Islamic law

Parliament should be allowed to institute Islamic Sharia law, Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa said at a meeting with youth groups…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb broke with strict traditional interpretations of Islamic law on Sunday by arguing that people have…

Egypt is a liberal country governed by a democratic system approved by Muslim scholars, Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa told Al-Masry…

Last month, Mohamed Selim al-Awa, a moderate 69-year-old Islamist intellectual, announced the temporary suspension of his presidential campaign to protest…

A Salafi leader called on Wednesday for the application of Islamic law in Egypt and the cancellation of all secular…

A self-appointed popular committee concerned with the process of drafting a new constitution is calling on Islamist groups to support…

Capitalizing on the current revolutionary mood, thousands of state-sanctioned preachers are expected to take to the streets on Saturday to…

Presidential candidate Mohamed Selim al-Awa called on protesters staging sit-ins to return to their homes, so as not to disrupt…

Countless women actively participated in the 25 January revolution, which seemed to signal a major shift in women’s role in…

Mahmoud Ezzat, the Muslim Brotherhood's deputy Supreme Guide, said in a forum held in the Cairo district of Imbaba on…