New fatwa reignites hijab controversy in Egypt
Al-Azhar's new fatwa prohibiting women from praying without a headscarf has renewed the hijab debate in Egypt.
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Al-Azhar's new fatwa prohibiting women from praying without a headscarf has renewed the hijab debate in Egypt.
In response to the Muslim Brotherhood’s allegations of restricting worshippers in mosques, Egypt’s Ministry of Endowment decided to open all mosques across the country at full capacity, in a first step to ease the coronavirus measures.
The Egyptian parliament has proposed a draft law that bans “non-specialists” from discussing religion in mass media after a prominent presenter refuted the Quranic account of the Prophet’s night journey. According to local news reports, the law was proposed by MP Tarek Radwan, head of the human rights committee in parliament, and has been ratified by the religious […]
Ein religiöses Rechtsgutachten erlaubt Frauen unter bestimmten Bedingungen die Wiederherstellung des Jungfernhäutchens. Nun wird heftig debattiert - über Frauenrechte und über vorehelichen Sex.
YouTube The video game Fortnite could be banned in Indonesia after a minister branded it “blasphemous” for depicting Islamic holy sites. The news follows an uproar sparked by viral footage showing a scene from the game in which a character carrying a scythe walks around a complex resembling the Great Mosque of Mecca, the Masjid al-Haram, complete with a Kaaba-like structure in the centre. The Kaaba, which Muslims around the world face towards to pray, is widely considered the most sacred site in Islam and its depiction has caused anger across the Muslim world and particularly in the Middl...