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Sexual harassment decreases during Eid
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2021
During holidays, Egyptian media monitors sexual harassment in streets, parks, and in front of cinemas, particularly in downtown Cairo and popular areas. Usually, on the following day the front pages filled with stories about women being sexually harassed on the first day of Eid. However, this year...
Al- Azhar Observatory appreciates Justin Trudeau's visit to a mosque in Canada during Eid al-Adha prayer
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2021
During his visit to the mosque in Hamilton, Ontario during Eid al-Adha [ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā] prayer, Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, condemned recent incidents of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and misogyny.
The European Union Court authorizes the ban on headscarves at work, while al-Azhar observatory warns of increased hatred against Muslims
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 2021
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a ruling allowing the ban on headscarves (Hijab) at work if the employer deems it necessary. This comes after two women in Germany filed complaints after being suspended from work for wearing a headscarf.
The Grand Mufti of Egypt receives a high-level delegation headed by the Archbishop of the Anglican Episcopal Church
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2021
Dr. Shawkī ʿAllām , Grand Mufti of Egypt, received a high-level delegation from the Anglican Episcopal Church, headed by Archbishop Sāmī Fawzī –– to congratulate Muslims for the blessed Eid al-Adha [ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā].
Final ruling banning unlicensed preachers from issuing Islamic fatwas
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2021
The Supreme Administrative Court, headed by Counsellor Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Wahāb Khafāja, confirmed the ruling to ban non-specialists from issuing religious fatwas, and restricting pulpits from preaching without a license from al-Azhar, Egypt's highest religious authority, or the Ministry of Awqāf.
President al-Sīsī receives the royal mummies at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation
Date of source: Saturday, April 3, 2021
The parade of the ancient royal mummies arrived at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC), after its journey that began from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. The Pharaohs' Golden Parade included 22 royal mummies (18 kings and four queens) dating back to the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th...
"The House of Representatives" accuses Israel of committing crimes of "Ethnic Cleansing" in Shaykh Jarrāḥ
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2021
Before their session today, Sunday, the House of Representatives, head by Dr. Ḥanafī Jabālī, released a statement expressing their immense anger and condemnation for the Israeli attack on worshippers in al-Aqṣā Mosque, calling recent actions by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians in...
Statements by The Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar on "women" sparks debate on the renewal of religious discourse
Date of source: Saturday, May 8, 2021
Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, said in his Ramadan's TV program that women have their own large share of gains to come with regards to their position and rights. He added, that one of these gains is the issue of "women's travel". It is known that women's travel, according to most...
"National Council for Women" congratulates the government for Egypt's membership to serve in two international bodies concerned with women's issues
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 2021
The National Council for Women (NCW), headed by Dr. Māyā Mursī, sincerely congratulated the government, along with all of its members, for Egypt being elected, as a representative of the African Group, at the United Nations Economic and Social Council to membership of the Commission on the Status...
Egypt announces failure of the Kinshasa meetings on the Renaissance Dam due to Ethiopian stubbornness
Date of source: Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Ambassador Aḥmad Ḥāfiẓ, Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the negotiations that were held in Kinshasa on the 4th and 5th of April, with the aim to re-launch future negotiations over the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, failed to reach an agreement. Ḥāfiẓ said that Ethiopia...