Latest in Tag: Islam Highlight
Latest in Tag: Islam
In French elections, clashing visions of Muslim identity
The fledgling Union of French Muslim Democrats faces an uphill struggle in upcoming regional elections. The party emphasises that it wants to get young Muslims involved in the political process
‘Clock’ incident reflects US suspicion of Islam
In Texas, a 14-year-old Muslim student was briefly arrested at his school after he plugged in a ticking box he later described as a clock. Muslim rights activists say this is part of a series of discriminatory events. An audience member at a Donald Trump rally in New Hampshire had a serious question for the …
Where a crane falls, questions rise
107 are dead and 238 injured in the wake of a major collapse of a giant building crane near the holy site of the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in the evening hours of 11 September. Initial news reports put the blame on severe weather that swept through the Saudi kingdom, with amateur videos, shot …
Religion and the senses: Western âilluminationsâ and IS tactics
I was watching a televised discussion the other day about displaying movies and conducting plays in mosques, in a room extension adjacent to the mosque that is, and the subsequent conflagration that followed between the two clerical discussants. The objective behind this suggestion, typically enough, was modernising and moderating the khitaab al-dini (religious discourse or …
Endowments ministry partners with state TV to produce weekly segment
New measures prepared by Ministry of Religious Endowments aiming to counter terrorism
Airport officials ban Islamic preacher from leaving country
Earlier Wednesday, the Ministry of Religious Endowments accused Mohamed Jebril of politicising prayers
3 Copts face charges for giving Muslims dates to break fast
âThere is no such crime as preaching in Egyptian law,â says defence lawyer
Egyptâs clerics condemn gay marriage law
Homosexuality âis deterioration of human rightsâ, says Al-Azhar
Al-Tayyeb warns against alleged Shiâa campaigns
Matter seems political and those campaigns are funded by the Saudi regime, Shiâa activists says
Al-Azhar denounces Chinaâs banning of Ramadan fasting
China is depriving its Muslim population of their religious freedoms, says leading Sunni authority
Extra-judicial community justice is increasing sectarian violence: EIPR
Resolving disputes outside of justice system reflects community power structures
Grand Imam Al-Tayeb leaves UK after Parliament, Prince Charles meetings
A formalised relationship between the Church of England and Al-Azhar was established following 9/11
Teacher, students released on bail for âcontempt of religionâ after ISIS video
Teacher Gad Younan was made to leave his village, following a meeting of Christians and Muslims
Egypt is the castle that will protect us against immigration: French nationalist leader
Anti-Muslim politician Marine Le Pen finds common ground against extremism with Al-Azhar grand imam
The need to reform Islam
By Moha Ennaji With the escalation of violence in the Middle East and North Africa, and in the wake of the deplorable terrorism in Paris, Muslims all over the world reacted almost unanimously to condemn the odious attacks, describing them as opposing the teachings of Islam. The heinous jihadistsâ attacks are reminiscent of the history of the Catholic …
Coptic families forcibly displaced after Beni Suef attacks
Christian newspaper reports local Muslims tried to protect Copts from villagers angered over âinsults to Islamâ
TV presenter given 5 years imprisonment for blasphemy
Court tells Islam El-Behiry he violated penal code
Religious edicts need compatibility with time we live in: Endowments ministerÂ
Ministry of Religious Endowments researched new tools for religious discourse in Egypt
2 Giza preachers banned for not acquiring permission for religious speech
Religious Endowments Ministry uses its right of civil arrest for the first time on Friday
Endowments minister holds Muslim Brotherhood accountable for water poisoning
Commenting during a religious forum in Abu Dhabi, Gomaa also accused Iran of imposing influence on other countries
Grand Mufti heads to Europe in efforts to combat radical Islam
The move comes amid a rise of anti-Islamist groups in Western countriesÂ
Al-Azhar to prosecute TV presenter over âcriticalâ content
Islam El-Behiry accused Al-Azhar curriculums and interpretations of supporting ideology of extremist group âIslamic Stateâ
Endowments Ministry scrutinises Islamist schools
The act follows a series of strict measures undertaken by the ministry to control religious speech
Al-Azhar files complaint against TV show, accuses presenter of âdistorting Islamâs teachingsâ
Statement by the religious institution is violation to freedom of religion
Endowments Ministry to hold conference renewing religious speech in May
Scholars training institutions, publishing houses allegedly belonging to terrorist groups will be tackled
Child marriage in Egypt: ‘I donât know how old I am’
Egyptian law sets marriage age for women at 16, however constitution define children as under 18
âIf world can provide support, I will let people demonstrate in streets day and nightâ: Al-Sisi
Al-Sisi stresses importance of US presence in the Middle East and Islamic moderation, justifies Morsiâs ouster, disputes applicability of Western ideals to Egypt
Egyptian student given prison sentence for atheist Facebook posts
Suez Canal University President personally filed legal case against student Sherif Gaber, who claims he was tortured in custody
Court postpones ‘Shi’a lynching’ case to 10 February
Defendants are charged with killing Shiâa cleric Hassan Shehata and three others
Egypt to attend London summit on strategies to defeat ISIS
Foreign ministry says it wants to âcounter the negative image of Islamâ internationally