Religion

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  • 27 New mosques to be opened Friday - Awqaf Minister

    Date: 2020-09-26 17:17:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:8603922

    CAIRO, Sept 26 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa announced on Saturday that 27 new mosques would be opened in nine governorates on October 2. The total number of newly-opened mosques in September has reached 309 mosques, Gomaa said in ....

  • Azhar graduates organization condemns France knife attack

    Date: 2020-09-26 15:18:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:8603765

    CAIRO, Sept 26 (MENA) - The World Organization for Al-Azhar Graduates on Saturday condemned a knife attack in Paris on Friday near the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that left two victims seriously injured. In a statement, the ....

  • Azhar urges Egyptian people to confront destabilization plots

    Date: 2020-09-26 08:11:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:11 - ID:8603104

    CAIRO, Sept 26 (MENA) - Al Azhar, Islam's highest Sunni seat, has called on the Egyptian people to unite ranks behind the nation's leadership in face of attempts to destabilize the country and disturb public order. In a statement issued on ....

  • Gomaa urges tight measure against traitors

    Date: 2020-09-23 06:13:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:6 - ID:8599037

    CAIRO, Sept 23 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Wednesday called for confronting all acts of treason against the homeland. In press statements, he also called for standing against all those who seek to spread chaos and ....

  • Minister: Joining terrorist MB is treason to religion, homeland

    Date: 2020-09-22 09:55:48 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:23 - ID:8597980

    CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Tuesday said that joining the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group is treason against religion and betrayal to the homeland. In press statements, he added that raising funds for the ....

  • Islamic Research Academy, Kurdish delegation probe religious coop.

    Date: 2020-09-21 12:04:20 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:8596782

    CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Islamic Research Academy Nazir Ayyad on Monday discussed with a delegation from Iraq's Kurdistan cooperation between Al Azhar and the Kurdish Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs. The ....

  • Awqaf min. allows holding funeral prayers in big mosques starting Monday

    Date: 2020-09-20 14:26:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:8595644

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa decided on Sunday to allow to hold funeral prayers in big mosques that include open areas starting from Monday. In statements after meeting a number of the ministry’s undersecretaries ....

  • Dar Al Iftaa says bullying prohibited in Islam

    Date: 2020-09-20 11:58:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:8595341

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) – Dar AL Iftaa has rejected the act of bullying and mocking of people, stressing such a behavior is against Islamic teachings. Dar al Iftaa posted an animated movie on Youtube to promote respect for the private life of ....

  • Michel Abs elected as new MECC secretary general

    Date: 2020-09-18 16:51:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:52 - ID:8593561

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) has elected Dr. Michel Abs as the council's new secretary general to succeed Thoria Bashaalani. This was announced during a virtual meeting held by the ....

  • Awqaf ministry to inaugurate 72 mosques, including one in Tanzania on Friday

    Date: 2020-09-17 22:25:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:86 - ID:8592668

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said that 72 new mosques, including 71 across Egypt's governorates and one in Tanzania's Dar Es-Salam city, will be opened on Friday as part of the Awqaf Ministry's plan to open 314 ....

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