Religion

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  • Dar al-Ifta slams Quran burning by far-right extremists in Sweden

    Date: 2020-08-30 20:11:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:62 - ID:8567538

    CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) - Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta Islamophobia Monitoring Observatory has vehemently condemned the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran during protests by right-wing extremists in the southern Swedish city of Malmo. Far-right extremists ....

  • Awqaf minister discusses maintaining endowment funds

    Date: 2020-08-30 18:38:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:55 - ID:8567544

    CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa held a meeting on Sunday with the ministry’s top officials to discuss ways of putting into force the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on maintaining the endowment funds. ....

  • Awqaf minister to discuss renewing religious discourse with journalists on Tuesday

    Date: 2020-08-30 17:20:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:8567473

    CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa is expected to reveal the ministry's vision for renewing religious discourse during a meeting with Arab and foreign news corespondents on Tuesday. The minister will also review ....

  • Awqaf minister slams building places of worship on state-owned land

    Date: 2020-08-30 13:37:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:35 - ID:8567126

    CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has spoken against building of places of worship on illegally-seized lands. This is is totally because it is like building on state-owned property, thus violating law, Gomaa said in a ....

  • Awqaf Minister to MENA: "Life is Hope" title of Friday sermon

    Date: 2020-08-26 11:30:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:30 - ID:8562382

    CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Wednesday that the Muslim weekly sermon - the first in about five months - on August 28 will focus on hope. Themed “Life is Hope”, Friday’s sermon will be the first in the new ....

  • Azhar imam grants Malaysian minister membership of Muslim Council of Elders

    Date: 2020-08-25 07:43:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:10 - ID:8560560

    CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) – Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb has decided to grant Malaysian Minister of Religious Affairs Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri membership of the Muslim Council of Elders. Tayyeb, who chairs the council, made the decision ....

  • Awqaf ministry sanitizing mosques to resume Friday prayers

    Date: 2020-08-24 17:56:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:68 - ID:8560156

    CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) – The Awqaf Ministry launched on Monday a wide-scale campaign to clean and sanitize mosques nationwide in preparation for resuming Friday noon prayers as of August 28. There will be marks for social distancing at mosques, the ....

  • Awqaf ministry organizes leadership course for North Sinai preachers

    Date: 2020-08-23 19:35:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:8558793

    CAIRO, Aug 23 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa opened Sunday a three-day training course to improve administrative and leadership skills of the ministry's workers in North Sinai. This course, specially organized for the ministry's ....

  • Sisi follows up efforts to renew religious discourse, correct misconceptions

    Date: 2020-08-22 15:55:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:39 - ID:8557414

    CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday urged the bodies concerned to promote rational thinking and correct religious misconceptions. During a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Awqaf Minister Mohamed ....

  • Awqaf minister: Prophet Mohamed’s migration gives Muslims inspiring message of hope

    Date: 2020-08-20 23:37:40 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:67 - ID:8555530

    CAIRO, Aug 20 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the occasion of the new Hijri year, saying that Prophet Mohamed's migration carried an inspiring message to Muslims telling them to always trust ....

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