Egypt’s Endowment Ministry Warns Against Shiite Ashura Rituals
Lesson Brief
BBC Arabic
On October 22, BBC Arabic reported that Egypt's Endowment Ministry warned against Shiite rituals at the Imam Hussein Shrine on the Shiite holiday of Ashura. Last year, the ministry closed the mosque immediately after prayers to avoid clashes between Shiites and Sunnis.
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- regulations
- لوائح
- Egyptian authorities
- السلطات المصرية
- in the words of
- على حد قول
- response
- رد فعل
- to abandon
- تَخَلَّى عن ، يَتَخَلَّى عن
- in any event, anyway
- على أية حال
- (here) to cause
- وَرَّثَ ، يُوَرِّث
- all legal procedures
- كافة الإجراءات القانونية
- to be exposed to attacks
- تَعَرَّضَ الى هجمات ، يَتَعَرَّض
- mosque(s)
- مسجد ، المساجد