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Awqaf minister, Mufti arrive in Abu Dhabi for peace forum
Date: 2018-12-04 17:24:21 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Religion - SN:92 - ID:7699777
ABU DHABI, Dec 4 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam and Azhar senior figures arrived in Abu Dhabi Tuesday to take part in the fifth "Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies" forum The two-day forum will kick off ....
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Awqaf min. lauds Abu Dhabi-hosted Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies
Date: 2018-12-04 13:33:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:7698548
CAIRO, Dec 4 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar extolled the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies whose 5th edition will kick off on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi city, saying that it would help entrench the values of tolerance and peace. ....
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Azhar University president meets Indonesian delegation
Date: 2018-12-03 22:02:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:89 - ID:7698158
CAIRO, Nov 3 (MENA) - Azhar University President Mohamed Hussein el Mahrsawy on Monday received an Indonesian delegation on ways to boost cooperation. Students from over 100 countries are studying at the university thanks to Azhar's moderation ....
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Pope Tawadros receives AUC students
Date: 2018-12-03 11:19:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:39 - ID:7697078
CAIRO, Dec 3 (MENA) Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received on Monday students from the American University in Cairo (AUC). The Coptic Orthodox Church spokesperson, Father Boulos Halim, said the pope discussed ....
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Iftaa observatory: decline in terrorist operations during last week of November
Date: 2018-12-03 10:22:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:7696940
CAIRO, Dec 3 (MENA) - The observatory of takfiri fatwas, an affiliate to the Egyptian Iftaa House, has registered a relative decline in terrorist operations worldwide during the last week of November. As many as 191 persons were killed, wounded ....
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Bishop Ermia meets Hungarian FM, amb.
Date: 2018-12-02 22:27:33 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:77 - ID:7696518
CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Bishop Ermia, the general bishop and head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, met on Sunday with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Hungarian Ambassador to Egypt Péter Kveck at Saint Mark's ....
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IUL condemns media campaign against Al Azhar
Date: 2018-12-02 21:48:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:75 - ID:7696415
CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - The Islamic Universities League (IUL) denounced the smear campaign to which Al Azhar and its leaders and scholars have been a target of late. In a statement on Sunday, the league warned of the malicious intentions of those ....
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Azhar forms African affairs committee to boost Egypt's role
Date: 2018-12-02 07:41:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:9 - ID:7695297
CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Al Azhar will form a committee for African affairs as Egypt will hold the rotating presidency of the African Union (AU) next year. The move has been decided by Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed el Tayyeb, said a statement issued by Al ....
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Pope Tawadros II stresses importance of dialogue, communication
Date: 2018-11-30 22:27:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:7693926
CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Friday received professors and students of the Ecumenical Institute for the Middle East. During the meeting, the Pope stressed the importance of dialogue ....
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PM chairs meeting on legalizing status of churches
Date: 2018-11-30 10:53:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:21 - ID:7693131
CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli chaired a meeting with a committee tasked with legalizing status of the churches in the presence of the ministers of justice, antiquities and parliamentary affairs along with representatives of ....