril on Tuesday. Cairo International Airport authorities prevented Gibril…
Media host Islam Beheiry appeals blasphemy conviction
Egypt

Media host Islam Beheiry appeals blasphemy conviction

Controversial media presenter Islam Beheiry will challenge a Saturday court verdict that upheld a five-year prison sentence handed down to…
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…
Salafis request minister’s apology on ‘secular Egypt’ remarks
Egypt

Salafis request minister’s apology on ‘secular Egypt’ remarks

The Salafi Call has demanded that Culture Minister Helmy al-Namnam apologize for calling Egypt  “instinctively secular”, adding that the choice…
Alexandria University chief declines to follow Cairo’s niqab ban
Egypt

Alexandria University chief declines to follow Cairo’s niqab ban

Alexandria University’s president has stressed that wearing the Islamic full-face veil (niqab) on campus is a “personal freedom”, and has…
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