
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
Issuance to comprise 25m sukuk at nominal price of EGP 100 per unit through private placement
Approximately 2.5 million Islamic banking clients in Egypt, constitute 20% of country’s bank clients
The main obstacle facing the insurance market is for people to be truly convinced to engage in insurance services, says Masaya Inagaki
Security forces gear as several Islamist movements vow to stage “Muslim Youth Uprising”
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.
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.
Constituent assembly approves majority of contentious articles; sets ground rules for coming parliamentary elections
Assembly holds meetings to reach consensus over the contents of the preamble; article allowing military trials for civilians criticised
The Muslim holiday is commemorated differently by Sunni and Shi’a communities
Constituent Assembly reportedly agrees on articles’ drafting
Professor of Sharia arrested attempting travel to Sudan
Group says constitutional committee should create a parliamentary-presidential system of governance
Controversy surrounds the 50-strong constitutional committee as its members discuss amending articles that pertain to Sharia in the suspended 2012 constitution
Salafi constitutional representative leaves session in protest
Party proposes the cancellation of article 219 of the constitution in exchange for amending article 2
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The declaration of 33 articles establishes schedule of transitional period
Al-Qaeda Leader criticised Islamists for not uniting to implement Sharia
Al-Raya leader: We will sacrifice everything to defend legitimacy
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 in Alexandria investigated for preventing girl from sitting exam because her clothes ‘violated Sharia’
The Arab Network for Human Rights Information says the lack of clarity on Sharia law in the constitution threatens to collapse guarantees of democracy
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 …
Tellawi: The declaration is facing an instigated distortion campaign
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 …
Retakaful, a Sharia-compliant form of reinsurance, was also discussed
Egypt hosting the summit reflects confidence in the country’s economic future, said keynote speaker and minister of finance, Al-Morsi Hegazy