Religion

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  • Eidul Fitr prayers to be aired from Al Sayeda Nafesa Mosque- minister

    Date: 2020-05-17 16:13:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:46 - ID:8436192

    CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Sunday that the Eidul Fitr (Lesser Bairam) prayers will be aired on TV and Radio from Al Sayeda Nafesa Mosque in downtown Cairo. Up to 20 worshipers from Al Awqaf employees are ....

  • Worshippers can perform Eid prayers at home: Council of Senior Scholars

    Date: 2020-05-17 12:56:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:8435872

    CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) - Al Azhar's Council of Senior Scholars has said that Eid al-Fitr prayers can be performed at homes amid the imposed precautionary measures to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. In a statement on Sunday, It called on ....

  • Awqaf min. greets Sisi on Laylat al-Qadr

    Date: 2020-05-15 21:46:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:8434299

    CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Friday greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Laylat al-Qadr, which is observed by Muslims in the last ten days of the hole month of Ramadan. In a statement, Gomaa prayed to Allah ....

  • 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 ....

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