World
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International
6/21/2022 5:50:46 PM
France's top administrative court ruled Tuesday against allowing body-covering ``burkini'' swimwear in public pools for religious reasons, arguing that it violates the principle of government neutrality toward religion.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/16/2022 9:02:32 PM
The Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) called on Thursday for countries to enact laws that guarantee the protection of Muslims and mosques and criminalise Islamophobia.
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World
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Region
6/11/2022 10:50:54 AM
Indian police shot dead two protesters and arrested more than 130 others during street rallies sparked by a ruling party official's remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, authorities told AFP Saturday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/10/2022 8:38:00 PM
Egyptian political forces preparing themselves for the national dialogue proposed by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on 26 April reject any participation by Islamists, particularly the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
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World
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International
6/10/2022 5:05:51 PM
Muslims took to the streets in huge protests around Asia after Friday prayers, sparked by remarks about the Prophet Mohammed by an Indian ruling party official that embroiled the country in a diplomatic storm.
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World
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International
6/6/2022 2:03:03 PM
India is facing major diplomatic outrage from Muslim-majority countries after top officials in the governing Hindu nationalist party made derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, drawing accusations of blasphemy across some Arab nations that have left New Delhi struggling to contain the damaging fallout.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/5/2022 6:56:12 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Justice Omar Marwan issued a decree on Sunday ordering the formation of a legal and judicial expert committee to draft a balanced personal law for Muslims in Egypt within four months.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/4/2022 7:25:36 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has urged the formation of a committee of legal and judicial experts specialised in family courts and lawsuits to enact a balanced personal status draft law for Muslims.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/2/2022 7:07:00 PM
Former president of opposition Dostour Party Khaled Dawoud tells Al-Ahram Weekly the recent release of dozens of political prisoners will contribute to the success of the political dialogue initiated by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi six weeks ago.
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World
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Region
5/31/2022 7:07:58 PM
Malaysia unreservedly condemned the assault and incursion by the Israeli extremists and officials in and around Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, the Malaysian News Agency reported on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
5/29/2022 5:18:31 PM
A Cairo Supreme State Security Court sentenced on Sunday acting Muslim Brotherhood guide Mahmoud Ezzat and former presidential candidate and leader of the Strong Egypt Party Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh along with 16 others to 15 years in prison on charges of leading an illegal group and spreading false news.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/28/2022 5:01:00 PM
Israel has approved a march that passes through Arab and Muslim neighbourhoods of Occupied Jerusalem and could spark fierce confrontations on the ground.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/28/2022 1:40:34 PM
The National Press Authority (NPA) denied on Friday “rumours spread by the media arms of the terrorist group” that it plans to transfer the assets of three state-owned press institutions to a sovereign body.
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World
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International
5/27/2022 6:33:14 PM
The warm welcome Americans and Europeans have given Ukrainians in 2022 contrasts sharply with the uneven - and frequently hostile - policies toward Syrian refugees in the mid-2010s.
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World
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Africa
5/21/2022 9:40:33 PM
An enraged mob went on a rampage in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi over alleged blasphemy by a Christian resident, the third such incident in days in the predominantly Muslim part of the country, police said Saturday.
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Books
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Reviews
5/19/2022 1:20:15 PM
Nadi El Mohebin (Lovers Club) by Sobhi Moussa, (Cairo: Samaa Publishing House, 2021).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/15/2022 3:42:00 PM
While political forces welcomed President Al-Sisi’s call for dialogue, they insisted the Muslim Brotherhood be excluded.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/15/2022 3:41:00 PM
Last week’s terrorist attack in Sinai, the first in a year, does not herald a resurgence in violence.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
5/12/2022 5:11:57 PM
A Cairo criminal court has sentenced 25 people to 15 years in prison, one juvenile to five years, and acquitted 12 others in a retrial of the case known in media as “the dispersal of the Rabaa sit-in case.”
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World
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Region
5/8/2022 1:25:43 PM
Thousands of Lebanese living in nearly 50 countries began early voting Sunday in the country's closely watched parliamentary elections, days after a similar vote was held in 10 predominantly Muslim nations.
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