A Turkish fatwa sanctioning Muslims should pray three times instead of five a day stirred controversy among Egyptian religious circles, with an Islamic thinker considering it “a modern necessity”, but ...

(Beirut) – Egypt’s Ministry of Religious Endowments should end all arbitrary restrictions on religious gatherings, prayers, and practices during the final days of Ramadan and the upcoming Eid ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday attended an Istanbul prayer service for former Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi who died after collapsing during a trial hearing in a Cairo court.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi performed on Friday the Fajr (dawn) prayer at Al-Aziz Al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo’s Moqattam, celebrating the Night of Al-Isra` and Al-Mi’raj (Night Journey and Heavenly ...

“One of the things that I miss the most when I travel is the call to prayer that I hear five times a day here,” writes Maryanne Stroud Gabbani, from Egypt. Global Voices stands out as one of the ...