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President El-Sisi Meets Prime Minister, Minister of Religious Endowments

Friday, 11 December 2026 / 12:25 PM

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Dr. Moustafa Madbouly and Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Dr. Usama Al-Azhari.


The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, stated that President El-Sisi followed up on efforts made by the Ministry of Religious Endowments to correct misconceptions, enhance values and ethics, and confront extremism. Al-Azhari reviewed the Ministry's efforts to strengthen its digital presence to counter intellectual extremism, referring to the opening of the Ministry's Artificial Intelligence Center last week, and prior to that, the launch of the Ministry's comprehensive electronic platform, which includes 80,000 pages of documented religious content and aims to launch an audio version using AI. In addition, the final arrangements for the launch of the second season of "The State of Recitation" this Friday, November 13, were presented, along with the imminent launch of the second season of the "Correct Your Misconceptions" initiative and the ongoing activation of the weekly Friday sermon digitally, which enhances accessibility to young people through various electronic platforms.


The meeting also reviewed the implementation status of establishing a legal framework to encourage the establishment of educational and health endowments, in accordance with the President's directives. Dr. Al-Azhari emphasized that the President's call lays the foundation for a broader phase in utilizing endowments to serve humanity and society. He noted that educational and health endowments represent a contemporary model of sustainable giving, and in this regard, he highlighted the immediate commencement of coordination and cooperation with the Cabinet and relevant ministries to develop the necessary legal and institutional mechanisms to achieve the related objectives.


The President stressed the need to revive the civilizational role of endowments in Egypt in line with the requirements of the modern Egyptian state and its development goals. The President also stressed the importance of continuing efforts to renew religious discourse in keeping with contemporary developments, making it more capable of addressing societal issues and contributing to correcting misconceptions and misguided behaviors. The President further directed the establishment of an integrated national awareness system linking religious institutions, schools, universities, and other entities, to ensure the alignment of educational and moral messages.

 

 

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Local 11 December 2026

President El-Sisi Meets Prime Minister, Minister of Religious Endowments

Friday, 11 December 2026 / 12:25 PM

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Dr. Moustafa Madbouly and Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Dr. Usama Al-Azhari.


The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, stated that President El-Sisi followed up on efforts made by the Ministry of Religious Endowments to correct misconceptions, enhance values and ethics, and confront extremism. Al-Azhari reviewed the Ministry's efforts to strengthen its digital presence to counter intellectual extremism, referring to the opening of the Ministry's Artificial Intelligence Center last week, and prior to that, the launch of the Ministry's comprehensive electronic platform, which includes 80,000 pages of documented religious content and aims to launch an audio version using AI. In addition, the final arrangements for the launch of the second season of "The State of Recitation" this Friday, November 13, were presented, along with the imminent launch of the second season of the "Correct Your Misconceptions" initiative and the ongoing activation of the weekly Friday sermon digitally, which enhances accessibility to young people through various electronic platforms.


The meeting also reviewed the implementation status of establishing a legal framework to encourage the establishment of educational and health endowments, in accordance with the President's directives. Dr. Al-Azhari emphasized that the President's call lays the foundation for a broader phase in utilizing endowments to serve humanity and society. He noted that educational and health endowments represent a contemporary model of sustainable giving, and in this regard, he highlighted the immediate commencement of coordination and cooperation with the Cabinet and relevant ministries to develop the necessary legal and institutional mechanisms to achieve the related objectives.


The President stressed the need to revive the civilizational role of endowments in Egypt in line with the requirements of the modern Egyptian state and its development goals. The President also stressed the importance of continuing efforts to renew religious discourse in keeping with contemporary developments, making it more capable of addressing societal issues and contributing to correcting misconceptions and misguided behaviors. The President further directed the establishment of an integrated national awareness system linking religious institutions, schools, universities, and other entities, to ensure the alignment of educational and moral messages.