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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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, ....

  • 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 ....

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