Religion
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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 ....
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Dar Al Iftaa: Islam prohibits all kinds of corruption
Date: 2020-12-09 12:10:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:8705424
CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Dar Al Iftaa underlined that Islam bans all kinds of corruption at the intellectual, ethical, financial and administrative levels. According to a video wired on Wednesday, Dar Al Iftaa said corruption is a grave sin, ....
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Church spokesman: Pope Tawadros delivers weekly sermon Wednesday without public presence
Date: 2020-12-09 09:32:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:20 - ID:8705050
CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Orthodox Coptic Church Father Boules Halim has said Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese will deliver his weekly sermon Wednesday evening at the Abbasia-based papal headquarters ....
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Awqaf Ministry to inaugurate 16 mosques in 4 governorates Friday
Date: 2020-12-06 19:07:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:8701607
CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) - The Ministry of Awqaf is set to open 16 mosques in four governorates on Friday, taking the total number of mosques inaugurated in three months to 551 nationwide. In a statement Sunday, the ministry said that six mosques ....