New fatwa service to be launched in metro stations

CAIRO – 20 July 2017: The Islamic Research Center announced that it had launched committees to be present at metro stations to listen to people’s different inquires and give them on-the-spot answers.

This comes within the framework of a cooperation protocol signed between the Metro National Company and the Islamic Research Center to establish religious portals in metros stations in order to spread religious awareness among metro commuters and to head off extremist and untrustworthy fatwas (religious edicts).

During the holy month of Ramadan, the Islamic Research Center had broadcasted religious messages for the subway’s passengers via the subway’s internal radio.