Aziz El-Kaissouni

Position: Journalist

Articles

Quake reported south of Greece, no casualties July 01, 10:50am EDT 

CAIRO, July 1 (Reuters) - An earthquake of at least 5.9 magnitude struck in the Mediterranean Sea off southern Greece on Wednesday and was felt as far away as Cairo in Egypt, but there were no immediate reports of injuries, officials said. The Athens ...  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Al-Azhar's modern twist on book burning

Egypt's al-Azhar university and mosque complex has placed a modern twist on the age-old ritual of book burning - now they want to throw a film to the flames. Earlier this month, Egypt summoned an Iranian ...  Full Article | Comments [5] 

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Egypt to press ahead with adhan unification – but quietly

Is Egypt's Ministry of Religious Endowments planning to blindside people by quietly implementing an unpopular project to unify the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer?  Full Article | Comments [1] 

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Saudi Arabian churches: a Vatican pipe dream?

Much has been made of reports that the Vatican is holding talks with Saudi Arabia on building churches in the Gulf monarchy, the birthplace of Islam and stronghold of the conservative Wahhabi school of ...  Full Article | Comments [14]