Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his cultural allies among the secular elite, including Gaber Asfour, the former culture minister, are convinced that the key to Egypt’s progress lies in religious reform. Indeed, fighting religious extremism was the central justification for the 2013 coup and the bloody events and mass …

Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the Islamic world’s top Sunni religious institution, praised the withdrawal of the Dar al-Iftaa bill on Monday from being voted in the Egyptian parliament.

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb requested from Ali Abdel Aal, the speaker of the House of Representatives, to attend the parliament’s general session to discuss a bill that organizes Dar Al-Iftaa, the Islamic Sunni institution authorized to issues the Fatwas (Islamic decision).

Egypt’s House of Representatives approved, on Monday, a government-proposed draft law amending some of the provisions under the country’s mental health care law No 71 of 2009.

On August 16, Egypt’s House of Representatives approved a bill proposed by the government to amend some provisions of the Penal Code regarding ‘bullying’.

While women are jailed for dancing on TikTok, the culture of impunity for harassers and rapists continues to perpetuate a cycle of sexual violence that is far more dangerous

Egypt’s House of Representatives approved, on Tuesday, a new law that will see the country’s parliamentary electoral districts redrawn.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved 11 presidential decrees on international agreements.

The Parliament’s constitutional and legislative affairs committee announced it has approved, during a meeting on Tuesday, an amendment to the Penal Code to illegalise bullying in Egypt.

The Egyptian Parliament’s constitutional and legislative affairs committee initially approved, on Tuesday, a draft law that keeps the identities of sexual harassment and assault victims confidential.