Friday prayer
To prepare for return of Friday prayers, Egypt initiates widespread mosque sterilizations
Egypt
August 22, 2020
To prepare for return of Friday prayers, Egypt initiates widespread mosque sterilizations
Minister of Religious Endowments Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, ordered every directorate of the ministry nationwide to carry out a widescale campaign…
Egypt’s Endowments Ministry to begin broadcasting Friday prayers
Egypt
June 4, 2020
Egypt’s Endowments Ministry to begin broadcasting Friday prayers
Egypt’s Endowments ministry announced on Thursday that it will begin regularly broadcasting Friday prayers on television and radio starting June…
Egypt’s Endowments Ministry denies rumors of mosque reopenings
Egypt
May 28, 2020
Egypt’s Endowments Ministry denies rumors of mosque reopenings
The Ministry of Endowments on Thursday denied rumors that it has set a date for the reopening of mosques and…
Egypt closes all mosques nationwide over coronavirus
Egypt
March 21, 2020
Egypt closes all mosques nationwide over coronavirus
Egypt’s Religious Endowments Ministry on Saturday issued an order to halt Friday prayers and congregational prayers, closing all mosques and…
Azhar scholars allow suspending Friday and congregation prayers
Egypt
March 15, 2020
Azhar scholars allow suspending Friday and congregation prayers
Al-Azhar’s Senior Scholars Authority, headed by Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, on Sunday allowed the suspension of Friday prayers and…
Endowments Ministry dismisses 9 preachers over links to terrorist group
Egypt
November 22, 2019
Endowments Ministry dismisses 9 preachers over links to terrorist group
The Ministry of Endowments ended the service of nine preachers from Sohag and Qalyubiya, a decision which prevents them…
Muslim prayers end peacefully at Jerusalem mosque
Middle East
July 29, 2017
Muslim prayers end peacefully at Jerusalem mosque
Prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque ended peacefully on Friday amid two weeks of unrest over security devices at the major…