Religion

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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • Egyptian pilgrims death toll rises to 34 - ministry

    Date: 2018-08-22 14:57:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:7543882

    CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Health Ministry said Wednesday that the death toll among the Egyptian pilgrims rose to 34 after one pilgrim breathed his last. Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed underlined that Mohamed Abu Daif Ismail Bidawi, 71, ....

  • Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 30 - official

    Date: 2018-08-21 21:45:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:61 - ID:7543193

    MECCA, Aug 21 (MENA) – The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia jumped to 30, Head of the official Egyptian Hajj mission Omar Marwan revealed on Tuesday. In a press conference held at Mina, Marwan hailed the great role played by ....

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