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Cairo International Airport receives 3,500 Umra pilgrims
Date: 2019-06-09 17:25:21 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:7973324
CAIRO, June 9 (MENA) – Cairo International Airport on Sunday received 3,500 Egyptians who returned home from Saudi Arabia after performing minor pilgrimage (Umrah). The airport's staffers received the pilgrims and finalized their arrival ....
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Pope Tawadros leads mass to enthrone, ordain new bishops
Date: 2019-06-09 10:14:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:7972585
CAIRO, June 9 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark led on Sunday a mass to enthrone Bishop Antonious Morcos as Bishop of South Africa. Bishop Morcos was also promoted to Metropolitan bishop. Four new ....
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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 ....
