Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
3/19/2024 5:40:18 PM
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Egypt
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Society
3/10/2024 11:58:13 PM
Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta, the authority responsible for issuing religious edicts, announced on Sunday that the Islamic holy month of Ramadan of the Hijri year 1445 will start on Monday, 11 March.
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Sports
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Africa
2/10/2024 11:06:13 AM
Algerian defender Youcef Atal has signed for Turkish club Adana Demirspor after receiving a suspended sentence in France last month for inciting religious hatred about the conflict in Gaza, his club Nice announced Friday.
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Opinion
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1/31/2024 2:43:55 PM
Terrorist attacks on minority groups in the region are rarely only about religious or ethnic persecution anymore.
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World
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International
1/28/2024 1:42:09 PM
Two assailants launched an armed attack on an Italian church in Istanbul during a religious ceremony on Sunday, leaving one person dead, Turkey's interior minister said.
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Opinion
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1/12/2024 3:42:24 PM
The genocidal war and the Israeli ethnic cleansing have been a shock to the collective consciousness of the millennial generations, awakening them to a nightmarish reality – the racism of the right-wing and the extreme religious leaders' view of the Palestinians.
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Sports
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Africa
1/3/2024 3:56:19 PM
Algerian international footballer Youcef Atal was handed an eight-month suspended sentence by a French court Wednesday for inciting religious hatred in a social media post about the conflict in Gaza.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/2/2024 11:07:44 AM
Al-Azhar mourned on Monday Former Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs of Palestine and the preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Yousef Salama who was killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on his home in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/11/2023 3:40:44 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the law recently passed by the Danish parliament to criminalize "inappropriate treatment of writings with significant importance for a recognized religious community."
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/9/2023 1:50:04 PM
The Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism expressed outrage over the religious decrees of Zionist rabbis, attributing them as a key factor in reigniting the genocide against Palestinians after after the four-day humanitarian truce, according to a statement on Thursday.
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World
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International
12/7/2023 5:18:33 PM
Denmark's parliament on Thursday adopted a law criminalising the "inappropriate treatment" of religious texts, effectively banning Koran burnings after a series of desecrations of Islam's holy book sparked anger in Muslim countries over the summer.
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Egypt
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Society
11/11/2023 11:40:08 AM
In a heartfelt address ahead of the Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit on the Gaza war, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb affirmed that ending Israeli aggression is a “religious legal duty” for Arab leaders and people alike.
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Books
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News
11/2/2023 5:37:48 PM
Morten Bergsmo, a European international lawyer, is the director of the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP).
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Opinion
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10/28/2023 3:59:30 PM
Too many comments from Israeli political, military, and religious leaders have suggested that all Palestinians are legitimate targets because they support Hamas or they voted for them and are, therefore, guilty of that group’s many crimes. Here are a few:
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Egypt
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Society
10/11/2023 9:09:00 PM
Egypt's Al-Azhar stated on Wednesday that supporting innocent Palestinian civilians is a religious duty, describing it as a moral and humanitarian obligation.
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Egypt
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Society
9/27/2023 1:33:17 PM
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called upon individuals to uphold the moral values of Prophet Muhammad, particularly unwavering faith during tumultuous times, during a ceremony held by the Ministry of Religious Endowments to mark the anniversary of birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Moulid Al-Nabi) on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/13/2023 1:34:50 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Religious Endowments allocated EGP 30 million (just under $1 million) in aid to Libya, Morocco and Slovenia, as part of the country's efforts to provide humanitarian assistance for countries devastated by natural disasters.
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World
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Region
9/6/2023 5:22:08 PM
Millions of Shia Muslim pilgrims massed at the golden-domed mausoleums of the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday, commemorating Arbaeen, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.
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World
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Region
8/23/2023 10:00:31 PM
General secretary of the World Council of Churches Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay expressed concern on Tuesday over religious freedom violations in the Holy Land after Israel barred Orthodox Christians from accessing Mount Tabor, the sacred site of Jesus' transfiguration.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/20/2023 7:45:54 PM
Egypt has warned that the Quran burning and desecration incidents in Sweden have damaged the image of the European country in the Arab and Islamic worlds.
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