The cabinet under Hisham Qandeel said on Thursday it mulls taking legal action against those issuing fatwas (religious edicts) calling for killing opponents to the ruler.
Qandeel denounced such kind of extremist fatwas, saying they have nothing to do with the tolerant principles of Islam.
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