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Awqaf minister: Mission of all religions is to please followers

Date: 2020-09-01 11:30:59 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:8569734

CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Tuesday the mission of all religions is to please peoples and construct the world with religion not to destroy it with religion. During a press conference attended by foreign and ....

Azhar observatory condemns Quran desecration incident in Norway

Date: 2020-08-31 21:01:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:87 - ID:8569127

CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - The Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism has vehemently condemned the tearing of a copy of the Holy Quran by a fanatic female activist in Norway. In a statement released on Monday, the observatory deplored that the ....

Dar al-Ifta slams Quran burning by far-right extremists in Sweden

Date: 2020-08-30 20:11:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:62 - ID:8567538

CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) - Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta Islamophobia Monitoring Observatory has vehemently condemned the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran during protests by right-wing extremists in the southern Swedish city of Malmo. Far-right extremists ....

Awqaf minister discusses maintaining endowment funds

Date: 2020-08-30 18:38:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:55 - ID:8567544

CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa held a meeting on Sunday with the ministry’s top officials to discuss ways of putting into force the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on maintaining the endowment funds. ....

Awqaf minister to discuss renewing religious discourse with journalists on Tuesday

Date: 2020-08-30 17:20:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:8567473

CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa is expected to reveal the ministry's vision for renewing religious discourse during a meeting with Arab and foreign news corespondents on Tuesday. The minister will also review ....

Awqaf minister slams building places of worship on state-owned land

Date: 2020-08-30 13:37:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:35 - ID:8567126

CAIRO, Aug 30 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has spoken against building of places of worship on illegally-seized lands. This is is totally because it is like building on state-owned property, thus violating law, Gomaa said in a ....

Awqaf minister to deliver 1st public Friday prayer’s sermon after 5 months’ hiatus

Date: 2020-08-27 21:20:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:60 - ID:8564429

CAIRO, Aug 27 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa will deliver the first public Friday prayer’s sermon at the Citadel’s Mohamed Ali Mosque after a five-month hiatus due to coronavirus-related protective measures. Cairo Governor Khaled ....

Awqaf Minister to MENA: "Life is Hope" title of Friday sermon

Date: 2020-08-26 11:30:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:30 - ID:8562382

CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Wednesday that the Muslim weekly sermon - the first in about five months - on August 28 will focus on hope. Themed “Life is Hope”, Friday’s sermon will be the first in the new ....

Azhar imam grants Malaysian minister membership of Muslim Council of Elders

Date: 2020-08-25 07:43:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:10 - ID:8560560

CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) – Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb has decided to grant Malaysian Minister of Religious Affairs Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri membership of the Muslim Council of Elders. Tayyeb, who chairs the council, made the decision ....

Awqaf ministry sanitizing mosques to resume Friday prayers

Date: 2020-08-24 17:56:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:68 - ID:8560156

CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) – The Awqaf Ministry launched on Monday a wide-scale campaign to clean and sanitize mosques nationwide in preparation for resuming Friday noon prayers as of August 28. There will be marks for social distancing at mosques, the ....