{"id":73172,"date":"2021-02-21T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T13:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=73172"},"modified":"2021-03-08T07:21:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:21:18","slug":"egypt-government-denies-removal-of-quran-verses-from-school-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/73172-egypt-government-denies-removal-of-quran-verses-from-school-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Government Denies Removal of Quran Verses from School Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-21_22-07-53-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-21_22-07-53-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-21_22-07-53-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-21_22-07-53-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-21_22-07-53-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-02-21_22-07-53.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The government of Egypt denies reports that it intends to remove verses of the Quran and Hadiths from some school books.<br>An education ministry deputy said these reports are baseless and there are no such plans, youm7.com reported.<br>The official added that no verses or Hadiths have been removed from books.<br>He further said that a new book entitled \u201cValues and Respect for Others\u201d has been added to the list of school books with the aim of promoting moral values and religious teachings.<br>Earlier this week, there were reports of an order by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi on removal of Quran verses and Hadiths from some school books.<br>The reports said the Egyptian president has made the move under the pretext of countering extremism.<br>Critics and activists accuse el-Sisi of trying to eliminate Egypt\u2019s Islamic identity through such moves.<br>He is not going to revive and renovate religious discourse in the country as he claims, they say, but he is rather trying to remove the religion from the society entirely.<br>Critics and activists say people of Egypt should rise up against decisions that undermine the country\u2019s Islamic identity and structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of Egypt denies reports that it intends to remove verses of the Quran and Hadiths from some school books.An education ministry deputy said these reports are baseless and there are no such plans, youm7.com reported.The official added that no verses or Hadiths have been removed from books.He further said that a new book &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":73542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,7,31],"tags":[55,224,2207],"class_list":["post-73172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-egypt","category-islam","category-news","tag-egypt","tag-quran","tag-verse"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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