Religion

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  • Orthodox church suspends activities, services for one month

    Date: 2020-12-05 22:58:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:61 - ID:8700424

    CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church will suspend activities, services and meetings as of Monday for one month over rising coronavirus cases. In a statement on Saturday, the church said priests of each church can hold only one mass ....

  • Al-Azhar slams Israeli's attempt to torch Palestine's Gethsemane Church

    Date: 2020-12-05 20:02:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:52 - ID:8700288

    CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Al-Azhar vehemently condemned on Saturday the terror attack which targeted the Gethsemane Church in the Mount of Olives area in the occupied East Jerusalem on Friday. Earlier, an Israeli settler tried to set ablaze the ....

  • Those who deny state's achievements under Sisi ungrateful: minister

    Date: 2020-12-04 11:35:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:17 - ID:8698473

    CAIRO, Dec 4 (MENA) – Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has highlighted the State’s achievements in the fields of infrastructure, energy, education and universities, as well as in mega national projects. In press statements Friday, the ....

  • Kafr el Sheikh governor opens nine mosques

    Date: 2020-12-04 10:51:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:16 - ID:8698419

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 4 (MENA) - Kafr el Sheikh Governor Gamal Nour el Din, accompanied by undersecretary of the Awqaf Ministry Mohamed Younis, inaugurated nine mosques in the governorate at a total cost of EGO 24.510 million. Previously, ....

  • Awqaf minister, Assiut governor to open three mosques Friday

    Date: 2020-12-03 12:28:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:24 - ID:8697346

    CAIRO, Dec 3 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and Assiut Governor Essam Saad will open on Friday three mosques in the Upper Egyptian governorate. In statements on Thursday, the awqaf minister said the move comes within the ....

  • Sterilization of mosques nationwide still going on - official

    Date: 2020-12-03 07:34:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:8 - ID:8696901

    CAIRO, Dec 3 (MENA) - First Undersecretary of the Awqaf Ministry Gaber Tayea Youssef stressed that efforts to disinfect mosques nationwide are still going on. In statements on Thursday, he accentuated that all coronavirus preventive measures are ....

  • Awqaf Ministry to inaugurate 19 mosques in 4 governorates Friday

    Date: 2020-11-29 16:26:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:8692014

    CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) - The Ministry of Awqaf is set to open 19 mosques in four governorates on Friday, taking the total number of mosques inaugurated only in three months to 527 nationwide. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said that seven ....

  • Azhar took several steps to develop its curricula - Azhar undersecretary

    Date: 2020-11-29 14:36:21 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:38 - ID:8691830

    CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) – Undersecretary of Al Azhar Mohamed el Duweini said that Azhar had taken several steps to develop Azharite education in order to keep up with the requirements of the current era. This came on Sunday during a meeting with ....

  • Al Azhar condemns terrorist attack in Nigeria's Maiduguri

    Date: 2020-11-29 13:05:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:8691709

    CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) - Al Azhar has strongly condemned the heinous terrorist attack by suspected Boko Harram fighters on rice fields near the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday. The attack left more than 40 farmworkers dead and ....

  • World Association for Al Azhar Graduates slams terror attack in Switzerland

    Date: 2020-11-28 22:08:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:8691094

    CAIRO, Nov 28 (MENA) - The World Association for Al Azhar Graduates condemned on Saturday the terror incident in Lugano in Switzerland, which left two ladies injured. In a statement, the association affirmed that Islam fully refuses assaulting ....

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