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It is a fact that Cairo suffers from the overlapping sounds of mosques during prayer times especially since most mosques don’t lie that far from one another. That’s why the Ministry of  Awqāf suggested starting to unify the call for prayer [Adhān]  all around the city to minimize noise and to be a...
The Egyptian Ministry of Endowments decided on Saturday to stop of all Friday prayers and congregational prayers, for two weeks, in an attempt to prevent the spread of the Corona virus. The World Health Organization and other international health institutes have warned that the virus can easily...
Background: Ṣaīdā, Samīra and Hind are Dutch students, studying Arabic at Leiden University in the Netherlands. All three are originally from Morocco and are now on exchange in Egypt. They share their experiences of living in Egypt and compare it to their Arab heritage. Furthermore, Majdī Ḥussaīn,...
Hanad Sabrī: The future of Arab peoples in the hands of women   The Tunisian artist Hanad Sabrī is traveling to Tunisia at the beginning of the week to support a Tunisian tourism campaign. Speaking in an interview with journalists from the publication, Al-Bawūāba, she said that without women,...
Discontent among residents of Shaykh Zāyid district in 6 October City after spreading Shī'ah book to spread shi'ism off a number of mosques. Residents were surprised to find some people spreading brochures that spread shī'ah ideologies and praying the azān (call to prayer) in the shī'ah way. There...
Interreligious tensions in Egypt are, unfortunately, very often related to church construction.
The authors discuss the issue of unifying the Adhān, whether it is a legitimate step or it contradicts Islamic Sharī‘ah. They quote the opinions of Muslim scholars on the issue.
Ahmad Tal‘at reports on the statements of Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, minister of religious endowments, about the project of unifying the call to prayers in Cairo’s mosques, asserting that the project will start next month.
Ḥasan ‘Allām interviews Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, Egyptian minister of religious endowments, who speaks about important issues of concern to Muslims.
Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim rejects the project of unifying the Adhān proposed by the Ministry of Religious Endowments as it abolishes a rite in Islam.

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