Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church, delegated Bishop Moussa, known as the 'Bishop of the youth,' to attend the World Conference on mysticism entitled "Mysticism as an approach to reform" to be held on Saturday.
The head of (...)
Pope Shenouda III, leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church, will send Bishop Moussa to attend the World Conference on Sufism, “Sufism as an Approach to Reform,” which will be held Saturday.
Sheikh Abdul Hadi, head of all Sufi sheikhs in Egypt, (...)
The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) today requested reports from scholars from Al-Azhar and other intellectuals to use in the process of articulating important principles to follow in the new Egyptian constitution.
Al-Azhar invited all (...)
CAIRO: Legitimate Association for Workers in El-Sunna El-Mohamadeya, an Islamic civil society organization, sent a second emergency convoy to Somalia. The aid contains 50 tons of rice, four tons of oil, four tons of dates and 4,000 tents. So far the (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf met with a coalition of various political forces for three hours today. The head of Egypt's National Association for Change, Abdul Jalil Mustafa, said the meeting reached an agreement regarding peaceful (...)
Ramadan this year will be unlike any other, as this is the first holy month since the January 25 Revolution toppled former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and vanquished the former regime.
With some protestors continuing the sit-in in Tahrir (...)
CAIRO: The Islamic concept of Jihad, holy war, is misunderstood as a basis to force people into Islam, said Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head sheikh of Al-Azhar.
Islamic Jihad is not a means to force people of other religions to convert to Islam, said (...)