Religion
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Grand Mufti: Expatriate Egyptians' Zakah money better be directed domestically
Date: 2020-05-14 14:11:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:8432527
CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) – Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam said on Thursday that it would be better for Egyptian expats to spend their Zakah money inside Egypt to help the needy and the most vulnerable categories in their home country, especially in ....
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Dar al-Iftaa permits paying Zakat for non-Muslims in need
Date: 2020-05-14 14:10:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:43 - ID:8432488
CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar al-Iftaa said that it is allowed for Muslims to pay their Zakat to non-Muslims , who are infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) or other diseases, as well as those are in need. In a statement released on ....
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Islamophobia condemns setting fire to Islamic center in Copenhagen
Date: 2020-05-13 17:49:26 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:61 - ID:8431590
CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) - The Islamophobia observatory of Darul Iftaa condemned on Wednesday the arson attack that targeted the Islamic center in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. While the entire world is preoccupied with confronting the coronavirus ....
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Al Azhar "Ayaman Maadoodat" campaign addresses bullying, swearing among youth
Date: 2020-05-11 19:19:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:8428862
CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) – The swearing and bullying phenomenon among young people nowadays could be attributed to multiple reasons, prominent among which is bad parenting, Rasha Kamal, member of the Al-Azhar Fatwa Global Center said on Monday. A ....
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Vatican Pope greets Pope Tawadros on day of fraternal love
Date: 2020-05-10 12:17:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:28 - ID:8427014
CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received Sunday a phone call from Pope Francis of the Vatican during which they exchanged greetings on the occasion of the day of fraternal love between the ....
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Al Azhar condemns Israeli confiscation of Ibrahimi Mosque land
Date: 2020-05-09 17:55:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:8426372
CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Al Azhar denounced on Saturday an Israeli decision to build a new Jewish-only settlement in the heart of southern the occupied West Bank city of Hebron including the seizure of land to construct a road for settlers to reach the ....
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Abou el Enein: Tayyeb, Vatican Pope will bring together peoples of earth to pray for lifting pandemic
Date: 2020-05-08 06:46:44 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:5 - ID:8424617
CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - MP Mohamed Abou el Enein has praised an initiative launched by the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity in Abu Dhabi, calling on people from all over the world to make Thursday, May 14, a day for prayers and supplications for ....
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church spox brushes off reports on reopening churches
Date: 2020-05-07 11:31:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:18 - ID:8423708
CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church Priest Paul Halim dismissed reports purporting a Church decision to reopen for mass. In statements to MENA Thursday, the priest said church reports are only published on the Church's ....
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Al Azhar grand imam calls for stopping conflicts; devoting efforts to humanity
Date: 2020-05-06 17:10:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:8422910
CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb called on the world community to stop wars and conflicts and devote more efforts to the good of humankind. In his daily TV sermon, el Tayyeb said that the holy month of Ramadan is ....
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Awqaf min. mourns death of Sheikh Tablawi
Date: 2020-05-05 22:19:48 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:54 - ID:8422034
CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa mourned on Tuesday the death of renowned Quran reciter Sheikh Muhammad Mahmoud el Tablawi, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86. In a statement, Gomaa described Tablawi as one of ....