Religion
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Awqaf minister: Sisi’s era 'golden time' to renew religious, cultural, intellectual discourse
Date: 2020-12-18 18:10:00 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:8717494
CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa asserted on Friday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s era is considered a golden time to raise the awareness and renew religious, cultural and intellectual discourse. In statements, ....
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Egypt's mufti, Thai amb. confer on aspects of cooperation between Darul Ifta, Thailand
Date: 2020-12-16 10:35:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:21 - ID:8714319
CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam asserted that fatwa is an important tool to achieve stability in the communities and combat terrorist thinking especially in the communities where there is religious diversity. Allam's remarks ....
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Awqaf Ministry to inaugurate 45 mosques in 12 governorates Friday
Date: 2020-12-13 19:09:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:57 - ID:8710890
CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - The Ministry of Awqaf is set to open 45 mosques in 12 governorates on Friday, taking the total number of mosques inaugurated in three months to 596 nationwide. In a statement Sunday, the ministry said that 12 mosques would ....
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IRA head: Al Azhar succeeded in strengthening peaceful co-existence
Date: 2020-12-13 14:31:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:38 - ID:8710507
CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Islamic Research Academy (IRA) Nazeer Ayyad has said that Al Azhar, as Egypt's soft power, succeeded in strengthening peaceful co-existence and constructive dialogue among followers of all ....
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Azhar Grand Imam urges more efforts to cement social cohesion
Date: 2020-12-12 15:18:34 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:8709231
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb urged further efforts to cement social cohesion and protect society from subversive ideologies, Al-Azhar Undersecretary Mohammed al Duwieny said Saturday. Duwieny made his remarks ....
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Awqaf ministry keen on boosting skills of preachers in border governorates, says minister
Date: 2020-12-12 15:11:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:8709230
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has called on preachers in Sinai to brief the residents on the state's efforts to develop the Sinai peninsula. Addressing a three-day training course held in Cairo on refuting extremist ....
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Mufti describes harassment as 'major sin'
Date: 2020-12-11 21:39:22 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:62 - ID:8708655
CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam on Friday described harassment as Kabirah (major sin) that can not be justified by women's clothing. Islam has obliged the leaders to firmly confront harassment's shameful manifestations, he ....
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Awqaf min.: Nehad Hatata '1st woman' to be appointed as chairman of technical central affairs department
Date: 2020-12-11 20:07:48 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:55 - ID:8708582
CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa ordered to appoint engineer Nihad Sami Hatata as the acting chairman of the technical central affairs department. In a press release, Gomaa noted that this is considered the first time ....
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Awqaf ministry: Outlawed MB group betrayed trust, deceived supporters
Date: 2020-12-10 11:52:21 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:28 - ID:8706765
CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has said the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group has betrayed its supporters in the name of religion. In statements Thursday Gomaa said, betraying confidence ....
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Mufti urges fatwa officials to pay attention to values
Date: 2020-12-10 11:20:12 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:26 - ID:8706699
CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam urged those responsible for fatwa (religious edicts) in the world to pay attention to the values of society at the humanitarian and Islamic levels especially in the time of pandemics. Allam's ....