The
ministry has denied as unfounded reports that it would remove 55 pulpits from
mosques in Egypt. Written By/ Nevine El-Aref.
In
a statement, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities has denied that it will remove 55
historical pulpits from Islamic mosques in Egypt, describing the reported news
as unfounded.
Secretary
general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri said the ministry
has not and will not remove any historical pulpits from Islamic mosques in
Egypt. It only transferred the lanterns of Al-Refaie Mosque after seven of them
were stolen but recovered three weeks later in January 2017.
It
also removed one pulpit of Abu Bakr Mozher Mosque after parts of the metal
decorations of its door were stolen a week ago.
Waziri
pointed out that in January 2017 the Permanent Committee for Islamic and Coptic
Antiquities decided to document all artefacts inside Islamic mosques in an
attempt to protect and preserve them.
The
lanterns of Al-Refaie Mosque were taken to the National Museum of Egyptian
Civilization (NMEC), scheduled to be partly open by the end of 2018.
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