Religion

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  • New Vatican amb. arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2020-01-05 07:32:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:12 - ID:8256051

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - New Vatican Ambassador to Egypt Archbishop Nicolas Henry arrived here late on Saturday. Henry was received by several archbishops and leaders of the Catholic Church in Egypt. Henry has previously served in India, the ....

  • Egyptian Coptic church in Kuwait to hold Xmas mass on Monday

    Date: 2020-01-05 07:31:37 GMT - Kuwait - Religion - SN:11 - ID:8256096

    KUWAIT CITY, Jan 5 (MENA) - The Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church in Kuwait will hold on Monday the Christmas mass. In a statement on Sunday, Patron of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Kuwait Anba Bishoy Bigol offered greetings to the Egyptian and ....

  • Andrea Zaki to lead Evangelical Church's Christmas celebrations Sunday

    Date: 2020-01-04 22:58:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:52 - ID:8256001

    CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) - Head of the Evangelical Church Andrea Zaki is set to lead the church's celebrations of Christmas on Sunday. Senior statesmen, ministers, governors, MPs, diplomats, public figures and media figures will attend the mass, set ....

  • Pope Francis decries violence against women

    Date: 2020-01-01 13:38:38 GMT - Vatican - Religion - SN:29 - ID:8251824

    VATICAN, Jan 1 (MENA) - Pope Francis is pinning much of his hopes for a more peaceful world in the new year on women, saying violence against them is akin to profaning God and calling for them to be increasingly involved in making major ....

  • Pope Tawadros II leads Christmas Mass at Alex. Coptic Church

    Date: 2019-12-31 21:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:62 - ID:8251224

    ALEXANDRIA, Dec 31 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Marks Diocese on Tuesday arrived at the premises of the Alexandria's Coptic Orthodox Church to lead the Christmas Mass. A host of top church leaders is taking part ....

  • Mufti: Relations with Indonesia are deeply-rooted

    Date: 2019-12-31 12:34:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:8250621

    CAIRO, Dec 31 (MENA) - Mufti of the Republic Shawky Allam on Tuesday said that relations between Egypt and Indonesia are deeply-rooted especially at the religious level. At a meeting with a delegation of Indonesian scholars, he added that Al ....

  • Dar al-Iftaa decries Dutch lawmaker's call for Prophet Mohammad cartoon contest

    Date: 2019-12-30 17:59:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:57 - ID:8249839

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Islamophobia Observatory at Egypt's Dar al-Iftaa vehemently denounced on Monday a call by an extremist Dutch lawmaker to hold a contest for cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammad. The observatory lambasted the ....

  • Dar al-Ifta launches new counter- terrorism database

    Date: 2019-12-30 15:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:8249463

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA)- The Observatory for Monitoring Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Ideologies at Egypt's Dar al-Ifta announced Monday that it launched a new comprehensive Arabic database for fighting terrorism, aggression, Islamophobia, and ....

  • Iftaa House endeavors to upgrade fatwa in face of rumors, extremism, terrorism - official

    Date: 2019-12-29 13:54:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:8248197

    CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Egyptian Mufti's adviser Dr Ibrahim Negm Sunday said the Egyptian Iftaa House has always been following up religious, social, cultural and economic issues and the confrontation of terrorism and extremism. Several Fatwas ....

  • Grand mufti decries bloody terrorist bombing in Mogadishu

    Date: 2019-12-28 14:27:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:23 - ID:8247128

    CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawki Allam vehemently denounced on Saturday a bloody terrorist bombing at a Somali police checkpoint in Mogadishu, which left at least 50 people dead. Allam stressed that the values of Islamic Sharia are ....

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