Jacob Wirtschafter
Jacob Wirtschafter is an author at Religion News Service.
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Egyptian seminary renews its claim as arbiter of Islam’s true meaning
By Jacob Wirtschafter, J Wirtschafter, and Amr El Tohamy — March 28, 2019
CAIRO (RNS) — With Islam under global scrutiny and ISIS projecting power over the internet, Al-Azhar University's observatory has set out to counter terrorist messaging.
Threatened with an end to Shariah divorce, Egypt’s imams work to save marriages
By Jacob Wirtschafter, J Wirtschafter, and Amr El Tohamy — January 23, 2019
CAIRO (RNS) — Egypt’s skyrocketing divorce rate has spurred a debate between religious leaders and government officials about how best to keep families together.
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