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Awqaf Ministry lauds MENA role in promoting correct Islam teachings

Date: 2020-06-16 05:58:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:5 - ID:8470877

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - The Awqaf Ministry is pleased with what it called "distinguished" performance by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) in promoting and raising national awareness about the correct teachings of Islam. It is a highly ....

Dar al-Ifta: Assaulting medical teams totally prohibited

Date: 2020-06-14 18:09:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:8469247

CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) – Egypt's Dar al-Ifta reiterated that assaulting medical teams is totally prohibited (haram). In a press release on its official Facebook page, it asserted that doctors are doing their best and that Almighty Allah can only ....

Coptic Catholic Church says prays to God to help Egypt, Sisi overcome coronavirus crisis

Date: 2020-06-11 18:22:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:8465892

CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) – The Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church, led by Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac, held a meeting on Thursday during which they said they are all praying to God to help Egypt and its political leadership represented in President Abdel ....

Only doctors prescribe medicine, diagnose diseases: Darul Iftaa

Date: 2020-06-11 10:29:43 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:19 - ID:8465135

CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Darul Iftaa said that only doctors prescribe medicine for patients and diagnose their health condition. This came in Darul Iftaa's comment on the spread of many prescriptions on the social media for coronavirus treatment ....

Awqaf Ministry establishes first remote training department

Date: 2020-06-11 09:37:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:14 - ID:8465091

CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar decided to establish the first remote training department for training preachers and all workers at Awqaf Ministry. Awqaf Ministry Spokesman Abdallah Hassan said on Thursday that online ....

Dar Al Ifta launches initiative to encourage people recovered from COVID-19 donate their plasma to patients

Date: 2020-06-10 14:37:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:27 - ID:8464115

CAIRO, June 10 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar Al Ifta launched on Wednesday an initiative via social media, official website and various media outlets to encourage people who have recovered from the novel coronavirus to donate their antibody-rich blood plasma ....

Dar Al Ifta: Hoarding COVID-19 drugs sinful act

Date: 2020-06-09 16:49:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:35 - ID:8462814

CAIRO, June 9 (MENA) – Dar Al Ifta has warned that stockpiling drugs used in treating COVID-19 patients is prohibited in Islam as a sinful act that violates the rules of religion. In a statement on Tuesday, Dar al Ifta, which issues fatwas ....

WAAG condemns terrorist attack on civilians in Afghanistan

Date: 2020-06-08 22:27:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:58 - ID:8462012

CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) - The World Association for Al Azhar Graduates (WAAG) condemned an armed attack in which four members of one family were killed, including the chieftain of a tribe in Wardak in central Afghanistan. In a statement on Monday, ....

Al-Azhar denounces raising slogans against Prophet Muhammad's wife

Date: 2020-06-07 19:03:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:62 - ID:8460542

CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Al-Azhar on Sunday strongly condemned offensive slogans, raised by Lebanese protesters, against Aisha bint Abi Bakr, the wife of Prophet Muhammad. In a statement, Al-Azhar stressed that Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, ....

Covid-19 recovered cases may donate blood plasma - Dar al-Iftaa

Date: 2020-06-06 17:50:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:47 - ID:8459092

CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) – Egypt's Dar al-Iftaa said the recovered coronavirus cases may donate blood plasma to help other infected cases. Dar al-Iftaa detailed on Saturday that the donation is religiously permissible as part of the social ....