Religion

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  • OIC condemns Florida shooting

    Date: 2019-12-07 11:03:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:15 - ID:8219570

    RIYADH, Dec 7 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its sorrow over the shooting incident that occurred in Florida, leaving a number of deaths and injuries, Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. The organization ....

  • Egyptian Mufti to attend forum for promoting peace in Abu Dhabi

    Date: 2019-12-07 11:01:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:14 - ID:8219567

    CAIRO, Dec 7 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam will participate in the sixth annual assembly of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies that will kick off on Monday in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and ....

  • Iftaa observatory warns of stereotypes about Islam

    Date: 2019-12-04 18:02:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:8215911

    CAIRO, Dec 4 (MENA) – Dar al Iftaa's Observatory for Monitoring Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Ideologies has warned of stereotypes about Islam and the use of the term “Islamic terrorism” or “violent Islam” in the media as well as in academic and ....

  • Committee approves adjusting status of 87 unlicensed churches

    Date: 2019-12-03 09:53:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:8214062

    CAIRO, Dec 3 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Tuesday presided over a meeting of the committee tasked with legalizing the status of unlicensed churches in Egypt. Attending the meeting were the ministers of justice, local development, ....

  • Iftaa observatory decries Burkina Faso church attack

    Date: 2019-12-02 13:38:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:43 - ID:8213227

    CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) – Dar al Iftaa's Observatory for Monitoring Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Ideologies has denounced a recent church attack in Burkina Faso, that left 14 people dead and several others wounded. Such a terrorist attack contradicts ....

  • Mufti condoles with Pope Twadros over victims of church wall collapse

    Date: 2019-12-01 19:53:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:80 - ID:8212058

    CAIRO, Dec 1 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam extended his heartfelt sympathies to Pope Twadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese over the victims of a wall collapse at an ancient church in Minya. Three citizens were ....

  • Mallawi archdiocese praises state support over church wall collapse

    Date: 2019-12-01 19:36:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:77 - ID:8212031

    CAIRO, Dec 1 (MENA) – Anba Demetrius, bishop of Mallawi archdiocese, has extended thanks to leaderships in Minya for their backing and efforts to deal with the collapse of a wall of a church in the Upper Egyptian governorate. Earlier on Sunday, ....

  • Renewing Jurisprudence researches priority nowadays - Mufti of Egypt

    Date: 2019-12-01 12:32:38 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:8211295

    CAIRO / MUSCAT, Dec 1 (MENA) - Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam said on Sunday renewing jurisprudence researches is one of the issues that are on the table at the time being. Understanding the requirements of the time we live in is a must to renew ....

  • Islamophobia observatory lauds Norwegian Muslims’ reaction over burning of Quran

    Date: 2019-11-30 11:29:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:16 - ID:8210243

    CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) – Egyptian Dar El-Iftaa's Islamophobia Observatory has praised reaction of Norwegian Muslims over the recent burning of a copy of Islam’s Holy Quran by a Norwegian man. The observatory said in a statement on Saturday that ....

  • AIRA chief stresses Al Azhar role in spreading knowledge, protecting youth from extremist thought

    Date: 2019-11-27 12:33:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:8206372

    CAIRO, Nov 27 (MENA) - Secretary General of Al Azhar Islamic Research Academy (AIRA) Nazir Ayyad asserted the key role being played by all departments of Al Azhar, under its Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb, in spreading knowledge either inside the ....

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