The Madbouly cabinet approved several key measurements during its weekly meeting yesterday, including fatwa issuance regulations, reforming Al Azhar’s teacher hiring process, and setting up a green industrial zone in Ras Shukeir.

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#1- Overhauling the Industry Ministry’s scope of responsibilities: Cabinet approved a draft decision put forth by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly defining the responsibilities of the Industry Ministry and its affiliated entities. Under the decision, the ministry will work to modernize and develop Egypt’s industrial sector and increase its competitiveness by setting industrial goals and strategies, developing and managing industrial zones, offering incentives, regulating the sector, and more.

#2- Setting up a Ras Shukeir industrial zone: The cabinet approved the establishment of a green industrial zone for petrochemical and green hydrogen production in the Gulf of Suez’s Ras Shukeir. It also gave an initial nod for the Transport Ministry to proceed with contracts for a green hydrogen and green ammonia project in Ras Shukeir in partnership with a consortium of international companies, the Red Sea Ports Authority, and the New and Renewable Energy Authority.

#3- Regulating the issuance of fatwas: The cabinet greenlit a draft law designating the entities that are authorized to issue fatwas (religious edicts). The legislation stipulates that general fatwas — those that address issues of public concern — are the domain of Al Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars and Dar Al Ifta. Meanwhile, private fatwas — which apply to individual cases — are to be issued by the Council of Senior Scholars, the Islamic Research Academy, Dar Al Ifta, or the Endowments Ministry’s fatwa committees.

#4- Streamlining teacher hiring at Al Azhar: The cabinet also approved regulatory amendments that will place Al Azhar’s teaching recruitment procedures under the oversight of the Central Agency for Organization and Administration. The measure aims to create a uniform hiring process for teaching positions across both Al Azhar and the Education Ministry and address teacher shortages at Al Azhar institutions.

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