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Pope Tawadros to ordain new bishops Saturday
Date: 2019-06-07 20:29:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:7971300
CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark is set to ordain a number of bishops on Saturday at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassiya. The bishops will serve in Egypt and a number of ....
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Awqaf ministry to receive applications for local Holy Quran contest next week
Date: 2019-06-05 19:35:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:55 - ID:7969467
CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - The Ministry of Awqaf said on Wednesday that registration for a local grand Holy Quran contest will start Tuesday, June 11 and continue till the end of the month. Winners will qualify for the 27th International Holy Quran ....
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Azhar Grand Imam denounces Arish terrorist operation
Date: 2019-06-05 13:57:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:7969290
CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El Tayyeb on Wednesday denounced a terrorist operation that targeted a security checkpoint in Arish city in North Sinai leaving eight policemen dead earlier in the day. In a statement, Al ....
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Egypt's Mufti denounces Sinai terrorist operation
Date: 2019-06-05 13:52:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:7969285
CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Mufti of the Republic Shawki Allam on Wednesday denounced a terrorist operation that targeted a security checkpoint in Sinai leaving eight policemen dead earlier in the day. In a statement, the Mufti said that terrorist ....
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Muslims perform Eidul Fitr prayers in US
Date: 2019-06-04 14:12:22 GMT - USA - Religion - SN:38 - ID:7968213
WASHINGTON, June 4 (MENA) - Muslim communities in the US performed the Eidul Fitr prayers on Tuesday morning in a cheerful atmosphere. Mosques in the US State of Virginia were packed with worshipers of different nationalities, who were keen to ....
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Dar al-Iftaa: postponement of Zakat al-Fitr is impermissible
Date: 2019-06-04 13:49:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:7968134
CAIRO, June 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar al-Iftaa has warned Muslim devotees that delaying Zakat al-Fitr to a later time is impermissible. In a fatwa on Tuesday, the official religious institution tasked with drafting edicts said Zakat al-Fitr is a ....
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Al-Azhar Observatory celebrates its fourth anniversary since opening
Date: 2019-06-03 11:42:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:28 - ID:7966815
CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) - Al Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism issued on Monday a detailed report on its publications, reports and files that it has issued since its inauguration four years ago. The report said that Azhar Observatory, since ....
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Sisi honors winners of int'l Holy Quran contest at Laylat al Qadr ceremony
Date: 2019-06-02 15:13:20 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:7965808
CAIRO, June 2 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi honored winners of the 26th international Holy Quran competition during a ceremony organized by the Awqaf Ministry at Al Azhar conference center Sunday. The ceremony was held to mark Laylat al ....
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Sisi calls for countering hate speech, conveying true image of Islam
Date: 2019-06-02 14:27:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:7965872
CAIRO, June 2 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has called for countering hate speech and conveying the true image of Islam, which denounces the killing of innocent people. Addressing a ceremony organized by the Awqaf Ministry at Al Azhar ....
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Sisi attends "Laylat al Qadr" ceremony, 4 last Cairo
Date: 2019-06-02 13:47:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:47 - ID:7965838
Tayyeb cited massacres against Muslims during the Crusades and in Palestine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Myanmar and New Zealand, noting that no Muslim historian or writer dared to defame the heavenly religions of ....
