{"id":637196,"date":"2017-11-09T04:04:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T04:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T04:04:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T04:04:27","slug":"house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The House Religious Affairs Committee discussed yesterday a draft law could regulate how the press covers religious issues, Ahram Gate reports<\/a>. Committee members said they will be looking to require Al Azhar, Dar Al-Ifta, the Endowments Ministry, and the Supreme Media Council to select individuals who are qualified to speak about religious issues. The committee also wants to clamp down on channels through which controversial religious edicts (fatwas) are broadcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The House Religious Affairs Committee discussed yesterday a draft law could regulate how the press covers religious issues, Ahram Gate reports. Committee members said they will be looking to require Al Azhar, Dar Al-Ifta, the Endowments Ministry, and the Supreme Media Council to select individuals who are qualified to speak about religious issues. The committee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9344],"tags":[72,2375],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-637196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation-policy","tag-enterpriseam","tag-legislation-policy","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"c2359e01-e112-4258-95ed-e0dda5220328","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"78f063f5-046c-4312-b18b-4264848c9fac","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[637159],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nHouse Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The House Religious Affairs Committee discussed yesterday a draft law could regulate how the press covers religious issues, Ahram Gate reports. Committee members said they will be looking to require Al Azhar, Dar Al-Ifta, the Endowments Ministry, and the Supreme Media Council to select individuals who are qualified to speak about religious issues. The committee […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EnterpriseAM Egypt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-09T04:04:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-09T04:04:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/\"},\"wordCount\":84,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"EnterpriseAM\",\"Legislation + Policy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Legislation + Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/\",\"name\":\"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media - EnterpriseAM Egypt\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-09T04:04:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"caption\":\"EnterpriseAM\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media - EnterpriseAM Egypt","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media","og_description":"The House Religious Affairs Committee discussed yesterday a draft law could regulate how the press covers religious issues, Ahram Gate reports. Committee members said they will be looking to require Al Azhar, Dar Al-Ifta, the Endowments Ministry, and the Supreme Media Council to select individuals who are qualified to speak about religious issues. The committee […]","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/","og_site_name":"EnterpriseAM Egypt","article_published_time":"2017-11-09T04:04:27+00:00","author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media","datePublished":"2017-11-09T04:04:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/"},"wordCount":84,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"keywords":["EnterpriseAM","Legislation + Policy"],"articleSection":["Legislation + Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/","name":"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media - EnterpriseAM Egypt","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-11-09T04:04:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/09\/house-religious-affairs-committee-discusses-draft-law-to-regulate-religious-discourse-in-the-media\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"House Religious Affairs Committee discusses draft law to regulate religious discourse in the media"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","name":"EnterpriseAM","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization","name":"EnterpriseAM","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","caption":"EnterpriseAM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":604793,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/12\/12\/house-committee-approves-draft-law-regulating-fatwas-in-egypt\/","url_meta":{"origin":637196,"position":0},"title":"House Committee approves draft law regulating fatwas in Egypt","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"12 December 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The House Religious Affairs Committee has approved a draft law to regulate fatwas (religious edicts) issued by Dar Al-Ifta, according to Al Masry Al Youm. The committee will refer the bill to Parliament\u2019s general assembly for a final review and vote.","rel":"","context":"In "Legislation + Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Legislation + Policy","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/legislation-policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":647285,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/07\/house-religious-affairs-committee-approves-bill-to-limit-power-to-issue-fatwas\/","url_meta":{"origin":637196,"position":1},"title":"House Religious Affairs Committee approves bill to limit power to issue fatwas","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"7 May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The House Religious Affairs Committee approved on Thursday a bill curtailing unlicensed preachers\u2019 powers to issue fatwas (religious edicts), Ahram Online reports. The draft law stipulates a six-month prison sentence and a EGP 5,000-10,000 fine for violators.","rel":"","context":"In "ON YOUR WAY OUT"","block_context":{"text":"ON YOUR WAY OUT","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/on-your-way-out\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":637812,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/11\/26\/bill-on-issuance-of-fatwas-to-be-ready-soon\/","url_meta":{"origin":637196,"position":2},"title":"Bill on issuance of fatwas to be ready \u201csoon\u201d","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"26 November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The House Religious Committee has nearly finished preparing a bill to regulate the issuance of religious edicts (fatwas), committee deputy chair Amr Hamroush said, Al Mal reports. The bill will include a specific license for the issuing of fatwas and could regulate the broadcast of fatwas on television.","rel":"","context":"In "Legislation + Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Legislation + Policy","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/legislation-policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":638609,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/10\/house-gives-preliminary-nod-to-aca-law-amendments\/","url_meta":{"origin":637196,"position":3},"title":"House gives preliminary nod to ACA law amendments","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"10 October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The House gave its preliminarily approved amendments to the law regulating the Administrative Control Authority during its plenary session yesterday, Youm7 reports. As we noted yesterday, the amendments grant the anti-corruption body technical, financial, and administrative independence and change its reporting line to Ittihadiya rather than the prime minister\u2019s office.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":634927,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/01\/29\/house-religious-affairs-committee-must-respect-the-division-of-church-and-state\/","url_meta":{"origin":637196,"position":4},"title":"House Religious Affairs Committee must respect the division of church and state","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"29 January 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The House Religious Affairs Committee must respect the division of church and state, and stop trying to outlaw specific practices and beliefs that it thinks contradict mainstream Islam, Hamdy Rizk writes for Al Masry Al Youm. Rizk bluntly points out committee head Omar Hamroush for proposing to outlaw atheism. He\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "On Deadline"","block_context":{"text":"On Deadline","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/on-deadline\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":648250,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/31\/al-azhar-completes-drafting-anti-hate-crime-and-violence-legislation\/","url_meta":{"origin":637196,"position":5},"title":"Al Azhar completes drafting anti-hate crime and violence legislation","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"31 May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A committee from Al Azhar has completed its first draft of an anti-hate crime and violence legislation and is discussing it before presenting the bill to the Supreme Council of Al Azhar Scholars and the House of Representatives, Al Borsa reports. The bill takes aim at religious discourse that promotes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Legislation + Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Legislation + Policy","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/legislation-policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637196\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/637159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637196"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=637196"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=637196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}