Ministry of Endowments prepares a plan for Ramadan

CAIRO – 19 May 2017: Ministry of Religious Endowments prepares for Ramadan by grooming mosques and spreading religious convoys to raise public awareness against extremism and promote the modernist view of Islam, the Minister of Endowments Mohamed Mokhtar stated.

The minister added that the Ministry’s preparations for Ramadan for this year are unprecedented, adding that the ministry laid a comprehensive plan to regulate the performance of Ramadan’s special prayers and religious practices, including Iʿtikaf, Tahajjud and Tarawih and the sermons made during them.

Speaking on the recent debate on banning Mosques loud speakers, Mokhtar said that the Ministry gave directives to ensure the wise use of the mosques loud speakers so that they would not pose any problems.