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Ahmed al-Tayyeb • 25 min read
How Al-Azhar’s grand imam survived the constitutional amendments
Asmahan Soliman | A proposed constitutional article would have featured a less independent Al-Azhar
11 April 2019
Al-Azhar • 9 min read
‘Egypt is not Tunisia’ when it comes to women’s rights
Mai Shams El-Din | Amid celebration in Tunisia over securing women’s rights, Al-Azhar strikes a different chord
22 August 2017
Religious institutions • 10 min read
Fatwa on the go
Karoline Kamel | A Mada Masr journalist experiments with seeking a fatwa from newly-set kiosk in a metro station
17 August 2017
Egypt-China relations • 1 min read
Video | On the arrest campaign targeting members of Egypt’s Uyghur community
Mostafa Darwish | Dozens of members of Egypt's Uyghur community arrested as part of a plan to deport them to China
30 July 2017
student detentions • 9 min read
Uyghur students arrested in Egypt to be deported after request by China, say colleagues
Osman El Sharnoubi | At least 100 Uyghur students have been arrested and are expected to be deported
7 July 2017
Ahmed al-Tayyeb • 11 min read
Al-Azhar post-June 30: An ongoing dispute interrupted by a brief alliance
Mai Shams El-Din | Four years after June 30, 2013 tensions between Al-Azhar and the executive authority rise to the surface
30 June 2017
population growth • 15 min read
Overpopulation, religion and fatwas on demand in Egypt
Karoline Kamel | Blaming overpopulation for the economic crisis, the state awkwardly courts the support of religious institutions
7 May 2017
Al-Azhar • 11 min read
Government continues attempts to extend control over mosques
Osman El Sharnoubi | The ministry claims a new decree will protect mosques from 'infiltration'
12 April 2017
women's rights • 15 min read
Proving paternity: A prolonged struggle for thousands of Egyptian mothers
Mai Shams El-Din | For mothers who choose to file paternity lawsuits, proceedings can take years
15 March 2017
 
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Opinion
Sahar Mandour
Verbal divorce: A man-to-man fight in the ‘year of women’
At the center of the 'year of women' is the relationship between men
14 March 2017
Tarek Ghanem
Al-Azhar and the dinosaurs
“Sheikhs issue religious edicts for the price of two chickens. They are no more than stooges of backwardness,
3 May 2016
 
 
News
Al-Azhar • 4 min read
Cleric suspended for making inflammatory remarks about Christians on air
11 May 2017
Al-Azhar • 2 min read
Preacher Islam Beheiry’s 1-year sentence upheld for insulting Islam
2 February 2016
Al-Azhar • 5 min read
Preacher Islam al-Beheiry’s prison sentence widely condemned
30 December 2015
Al-Azhar • 5 min read
Preacher Islam al-Beheiry sentenced to one year for insulting Islam
29 December 2015
Al-Azhar • 3 min read
Al-Azhar, NCW and Arab Lawyers condemn Amnesty call to decriminalize sex work
13 August 2015
Al-Azhar • 6 min read
New secular party to ‘challenge religious dominance’
30 April 2015
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