FRA checks compliance of Sarwa’s new sukuk issuance with Sharia
Issuance to comprise 25m sukuk at nominal price of EGP 100 per unit through private placement
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Islamic banking takes upward trend in Egypt
Approximately 2.5 million Islamic banking clients in Egypt, constitute 20% of country’s bank clients
38% increase in sales in 2014: Tokio Marine Family Takaful MD
The main obstacle facing the insurance market is for people to be truly convinced to engage in insurance services, says Masaya Inagaki
2 army officers killed, 3 conscripts injured in drive-by shootings
Security forces gear as several Islamist movements vow to stage “Muslim Youth Uprising”
British PM appalled by ‘barbaric’ Sudanese death sentence
The Christian Sudanese woman, who was sentenced to hang, was incarcerated with her 20-month-old toddler according to rights activists, and gave birth this week to another baby in jail.
Al-Qaeda disavows ISIL in Syria
Rebels have accused ISIL of seeking to consolidate power rather than fighting the regime, and even suggested the group was serving the regime’s interests.
Constitution’s preamble preliminarily passes
Constituent assembly approves majority of contentious articles; sets ground rules for coming parliamentary elections
Discussion of contentious articles halts Constituent Assembly voting
Assembly holds meetings to reach consensus over the contents of the preamble; article allowing military trials for civilians criticised
Ministry of Endowments voices opposition to Shi’a Ashura celebrations inside mosques
The Muslim holiday is commemorated differently by Sunni and Shi’a communities
Progress on ‘identity articles’ in constitution
Constituent Assembly reportedly agrees on articles’ drafting
Brotherhood’s Salah Sultan detained at airport
Professor of Sharia arrested attempting travel to Sudan
Tamarod joins calls for a mixed political system in the new constitution
Group says constitutional committee should create a parliamentary-presidential system of governance
The Grand Mufti and Al-Nour Party oppose proposed amendments to Sharia-related articles in the constitution
Controversy surrounds the 50-strong constitutional committee as its members discuss amending articles that pertain to Sharia in the suspended 2012 constitution
Al-Nour party changes position on Article 219
Salafi constitutional representative leaves session in protest
Al-Nour Party strives to preserve “Islamist identity”
Party proposes the cancellation of article 219 of the constitution in exchange for amending article 2
The Arab Spring: An implosion of historic proportions
By Ralph F Georgy When the Egyptian people rose, in what can only be described as a spontaneous and unprecedented show of collective displeasure with the status quo ante, to remove a dictator from power, the world witnessed the unmediated power of freedom emerging from centuries of control and manipulation. This power, densely compact and …
Democracy is (still) the solution
In Egypt, neither Islamism nor militarism is the solution. What we need is a visionary founding document, and the stillborn constitution of 1954 fits the bill. It is a sign of just how awry the situation has become this past week that Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya actually sounds like one of the more sensible players on the …
Freedom of choice, the real birthright
Unlike eye colour and skin tone, religion is not hereditary. This reality needs to be reflected in Egyptian identity documents and personal status laws. In Egypt, like in many other traditional societies, the idea that religion is hereditary is so widespread that it is written into the law and children are stamped with the seal …
Egypt’s clash of freedoms
What is happening in Egypt cannot be reduced to a simple conflict between Islamists, secularists and the military. It is a fundamental clash over conflicting concepts of “freedom”. The millions of anti-Morsi protesters who flooded the streets across the country were out to oppose what they saw as a dictator-in-the-making who was robbing them of …
President ratifies constitutional declaration
The declaration of 33 articles establishes schedule of transitional period
Al-Zawahiri calls for “victims and sacrifices”
Al-Qaeda Leader criticised Islamists for not uniting to implement Sharia
Islamists rally for 30 June
Al-Raya leader: We will sacrifice everything to defend legitimacy
The Event
The Event changed everything. Nobody knows the exact date when the event started. The chaos that took place once it started, and its insane aftermath, made any kind of accurate documentation impossible, but we know that it reached Cairo around August 2013, specifically around the Eid vacation. In its aftermath, Egypt found itself on the …
Teacher investigated for preventing girl from taking exam
Teacher in Alexandria investigated for preventing girl from sitting exam because her clothes ‘violated Sharia’
ANHRI calls for amendment of constitution
The Arab Network for Human Rights Information says the lack of clarity on Sharia law in the constitution threatens to collapse guarantees of democracy
After Arab Spring, Islamists test religion in economics
By Farah Halime With the rise of political Islam across North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, Islamic finance is being touted as the solution to decades of unemployment and economic inequality. “We’ve tried socialism, we’ve tried capitalism, now we’re trying Islam,” cried supporters of Mohamed Morsi, when he was …
NCW reflects on the UN declaration on violence against Women
Tellawi: The declaration is facing an instigated distortion campaign
Why do Islamists hate Valentine’s Day?
By Nervana Mahmoud “Valentine’s Day represents for the Christians, a celebration of adultery and prostitution, and those who go out on this day are prostitutes.” That is how Abu Islam, a radical Egyptian preacher has described Valentine’s Day. He took the hatred that many radicals share for this day to brand it with a new label …
Takaful summit promotes microtakaful in Egypt
Retakaful, a Sharia-compliant form of reinsurance, was also discussed
The 7th International Takaful Summit in Egypt
Egypt hosting the summit reflects confidence in the country’s economic future, said keynote speaker and minister of finance, Al-Morsi Hegazy