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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi speaks during a news conference with Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (unseen) after their summit in Cairo, on November 8, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jan 2, 2015 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has called for a “revolution” in religious discourse to confront extremist ideology during a speech celebrating the birth of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad on Thursday. Sisi called for “revamping religious...
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An Egyptian man attends the afternoon prayer at al-Azhar mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Dec 7, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As part of a wider bid to prevent mosques from being used as political platforms, Egypt’s Ministry of Awqaf (religious endowments) has banned clerics who have not graduated from Al-Azhar from preaching. On Friday, several Al-Azhar clerics...
