Religion
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Senior scholars council lauds Libyan imams' role in spreading moderate teachings of Islam
Date: 2019-10-09 12:19:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:8137279
CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Secretary General of Al Azhar Council of Senior Scholars Saleh el Adli lauded on Wednesday the role played by Libyan imams and preachers in spreading the moderate teachings of Islam and discarding violence, extremism and ....
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Pope Tawadros II meets outgoing Vatican amb.
Date: 2019-10-08 12:34:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:43 - ID:8135903
CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese held a meeting on Tuesday with Vatican's ambassador in Cairo Bruno Musarò at the end of his term in Egypt. In statements Coptic Orthodox Church spokesman ....
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PM delegates Awqaf minister to attend int'l conference on “Fatwa”
Date: 2019-10-05 19:25:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:52 - ID:8132522
CAIRO, Oct. 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli delegated Saturday Awqaf Minister Mokhtar Gomaa to attend the conference of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide in Cairo. The event will kick off on October 15 under the ....
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Tayyeb: Al Azhar exerts great efforts to fight extremist though
Date: 2019-10-02 16:26:48 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:69 - ID:8128298
CAIRO, Oct 2 (MENA) - Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb said that Al Azhar exerts great efforts to counter extremist thought and works to build bridges of cooperation and understanding among various civilizations. The Grand Imam made the remarks ....
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Dar al-Iftaa condemns attack by Shabaab militants on Somali military base
Date: 2019-10-01 16:11:14 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:8127048
CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) - Dar al-Iftaa's Observatory of Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Views has condemned an attack by al-Shabaab militants on a military base in Baledogle in Somalia. The terrorist operations carried out by al-Shabaab militants ....
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Awqaf minister congratulates Azhar Imam on successful eye surgery
Date: 2019-09-28 13:28:13 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:27 - ID:8122450
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb received on Saturday Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, who congratulated the imam on his successful eye surgery. The minister wished Tayyeb good health to serve Islam and Muslims ....
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Egypt, Russia agree on boosting cooperation in renewing religious discourse
Date: 2019-09-25 08:10:30 GMT - Russia - Religion - SN:18 - ID:8117968
MOSCOW, Sept 25 (MENA) - The Egyptian Awqaf Ministry and the Central Muslim Spiritual Board of Russia (CMSB Russia) agreed on boosting joint cooperation in the field of training imams and muftis and renewing the religious discourse. This came at ....
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Awqaf min. asserts necessity of int'l cooperation to face terror, extremist thinking
Date: 2019-09-24 11:32:59 GMT - Russia - Religion - SN:40 - ID:8116613
MOSCOW, Sept 24 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa asserted the importance of international cooperation in the face of terror and extremist thinking. In his address on Tuesday during a conference held in Moscow on Islam and cultural ....
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Al Azhar : Malaysia a model for peaceful co-existence, tolerance
Date: 2019-09-23 17:07:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:8115902
CAIRO, Sept 23 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Saleh Abbas said on Monday that Malaysia is a role model for peaceful coexistence and tolerance. This is consistent with Al Azhar's teachings, which aim to consolidate the values of coexistence, ....
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1,117 churches, service buildings legalized nationwide: committee
Date: 2019-09-23 14:13:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:41 - ID:8115473
CAIRO, Sept 23 (MENA) - The state's committee concerned with legalizing unlicensed churches has approved the legalization of 62 churches and affiliated buildings, taking the number of legalized churches and affiliated buildings nationwide to ....