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Azhar imam: less demanding obligations invitation to unity in Muslim communities
Date: 2021-05-08 16:00:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:46 - ID:8948091
CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb said that less demanding obligations (taklif) is a point of strength and an invitation to unity and cohesion in Muslim communities. Enjoying less demanding obligations open the door to ....
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Egypt's Mufti decries attacks on Palestinian worshippers by Israeli police
Date: 2021-05-08 14:33:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:35 - ID:8947892
CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam has strongly condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque and attacks on Palestinian worshipers by Israeli police. In a statement on Saturday, Allam decried the firing of rubber bullets and tear gas ....
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Egypt's mufti says Ramadan 'chance' to end family estrangement
Date: 2021-05-07 19:11:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:8946951
CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - Egypt’s Mufti Shawqi Allam has asked mosque imams and preachers to urge people to maintain kinship ties and return to the 'warmth of the family'. In statements on Friday, the mufti, a top religious authority, said the ....
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Azhar Imam: Sharia permits paying alms to non-Muslims
Date: 2021-05-06 16:00:21 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:8945316
CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayeeb asserted that Sharia allows Muslims to pay alms to Christians, Jews and Majus. In "El Imam El Tayyeb" show aired daily during the holy month of Ramadan, the Grand Imam cited verses from ....
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Eidul Fitr prayers to be held only at major mosques: Minister
Date: 2021-05-05 17:30:20 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:68 - ID:8943927
CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Wednesday the Cabinet crisis management committee has approved holding Eidul Fitr prayers at major mosques where Friday prayers are being held while applying all necessary ....
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Evangelical Church head: State seeks unity of all Egyptians
Date: 2021-05-05 11:22:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:8942951
CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Head of the Evangelical Church Rev. Andrea Zaki said Wednesday the Egyptian state seeks the unity of Egyptians and the activation of the law, noting that the Egyptian state after the June 30 revolution has been in the heart and ....
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Dar al Iftaa: Shawwal's moon sighting to take place next Tuesday
Date: 2021-05-04 22:31:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:95 - ID:8942535
CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) - Ibrahim Negm, an adviser to Egypt's Grand Mufti, said Dar al Iftaa's scientific committees would sight next Tuesday the crescent of the Hijri month of Shawwal that marks the start of Eidul Fitr. In statements on Tuesday, ....
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Evangelical Church head receives EU ambassador
Date: 2021-05-04 13:17:34 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:46 - ID:8941881
CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) - Head of the Evangelical Church Rev. Andrea Zaki received on Tuesday EU Ambassador to Egypt Christian Berger at the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS). Berger greeted Zaki on the occasion of Easter. ....
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Awqaf minister greets Sisi on Fateh Mecca
Date: 2021-05-03 20:07:26 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:8940877
CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the anniversary of Fateh Mecca (the conquest of Mecca). The minister's greeting came on Monday at a ceremony held by the ministry to mark ....
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Grand Imam: Moderate reform only way to renovate Islamic thought
Date: 2021-05-03 15:15:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:67 - ID:8940532
CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb said Al Azhar exerts efforts to renovate religious thought and serve the highest targets of the homeland and the Arab and Islamic nations. Moderate reform, which does not distort or ....
