Egypt

Egypt’s Administrative Court of the State Council ruled to accept a lawsuit to suspend the ban on wearing the niqab in schools in form, while rejecting it in substance. Two Egyptian citizens, Haitham Abdel Mageed and Ashraf Abdel Ghani, filed…

A ferry sank on Monday in the Nile near Cairo, Egypt, killing at least 10 of the 15 people on board, who were on their way to work at a construction firm, africanews website reported. The survivors were hospitalized and…

Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta—an Egyptian Islamic advisory, justiciary and governmental body—confirmed the importance of visiting the shrines and blessed sites of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, citing prophetic hadiths and narrations that emphasize this practice. According to the Egyptian newspaper “Sada…

The Second Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced two defendants to five years in prison in a retrial in the case of the murder of the Shia preacher, the martyr Sheikh Hassan Shehata, Egyptian media outlets…

The Egyptian capital, Cairo, is prepared to open, tomorrow, Thursday, Al-Sadat Al-Ashraf Street as part of the development of the path of the shrines of Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them. The street is located in the area known as…

Faced no serious challengers, Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won a third six-year term with 89.6% of the vote, the Egyptian electoral commission has announced. The president was able to claim the top job after Egypt’s constitution was amended…

Reuters News Agency reported that thousands of tombs in the historic Islamic cemetery, known as the City of the Dead, are under threat as a road and bridge expansion project aims to alleviate congestion in Cairo. Conservationists and families have…

A 13th century mosque that was in a state of disrepair after being used over the years as a soap factory, a slaughterhouse and a fort reopened in Cairo on Monday following an extensive restoration process. The mosque of Al-Zhahir…

Mosques across Egypt continue to implement the decision of the Egyptian President, FataAbdel Fattah El-Sisi, and the calls of the Ministry of Endowment, for the recitation of prayers and blessings upon the Prophet and his pure family, peace be upon…

A 1000-year-old Shiite mosque in the heart of the Egyptian capital Cairo has reopened following extensive renovations that took more than five years to complete, MENA website reported. Work on the Al Ḥakim bi Amr Allah mosque began in 2017…