Religion
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Mufti urges expats to participate strongly in house election
Date: 2020-10-22 10:42:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:19 - ID:8638817
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam urged Egyptian expatriates to participate in election of the House of Representatives that kicked off on October 21 for Egyptians abroad. In a statement issued Thursday, the grand mufti ....
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No antidote for hate, racism but human fraternity: Tayyeb
Date: 2020-10-20 23:16:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:77 - ID:8636740
ROME/ CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) - Human fraternity is the only effective antidote for hate and racism plaguing the world, said Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyed said on Tuesday. Fraternity as an antidote should imply accepting others, ensuring their ....
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Awqaf minister to attend conf. on Islam & modernization in Khartoum Saturday
Date: 2020-10-20 09:24:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:20 - ID:8635568
CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Dr Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa will be taking part in an international conference organized by the Awqaf Ministry in Sudan on Islam and modernization on October 24-25. Gomaa is also scheduled to deliver the Friday ....
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Govt okays legalizing status of 100 churches, service buildings
Date: 2020-10-19 11:29:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:30 - ID:8634265
CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) – The committee tasked with legalizing the status of churches approved on Monday legalizing the status of 45 churches and 55 service buildings, bringing to 1,738 the total number of churches and affiliated buildings that have so ....
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Azhar Imam slams "Islamic terrorism" term
Date: 2020-10-18 11:14:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:8632887
CAIRO, Oct 18 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb condemned Sunday depicting Islam as "terrorist" using the term "Islamic Terrorism", saying that linking Islam to terror implies deep ignorance with the principles of a tolerant ....
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Acting head of Council of Senior Scholars says to continue fighting extremist thoughts
Date: 2020-10-17 14:50:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:8631755
CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - Acting Secretary General of the Council of Senior Scholars Ali Khalel said Azhar's Grand Imama Ahmed Al Tayyeb has directed him to submit a comprehensive report about the files of the council, activate the role of council in ....
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Dar al-Ifta condemns killing of French teacher, urges fighting extremism
Date: 2020-10-17 14:31:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:8631673
CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar al-Ifta Observatory of Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Views has denounced the gruesome killing of a French teacher after he showed his class insulting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. "This is an act of terror ....
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Egypt's Mufti deplores killing of French teacher in Paris
Date: 2020-10-17 09:58:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:8631389
CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam condemned a terrorist attack that took place in Paris on Friday when a French teacher was killed by an extremist after he showed his class a caricature of the prophet Muhammad from the satirical ....
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Azhar condemns Paris terror attack
Date: 2020-10-16 22:07:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:8631097
CAIRO, Oct 16 (MENA) - Al Azhar has condemned a terror attack in the French capital, Paris, where a teacher was killed with a large kitchen knife after he showed his class caricatures of the prophet Muhammad from the satirical newspaper Charlie ....
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Establishing unlicensed factories forbidden in Islam -- Dar al Iftaa
Date: 2020-10-15 13:02:55 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:8629178
CAIRO, Oct 15 (MENA) – Dar al Iftaa said the establishment of unlicensed factories is forbidden according to the Islamic Sharia due to the harms they cause and violations they afflict on society. Those who think that they have the right to evade ....