Religion

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  • Pope Tawadros leads funeral prayers of Anba Rowais

    Date: 2020-05-14 17:07:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:66 - ID:8432860

    CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria led on Thursday funeral prayers of Anba Rowais, the general bishop of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, who died earlier in the day at the age of 81 after a long struggle with illness. The ....

  • Azhar organization launches online training on eradicating terror

    Date: 2020-05-14 14:53:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:8432410

    CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - The World Organization for Al-Azhar Graduates kick started sessions to train imams and preachers to call for uprooting terror ideologies by via video conference, amid precautionary measures due to the novel coronavirus. In ....

  • General bishop of Coptic Orthodox Church Anba Rowais dies at 81

    Date: 2020-05-14 14:43:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:47 - ID:8432506

    CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - His grace Anba Rowais, the general bishop of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church died Thursday at the age of 81 after a long struggle with illness. Funeral prayers will be led by Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of ....

  • Grand Mufti: Expatriate Egyptians' Zakah money better be directed domestically

    Date: 2020-05-14 14:11:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:8432527

    CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) – Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam said on Thursday that it would be better for Egyptian expats to spend their Zakah money inside Egypt to help the needy and the most vulnerable categories in their home country, especially in ....

  • Dar al-Iftaa permits paying Zakat for non-Muslims in need

    Date: 2020-05-14 14:10:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:43 - ID:8432488

    CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar al-Iftaa said that it is allowed for Muslims to pay their Zakat to non-Muslims , who are infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) or other diseases, as well as those are in need. In a statement released on ....

  • Islamophobia condemns setting fire to Islamic center in Copenhagen

    Date: 2020-05-13 17:49:26 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:61 - ID:8431590

    CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) - The Islamophobia observatory of Darul Iftaa condemned on Wednesday the arson attack that targeted the Islamic center in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. While the entire world is preoccupied with confronting the coronavirus ....

  • Al Azhar "Ayaman Maadoodat" campaign addresses bullying, swearing among youth

    Date: 2020-05-11 19:19:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:8428862

    CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) – The swearing and bullying phenomenon among young people nowadays could be attributed to multiple reasons, prominent among which is bad parenting, Rasha Kamal, member of the Al-Azhar Fatwa Global Center said on Monday. A ....

  • Vatican Pope greets Pope Tawadros on day of fraternal love

    Date: 2020-05-10 12:17:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:28 - ID:8427014

    CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received Sunday a phone call from Pope Francis of the Vatican during which they exchanged greetings on the occasion of the day of fraternal love between the ....

  • #Prayforhumanity hashtag tops Twitter trends

    Date: 2020-05-09 19:57:30 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Religion - SN:50 - ID:8426499

    ABU DHABI / CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF) said #prayforhumanity hashtag topped Twitter trends on Saturday after its call for global prayer on Thursday. Prominent figures like scholars, media people, ....

  • Al Azhar condemns Israeli confiscation of Ibrahimi Mosque land

    Date: 2020-05-09 17:55:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:8426372

    CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Al Azhar denounced on Saturday an Israeli decision to build a new Jewish-only settlement in the heart of southern the occupied West Bank city of Hebron including the seizure of land to construct a road for settlers to reach the ....

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