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Al-Azhar
features
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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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
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,
News
Al-Azhar
4 min read
Cleric suspended for making inflammatory remarks about Christians on air
Al-Azhar
2 min read
Preacher Islam Beheiry’s 1-year sentence upheld for insulting Islam
Al-Azhar
5 min read
Preacher Islam al-Beheiry’s prison sentence widely condemned
Al-Azhar
5 min read
Preacher Islam al-Beheiry sentenced to one year for insulting Islam
Al-Azhar
3 min read
Al-Azhar, NCW and Arab Lawyers condemn Amnesty call to decriminalize sex work
Al-Azhar
6 min read
New secular party to ‘challenge religious dominance’
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