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Egyptian court gives life term to Muslim Brotherhood leader
April 8, 2021 By Faith Matters

Egyptian court gives life term to Muslim Brotherhood leader

A senior leader of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group was convicted on terror charges and sentenced to life in prison, the country’s state-owned news agency reported. According to the Middle East News Agency, a Cairo court found Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting supreme guide of the country’s oldest Islamist organisation, guilty of terror acts that followed […]

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Oxford Islamic scholar Ramadan admits to ‘sex games’, denies rape
October 26, 2018 By Faith Matters

Oxford Islamic scholar Ramadan admits to ‘sex games’, denies rape

Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, a professor of Islamic studies, said on Monday he had engaged in “sex games” with two women in France who accuse him of rape, but said the “submissive-dominant” relationships were consensual. It is the first time in the near one-year long case that the Oxford University professor, who has taken a […]

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Saudi Arabia says revamping education to combat ‘extremist ideologies’
March 22, 2018 By Faith Matters

Saudi Arabia says revamping education to combat ‘extremist ideologies’

Saudi Arabia is revamping its education curriculum to eradicate any trace of Muslim Brotherhood influence and will dismiss anyone working in the sector who sympathises with the banned group, the education minister said. Promoting a more moderate form of Islam is one of the promises made by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman under plans to […]

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Vigil to mourn victims of Cairo church bombing
December 17, 2016 By Faith Matters

Vigil to mourn victims of Cairo church bombing

A vigil takes place in Cairo to remember those who lost their lives in a bombing at the city’s largest Coptic cathedral last Sunday (December 11). Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 25 people. The militant group said in a statement carried by its news agency Amaq […]

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