Dozens of preachers from the Religious Endowments Ministry staged a protest on Sunday in front of the Egyptian parliament, demanding that their economic status be improved. The preachers are not hired by the ministry and are paid to act as part-time representatives of the ministry in mosques countrywide. During the protest, the demonstrators called on Religious Endowments Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa to resign. They added that they are supporting the regime and its leadership, but refuse their current economic status. This is not the first time preachers or workers from the ministry stage protests demanding the improvement of their economic status, with no response from officials.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 17, 2016 16:18 UTC