Religion
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Patriarch Theodoros II meets Zambian president
Date: 2020-02-23 22:38:43 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:8324703
CAIRO/LUSAKA, Feb 23 (MENA) - Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa Pope Theodoros II met on Sunday Zambian President Edgar Lungu at the presidential palace in Lusaka. Metropolitan Ioannis of Zambia and Egypt's Ambassador in Lusaka Ahmed ....
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Dar al-Iftaa to spot Rajab's crescent Sunday
Date: 2020-02-22 20:14:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:8323226
CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - Dar al-Iftaa will spot the crescent that marks the end of Jumada al-awwal and the start of Rajab; the seventh month of the Muslim calendar on Sunday. Mufti's adviser Ibrahim Negm said Grand Mufti Shawki Allam will deliver ....
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University youths have great role in correcting image of religions - Egypt's top imam
Date: 2020-02-20 14:01:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:8320391
CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb warned on Thursday that new conflicts used the terminology of wars of religions to mislead people and insinuate that religions are current sources of unrest and wars. These wars ....
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Awqaf min.: Egypt restored its pioneering religious role under Sisi
Date: 2020-02-20 09:42:48 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:23 - ID:8319854
CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Egypt restored its pioneering religious role in the world under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The Awqaf Ministry's renovation of religious discourse became an ....
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UN official lauds Al Azhar anti-extremism efforts
Date: 2020-02-19 23:15:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:81 - ID:8319479
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng praised Wednesday the great role played by Al Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism to counter Islamophobia and hate speech. The UN official made his remark ....
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Grand imam says Document on Human Fraternity not differentiates between Muslims, Christians
Date: 2020-02-19 18:17:44 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:8319229
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb said Wednesday that the Document on Human Fraternity was outlined in a way that focuses on humanity and couldn’t be differentiated whether it was written by Muslims or Christians. The ....
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Awqaf minister: Terrorism spreads more rapidly than deadly viruses
Date: 2020-02-18 17:43:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:73 - ID:8317687
GENEVA/CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) – Egyptian Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said on Tuesday that terrorism spreads more rapidly and is more lethal than all deadly viruses. Delivering a speech at a conference on immunizing young people against ....
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Awqaf minister calls for int'l measures against cyber-terrorism
Date: 2020-02-18 15:30:18 GMT - Switzerland - Religion - SN:61 - ID:8317397
GENEVA/CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) – Egyptian Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa called on the United Nations to work on taking decisive and swift measures with regard to terrorism and its supporters. Delivering a speech at a conference on ....
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World witnesses crucial milestone in confronting hatred, suppression - Foreign Ministry official
Date: 2020-02-18 15:11:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:8317290
CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Ahmed Ihab said Tuesday the conference titled "From Freedom of Worship to Freedom of Religion and Belief " is being held at a very important timing as the world witnesses a crucial ....
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Egypt's grand mufti: Intellectual confrontation best way to eliminate terrorism, extremism
Date: 2020-02-18 15:05:40 GMT - Switzerland - Religion - SN:55 - ID:8317284
GENEVA/CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawky Allam stressed Tuesday that the serious intellectual confrontation will eliminate the phenomena of extremism and terrorism and promote the economic, political, and security stability ....