Religion
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Presidential decree issued to extend service of Shawky Allam as Egypt’s Mufti for another year
Date: 2021-08-12 14:17:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:9108261
CAIRO, Aug 12 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued on Thursday decree no. 329 of 2021 to extend the service of Dr. Shawky Allam as Egypt’s Mufti for an additional year starting from August 12, 2021. The decree was published in the ....
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Egypt's Mufti strongly condemns Mali terrorist attacks
Date: 2021-08-12 13:46:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:45 - ID:9108065
CAIRO, Aug 12 (MENA) – Egypt’s Mufti Shawqi Allam condemned in the strongest terms terrorist attacks that targeted some villages in northern Mali’s Gao region, leaving more than 50 people dead and several others wounded. In a statement released ....
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Pope Tawadros delivers weekly sermon without audience
Date: 2021-08-11 19:41:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:92 - ID:9107124
CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese delivered his weekly sermon on Wednesday at Abbasiya Cathedral without the attendance of any worshippers as part of precautionary measures imposed over the ....
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Evangelical Dialogue Forum wraps up conference on role of religion in supporting coexistence
Date: 2021-08-11 11:32:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:9106218
SUEZ, Egypt, Aug 10 (MENA) - Participants in the conference on “The Role of Religion in Supporting Coexistence”, organized by the Evangelical Cultural Dialogue Forum, confirmed that the Egyptian society is one unit that cannot be separated, and that ....
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Bishop Ermia stresses importance of coexistence to maintain stability in society
Date: 2021-08-10 23:12:12 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:97 - ID:9105527
SUEZ CITY, Egypt, Aug 10 (MENA) - Bishop Ermia, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, underlined on Tuesday the importance of adhering to the principle of coexistence for maintaining stability in the society. During his participation ....
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Tayyeb greets Muslims on new Hijri Year
Date: 2021-08-10 21:09:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:9105429
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb greeted the Muslim world on the new Hijri Year 1443. The Islamic or Hijri calendar, consists of 354 or 355 days, making it 11 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar. This year is ....
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World in need of fostering peaceful coexistence, human dignity: senior lawmaker
Date: 2021-08-10 20:43:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:81 - ID:9105310
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - All revealed religions call for respecting human life and dignity, and promoting the values of peaceful coexistence, Head of the Senate's Religious and Awqaf Affairs Committee Youssef Amer said Tuesday. Amer was speaking at ....
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Awqaf minister praises coexistence among Egyptians
Date: 2021-08-10 13:36:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:9104681
SUEZ, Aug 10 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa praised Tuesday coexistence among all Egyptians. During his participation in a conference on the role of religion in supporting coexistence among religions organized by the Coptic ....
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Senior Evangelical cleric says Egypt changes to the better under Sisi
Date: 2021-08-10 12:57:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:9104645
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Head of the Christian Evangelical community in Egypt Andrea Zaki has said Tuesday that Egypt, under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, has been developing to the better thanks to the political will which urges the acceptance of ....
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Al Azhar ready to help Senegal disseminate moderate teachings of Islam
Date: 2021-08-09 17:01:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:75 - ID:9103474
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb has said the prestigious religious institution is ready to establish an Azharite institute in Senegal to help the west African country spread the moderate teachings of Islam. During a ....