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Pilgrims continue to flock to Medina after performing Hajj rituals - Hajj mission chief
Date: 2018-08-26 19:26:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:61 - ID:7548321
MEDINA, Aug 26 (MENA) - Head of Egypt's Hajj Mission Amr Loutfy said Sunday that pilgrims continue to flock to Saudi Arabia's Medina after performing Hajj rituals. In a press statement, Loutfy underlined that pilgrims who arrived at Medina coming ....
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1st batch of lottery pilgrims to return home Monday - official
Date: 2018-08-26 17:45:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:54 - ID:7548220
MADINA MUNAWARA, Aug 26 (MENA) – Chief Executive of the official Hajj mission Amr Lotfi said Sunday that the first batch of the lottery pilgrims is scheduled to arrive in Cairo on Monday. The 510-member batch will travel from Jeddah airport, ....
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Azhar reiterates full support for Rohingya Muslims
Date: 2018-08-26 14:09:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:39 - ID:7548038
CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - Egypt's Al Azhar has reiterated full support for the Rohingya Muslims, who are either suffering suppression at home in Myanmar or displacement in neighboring Bangladesh. The prestigious religious institution, in a statement ....
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Saint Catherine to host world peace forum in Sept. -- minister
Date: 2018-08-26 11:35:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:20 - ID:7547683
CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - A world peace forum will be held in Saint Catherine city in South Sinai in September, said Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Sunday. Gomaa made the announcement following a meeting with South Sinai Governor Khaled ....
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Pope Tawadros inaugurates 1st int'l week for Coptic Orthodox Youth
Date: 2018-08-25 21:16:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:7547113
CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese inaugurated on Saturday evening the First International Week for Coptic Orthodox Youth at the Logos Center of the papal of St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi El ....
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Egypt's mufti congratulates Saudi king on hajj success
Date: 2018-08-25 12:52:55 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:7546612
CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam congratulated Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud on the success of this year hajj (major pilgrimage) season. In a statement on ....
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Pope Tawadros receives delegation of Chaldean Catholic Church
Date: 2018-08-23 18:51:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:7545055
CAIRO, Aug 23 (MENA) – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese received on Thursday archbishop of Assyro-Chaldean Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tehran Ramzi Garmou and Bishop of the Chaldean Diocese in Egypt Philip ....
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Egyptian pilgrims are performing hajj rituals as usual - Cabinet
Date: 2018-08-23 18:29:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:7545011
CAIRO, Aug 23 (MENA) – The central operations room of the Egyptian Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) said on Thursday the Egyptian pilgrims are performing hajj rituals as usual. The cabinet is coordinating with the main ....
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Mecca governor says politics faraway from Hajj affairs
Date: 2018-08-23 08:59:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:6 - ID:7544329
MECCA, Aug 23 (MENA) - Saudi Prince Khalid Al Faisal, the governor of Mecca and president of Hajj central committee, said Saudi Arabia deals with various peoples and societies regardless of their countries' relations with Saudi Arabia Al Faisal's ....
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Pope Tawadros greets Egyptians on Eidul Adha
Date: 2018-08-22 20:22:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:7544163
CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese on Wednesday greeted top state officials and the Egyptian people on Eidul Adha. The pontiff's greetings to Egyptian Muslims came during his weekly sermon at ....