Religion

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  • Azhar condemns US standing on Israeli settlements

    Date: 2019-11-20 06:16:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:7 - ID:8195616

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Al Azhar Al Sharif on Wednesday condemned the statements of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying it is a major reversal of the US' longstanding policy on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Al Azhar cited a ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives KAICIID delegation

    Date: 2019-11-17 18:45:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:8191831

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received Sunday a delegation from King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Inter-religious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID). The delegation ....

  • Egypt's Mufti adviser heads for Moscow

    Date: 2019-11-17 10:23:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:18 - ID:8191053

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Academic adviser of Egypt's Grand Mufti Magdi Ashour headed on Sunday to Moscow at an invitation from the Russia Muftis Council to attend the council's plenary meeting, to open Tuesday. The three-day meeting will address ....

  • Tolerance should control relations among people - Azhar Imam

    Date: 2019-11-16 21:05:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:45 - ID:8190542

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) –Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb on Saturday greeted all countries and their peoples on the International Day for Tolerance, which falls on November 16. He reiterated in a statement that tolerance value should be a ....

  • Egypt's mufti: Islam calls for spreading tolerance, coexistence

    Date: 2019-11-16 08:33:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:7 - ID:8189708

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam said that Islam is a religion of tolerance and mercy, adding that it calls for coexistence and dialogue with "the other." In a statement marking the International Day of Tolerance which falls on ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives Sicily's cardinal

    Date: 2019-11-15 21:06:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:42 - ID:8189290

    CAIRO, Nov 15 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received on Friday Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, the archbishop Archdiocese of Agrigento on the southeastern coast of Sicily, who is paying his first ever visit ....

  • Azhar imam calls for linking sciences, religions

    Date: 2019-11-15 17:23:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:8189166

    CAIRO/VATICAN, Nov 15 (MENA) – Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb called for linking sciences and religions, as the later has been the custodian of ethics and humanity. Tayyeb's remarks came during a conference for religions, hosted by the ....

  • Iftaa observatory hails Egypt's human rights record

    Date: 2019-11-14 13:22:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:8187513

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - The Observatory for Monitoring Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Ideologies, an affiliate to the Egyptian Dar al Iftaa, on Thursday lauded Egypt's efforts to support human rights. This comes after the state presented an ....

  • Muslims "safe" as long as their reference is Al Azhar - Burkina Faso presidential adviser

    Date: 2019-11-13 11:07:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:8185633

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Burkina Faso's Presidential Adviser for Islamic Affairs Abu Bakr Dakuri asserted that Muslims will always be safe and well as long as their religious reference is Al Azhar Al Sharif which protects them from extremist thought ....

  • Al Azhar to hold int'l conference on renewing religious discourse in January

    Date: 2019-11-12 17:47:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:77 - ID:8184918

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Al Azhar is set to hold an international conference on renewing the religious discourse in January. Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb thanked on Tuesday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for his acceptance to attend the ....

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