Egypt's mosques talk about ‘hope’ in Friday’s sermons

CAIRO - 30 March 2018: Egyptian mosques will give sermons on “hope” on Friday as per the Religious Endowments Ministry’s instructions. Each Imam is expected to address the Muslim crowds at mosques before Friday prayers on March 30, according to the Islamic traditions.

The sermon should not take more than 20 minutes to illustrate and demonstrate the meaning and motives of ‘hopes’ to all citizens. Sermon’s usually last between 15 to 20 minutes.

The Endowments’ Ministry will punish any Imam that violates the ‘unified sermons’ rules and chooses another topic for the Friday prayers, but ‘hope’, noting in a statement that the ‘hope’ sermon must tackle the ongoing phase’s nature.

Egyptians have chosen their president. For three days, Egypt witnessed the 2018 presidential election and preliminary results predict that incumbent President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will win a landslide victory with over 90 percent against his partisan rival Moussa Moustafa Moussa, al-Ghad Party Chief.

Initial figures showed that 21,088,295 voted for Sisi in polling stations across Egypt, excluding several stations in Cairo and Giza; Moussa on the other hand gathered 682,797 votes.

The 2018 presidential election is the third poll to take place in Egypt since the January 2011 revolution.