Religion

  • Service : English General
  • Category : Religion
  • Preparations under way for biggest religious convoy of female preachers in South Sinai

    Date: 2021-03-01 11:52:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:43 - ID:8824325

    CAIRO, March 1 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has said preparations are under way for sending the biggest religious convoy of female preachers to South Sinai cities and bedouin areas in the governorate. The convoy will visit El ....

  • Coptic Church appoints new spokesman

    Date: 2021-02-26 22:11:22 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:81 - ID:8820020

    CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria on Friday appointed Father Mousa Ibrahim a new spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church. Rania Naeem was appointed head of the church's media office, while former spokesman Bolis Haleem will ....

  • Awqaf min., AP official probe ways to counter extremist ideologies

    Date: 2021-02-25 15:24:21 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:8817576

    CAIRO, Feb 25 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa discussed during a meeting Thursday with Chairman of the Arab Parliament (AP) Counter-Terrorism Committee Alaa Abeid joint cooperation in facing up to terrorism and extremist ....

  • Awqaf Ministry organized 190 training programs for preachers in one year - min.

    Date: 2021-02-25 08:05:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:10 - ID:8816969

    CAIRO, Feb 25 (MENA) - Aqwaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Guma said on Thursday the ministry organized 190 training programs for preachers, imams and scholars as of January 1, 2020 to date. In a statement, the minister said the move comes as part of ....

  • Al Azhar discusses nominations for joining Council of Senior Scholars

    Date: 2021-02-24 20:10:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:88 - ID:8816489

    CAIRO, Feb 24 (MENA) - Al Azhar's Council of Senior Scholars discussed Wednesday some nominations for joining the council, in addition to latest religious developments. This came during a virtual meeting of the council chaired by Al Azhar Grand ....

  • Al Ashraf Syndicate congratulates Mufti of Egypt after extending his mandate

    Date: 2021-02-24 17:33:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:69 - ID:8816435

    CAIRO, Feb 24 (MENA) - Head of Syndicate of Al Ashraf Mahmoud el Sherif congratulated Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam after President Abdel Fattah renewed his confidence in him and extended his tenure till August. In a statement, Sherif said Allam ....

  • Mixing politics and religion threatens nations - Mufti

    Date: 2021-02-23 22:21:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:104 - ID:8814822

    CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Mixing politics and religion poses a threat to nations and Al Azhar scholars are exerting assiduous efforts to face any interpretation of Islam that serves as a basis for political identity and action and confront radicalism ....

  • Coptic Church starts three-day Fast of Nineveh

    Date: 2021-02-22 10:54:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:8811805

    CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church started on Monday the Fast of Nineveh, also known as the Fast of Jonah, a three-day Lent that marks the three days the prophet Jonah spent in the belly of a large fish as penance for his disobedience ....

  • Egyptian female preachers represent soft powers to be proud of: NCW head

    Date: 2021-02-22 10:26:26 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:35 - ID:8811547

    CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - President of Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) Maya Morsi asserted that the Egyptian female preachers represent the soft powers to be proud of. This came during the Morsi's honoring of Egyptian preachers who ....

  • IRA calls for disseminating culture, knowledge, correcting distorted concepts

    Date: 2021-02-21 13:46:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:8810318

    CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Secretary General of ِAl Azhar's Islamic Research Academy Nazir Ayyad has called for disseminating culture, knowledge all over the world and correcting distorted concepts to face extremist ideologies. In statements while ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD