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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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#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, ....
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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 ....