Religion
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Minya governor inaugurates Kom el Dekka Church
Date: 2019-07-29 11:43:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:8043393
MINYA, Upper Egypt, July 29 (MENA) - Minya governor Qassem Hussein inaugurated a number of churches, including Kom el Dekka Church, in the Upper Egyptian city earlier Monday. Hussein was accompanied by Patriarch Ibrahim Is'hak of the Coptic ....
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Darul Iftaa urges pilgrims to embrace pilgrimage rituals away from political controversy
Date: 2019-07-29 11:25:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:8043300
CAIRO, July 29 (MENA) - Darul Iftaa urged pilgrims to embrace the rituals of pilgrimage to move closer to God and stay away from political arguments. In a motion graphic video, Darul Iftaa told pilgrims to focus on making use of such precious ....
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Al Azhar opens center for non-Arabic speakers in Indonesia
Date: 2019-07-29 09:26:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:8043096
CAIRO, July 29 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Saleh Abbas has announced the opening of a center for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers in Indonesia, given the deep relations with the Indonesian people. This comes within the framework of Al ....
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Pope leads mass to mark 1st anniversary of Anba Epiphanius
Date: 2019-07-29 08:33:59 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:15 - ID:8043084
CAIRO, July 29 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese led a mass Monday morning to mark the first anniversary of late Anba Epiphanius, who was killed at the hands of two monks last year. The late head of Anba ....
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Egypt's Mufti decries Nigeria terror attack
Date: 2019-07-28 12:50:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:8042271
CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam decried on Sunday a recent terrorist attack in Nigeria, that left 23 people dead. "Terrorist groups have no inviolability for neither blood nor death, but all they seek is to provoke strikes in ....
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Fattah El Aleem Mosque, Cathedral of Nativity epitomes of coexistence: Azhar official
Date: 2019-07-28 12:09:33 GMT - Indonesia - Religion - SN:29 - ID:8042063
JAKARTA, July 28 (MENA) - The undersecretary of Al Azhar described the Egyptian Family House as well as the inauguration of Al Fattah El Aleem Mosque and the Cathedral of Nativity in New Administrative Capital as a model of religious coexistence ....
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NRIAG: Arafat Day to fall on Aug. 10
Date: 2019-07-28 11:30:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:26 - ID:8042126
CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - The National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) has announced that Arafat Day will fall on August 10 according to astronomical calculations. The Greater Bairam (Eidul Adha) is due to start on August ....
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Egypt's Mufti praises Saudi efforts for organizing hajj season
Date: 2019-07-28 10:23:48 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:19 - ID:8041951
RIYADH/CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam praised the efforts exerted by the government of Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz in organizing and facilitating measures for this year's hajj season. In statements to the Saudi Press ....
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Hajj medical mission pledges best service for Egyptian pilgrims
Date: 2019-07-27 22:49:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:60 - ID:8041727
CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) - Head of the Hajj medical mission Mohamed Dahy on Saturday chaired a meeting with members of the 2019 medical mission to ensure offering best medical services for the Egyptian pilgrims. In a statement, the Health Ministry ....
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Hajj medical mission clinics receive 4,697 patients
Date: 2019-07-27 19:22:55 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:8041575
CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) - The Egyptian hajj medical mission clinics have received 4,697 patients so far, spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said in a statement Saturday. The sick pilgrims were checked up including 3,195 in Mecca and ....