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Imam in El Gouna is investigated for banning congratulating Copts on their feasts

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Monday ,18 January 2016

Imam in El Gouna is investigated for banning congratulating Copts on their feasts

Sheikh Refat Thabit, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Awqaf in the Red Sea, said a mosque imam in El Gouna was arrested pending investigation for delivering speech without having a license and for issuing fatwa against congratulating the Copts on their feasts.Sheikh Refat Thabit, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Awqaf in the Red Sea, said a mosque imam in El Gouna was arrested pending investigation for delivering speech without having a license and for issuing fatwa against congratulating the Copts on their feasts.

The preacher who was arrested on Friday doesn’t belong to the Ministry of Awqaf and was not licensed to preach.