Egypt: Minister - Awqaf Authority Restructured

Awqaf Minister Talat Afifi on Friday 07/09/2012 said the Awqaf Authority is being restructured.

Addressing a meeting with politicians and local officials in North Sinai, the minister said the authority's extorted properties are reviewed to be restored.

New rules will be set for merging mosques not built by the ministry into it, said Afifi.

North Sinai Governor Sayyed Abdul Fatah Harhour attended the meeting.

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