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  • Darul Iftaa to declare 1st day of Zu al-Hijjah on Saturday

    Date: 2021-07-09 22:46:32 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:100 - ID:9053588

    CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam will declare on Saturday the result of sighting the crescent moon of Zu al-Hijjah. The sighting of the crescent moon of Zu al-Hijjah, the 12th and final month in the Islamic calendar, will be ....

  • Awqaf minister, Sharqia governor open new mosque northeast Cairo

    Date: 2021-07-09 10:36:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:9052619

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, July 9 (MENA) – Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and Sharqia Governor Mamdouh Ghorab inaugurated Friday a mosque in the 10th of Ramadan city, northeast of Cairo. In statements to MENA, Gomaa said the mosque’s opening comes ....

  • Saudi Arabia announces completion of registration stages via electronic application for domestic pilgrims

    Date: 2021-07-08 23:05:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:147 - ID:9052163

    RIYADH, July 8 (MENA) – The registration stages via electronic application for male and female pilgrims planning to perform Hajj this year were completed, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced Thursday, adding that as many as 60,000 multinational ....

  • Awqaf min., int'l Islamic Fiqh academy chief discuss renewing religious discourse

    Date: 2021-07-06 13:42:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:66 - ID:9047023

    CAIRO, July 6 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa discussed on Tuesday with Secretary-General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy Moustapha Sano aspects of cooperation on correcting the religious discourse, combating extremist ....

  • Tunisian Ez-Zitouna Univ. cooperates with Azhar to spread moderate Islamic values

    Date: 2021-07-06 07:06:27 GMT - Tunisia - Religion - SN:10 - ID:9046099

    TUNIS, July 6 (MENA) - President of Ez-Zitouna University Abdulatif Bouazizi said that the Tunisian university and the Egyptian Al Azhar University are cooperating to spread the moderate values of Islam. In statements to MENA, he added that this ....

  • Awqaf minister says Egypt, S. Arabia stand up to extremism

    Date: 2021-07-05 08:11:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:16 - ID:9044529

    CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said that Egypt and Saudi Arabia stand up together in the face of extremism and terrorism. The two countries also act to promote the moderate teachings and tolerance of Islam, Gomaa ....

  • Awqaf Ministry offers translated releases to foreign correspondents

    Date: 2021-06-29 12:03:21 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:35 - ID:9035080

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Tuesday that his Ministry is coordinating action with the State Information Service (SIS) to provide foreign correspondents with all its translated releases in order to correct ....

  • Angelican Church chief: June 30 revolution restored Egypt's original soul

    Date: 2021-06-29 10:29:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:9035023

    CAIRO, June 30 (MENA) - Archbishop Hani Fawzi, head of the Angelican Church in Egypt, greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the eighth anniversary of June 30 revolution, asserting that such memory represents a restoration of Egypt's original ....

  • Dar al Iftaa hails court ruling prohibiting fatwas by non-specialists

    Date: 2021-06-26 15:24:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:9030461

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - Advisor to the Grand Mufti Ibrahim Nagm hailed a court ruling prohibiting fatwas issued by non-specialists. Nagm told MENA that issuing fatwas by non-specialists on satellite channels and online platforms caused chaos; ....

  • Al-Azhar's IRA secretary general probes cooperation with Indonesian delegation

    Date: 2021-06-23 18:32:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:102 - ID:9025658

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Secretary General of Al-Azhar's Islamic Research Academy (IRA) Nazir Ayad discussed during a meeting with Deputy Secretary General of Indonesian Muslim Ulema Council (MUI) Nizar Mashhadi and his accompanying delegation ways ....

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