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  • Hajj season ends officially amid strict measures against Covid-19

    Date: 2021-07-23 20:11:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:9075159

    MECCA, July 23 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia announced on Friday the 'successful conclusion' of this year's Hajj season, amid strict measures against the Covid-19 and other contagious diseases, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Just 7,200 people, out of ....

  • Al Azhar Imam greets Sisi, Egyptian people on anniversary of July 23 revolution

    Date: 2021-07-23 12:38:48 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:38 - ID:9074709

    CAIRO, July 23 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb has greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the 69th anniversary of the July 23 Revolution. Tayyeb also greeted the great Egyptian people on the occasion, Al Azhar said in a statement ....

  • Convoys to distribute meat of "Adahi Sukuk" to kick off Friday

    Date: 2021-07-22 19:35:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:83 - ID:9073963

    CAIRO, July 22 (MENA) – Convoys to distribute meat of the "Adahi Sukuk" will kick off on Friday, Awqaf Minister Mohamed Moktar Gomaa said Thursday. The "Adahi Sukuk" or "Adahi Vouchers", which this year are worth almost EGP 2,000 each, are a tool ....

  • Awqaf minister: We act to carry out Sisi's directives to improve imams' conditions

    Date: 2021-07-22 09:49:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:27 - ID:9073077

    CAIRO, July 22 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has called on preachers to pay a great attention to Da'wah work and play a crucial role in the society, according to a statement by the ministry on Thursday. Gomaa said his ministry is ....

  • Pope Tawadros delivers weekly sermon without audience

    Date: 2021-07-21 18:59:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:69 - ID:9072706

    CAIRO, July 21 (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 ....

  • Muslim pilgrims arrive at Mount Arafat

    Date: 2021-07-19 07:43:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:15 - ID:9069154

    MOUNT ARAFAT, July 19 (MENA) - Amid strict health measures, Hajj pilgrims flocked to Mount Arafat early Monday morning after converging in Mina for Tarwiyah, the eighth day of Dul Hijjah, Arab News reported. At the mosque of Namirah, they will ....

  • Kaaba gets new Kiswah to commemorate Day of Arafat, Eidul Adha

    Date: 2021-07-18 22:21:32 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:88 - ID:9068916

    MECCA, July 18 (MENA) - The holy Kaaba got a new gold-laced Kiswah (cover) on Sunday; a tradition that takes place every year to commemorate the Day of Arafat and the start of Eidul Adha. Officials from the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques ....

  • Saudi Arabia offers free Wi-Fi service at Holy Mosque in Makkah

    Date: 2021-07-17 18:58:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:70 - ID:9067215

    MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia, July 17 (MENA) - The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Holy Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque has launched a free Wi-Fi service at several locations inside al-Masjid al-Haram, aka the Holy Mosque, during the current ....

  • Evangelical community head lauds inauguration of new church in Minya

    Date: 2021-07-17 18:01:44 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:9067214

    CAIRO, July 17 (MENA) – Head of the Christian Evangelical community in Egypt Andrea Zaki has praised the inauguration of the Evangelical Church in Minya governorate after renovation works were finalized. The church was opened earlier on Saturday ....

  • New Evangelical Church inaugurated in Minya

    Date: 2021-07-17 14:32:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:9066917

    MINYA, Upper Egypt, July 17 (MENA) – Minya governorate secretary general Mohamed Nagar and Head of the Christian Evangelical community in Egypt Andrea Zaki inaugurated on Saturday the Evangelical Church in Beni Mohamed Sultan village in Minya ....

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