Religion

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  • Senior scholars hail Sisi's role in supporting Al Azhar global mission

    Date: 2020-09-08 21:20:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:75 - ID:8579799

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - Al Azhar's Council of Senior Scholars (CSC) praised President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's commitment to preserving and upholding the Egyptian constitution, which protects the religious institution against any infringement on its ....

  • Awqaf min.: 130 new mosques to be opened on Friday

    Date: 2020-09-08 18:18:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:8579702

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said that 130 new mosques across Egypt's governorates will be opened on Friday as part of the Awqaf Ministry's plan to open 314 mosques in September and October. In statements on ....

  • Pope Twadros to resume Wednesday mass as of this week

    Date: 2020-09-07 16:04:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:52 - ID:8577988

    CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) - Pope Twadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese has decided to resume Wednesday weekly mass as of September 9. The pontiff is expected to deliver his sermon during the next mass on Wednesday at the Church of ....

  • Egypt's construction of mosques in 6 years refutes MB claims - minister

    Date: 2020-09-05 21:39:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:54 - ID:8575623

    CAIRO, Sept 5 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa stressed the State's efforts, under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, exerted to construct and rebuild mosques refutes the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood's claims. Gomaa told MENA that ....

  • Bangladesh's mosque fire: 16 victims die from critical burns

    Date: 2020-09-05 11:10:56 GMT - Bangladesh - Religion - SN:22 - ID:8574937

    DHAKA, Sept 5 (MENA) – At least 16 people, including a child, have died after they sustained burn injuries in an air conditioner explosion during prayers at a mosque in Bangladesh, Dhaka Tribune reported. All of them died at Sheikh Hasina ....

  • Awqaf minister: 314 mosques to be inaugurated in September, October

    Date: 2020-09-03 21:09:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:83 - ID:8573542

    CAIRO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has said that as many as 314 mosques will be inaugurated in September and October, 2020. In statements on Thursday, Gomaa said the inauguration of such mosques comes as part of a plan ....

  • Al Azhar condemns reprinting defaming cartoons on Prophet Muhammad

    Date: 2020-09-03 18:57:22 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:72 - ID:8573422

    CAIRO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Al Azhar's Islamic Research Academy condemned Thursday the French satirical magazine’s move to republish defaming cartoons on the Prophet Muhammad. On Tuesday, the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo announced that it ....

  • Al Azhar role in rehabilitating Muslim scholars lauded

    Date: 2020-09-03 16:22:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:8573073

    CAIRO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Head of the International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research (IICPSR) Gamal Abu Sorour lauded on Thursday the role played by the World Association for Al Azhar Graduates in rehabilitating Muslim scholars and ....

  • Azhar imam: Prophet Muhammad disdain is crime against humanity

    Date: 2020-09-03 13:58:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:8572933

    CAIRO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb denounced on Thursday republishing cartoons disdaining Prophet Muhammad by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, saying any insult to Prophet Muhammad is a crime against ....

  • Islamophobia Observatory calls western governments to criminalize offending religious symbols

    Date: 2020-09-02 14:57:44 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:43 - ID:8571623

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Dar al Iftaa-affiliated Islamophobia Observatory on Wednesday condemned republishing a cartoon by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday defaming Prophet Muhammad of Islam. The republishing of the cartoon ....

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