Religion

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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • Higher Committee of Human Fraternity visits 9/11 memorial in New York

    Date: 2019-09-22 14:28:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:58 - ID:8114157

    CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity has visited the memorial of victims of the 9/11 attacks that targeted the US in 2001. Egypt's Al Azhar said in a statement Sunday that members of the committee were keen on sending ....

  • Awqaf minister heads for Moscow for int'l conference

    Date: 2019-09-22 11:02:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:8113882

    CAIRO, September 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa headed on Sunday for Moscow to attend an international conference on Islam, inter-faith and cultures. Gomaa is set to deliver a speech in the conference's inaugural session ....

  • Awqaf Ministry launches int'l Quran contest

    Date: 2019-09-21 22:17:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:38 - ID:8113426

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - The Awqaf Ministry said Saturday that the registration for its annual Quran world awards will start from February 8 to 13, 2020. In a statement, the ministry noted that it has allocated over EGP 1 million for 2019 ....

  • Islamic delegations lauds Cairo's citizenships document

    Date: 2019-09-18 10:01:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:8108732

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Islamic delegations that participated in the 30th conference of the Ministry of Awqaf Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs lauded Cairo's citizenship document that was launched at the conclusion of the two-day ....

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