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Ministry of Religious Endowments creates plan to face atheism
▻http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/ministry-religious-endowments-creates-plan-face-atheism

Minister of Religious Endowments Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa approved a plan that was prepared by several scholars, sociologists and psychiatrists to confront atheism.

The measure aims to raise awareness among Egypt’s youth of the dangers of atheism on morals, beliefs and nationalism.

The plan also entails answering the misconceptions of atheists through workshops, social media and a hotline that offers support to atheists and their families. 

The project will be supervised through a committee of Al-Azhar scholars.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

Ils ont vraiment des « psychiatres » capables de lutter contre l’athéisme ? (Pour la hotline, moi j’embaucherais les gens de Tabac Info Service, mais tu fais comme tu veux.)

L’Egypte va interdire à 55.000 imams et prédicateurs d’intervenir dans les mosquées

▻http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-bans-mosque-preachers-crackdown-islamists-130139537.html

Minister of Endowments Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said the clerics lack licenses to preach and were considered to be fundamentalist and a threat to the Egypt’s security.

The ban will mainly target small unlicensed mosques or random praying areas. The idea is to spread a moderate message of Islam and keep Egyptians away from radical ideas.

"The decision is only meant to legalize the preaching process during Fridays’ mass prayers and make only those authorized to do it, do it, Gomaa told Reuters.

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