Religion
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Egypt mufti to attend conf. on "teaching Islam in official institutions"
Date: 2018-04-22 10:19:43 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:7363188
CAIRO, April 22 (MENA) - Grand Mufti of Egypt Shawqi Allam left Cairo on Sunday heading for Algeria to attend an international conference on teaching Islam in official institutions. The event is held under the auspices of Algerian President ....
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Evangelical church agrees to demolish Luxor church for national project
Date: 2018-04-20 17:24:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:7360708
CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - The Evangelical church has approved to demolish a church in Luxor to implement the Avenue of Sphinxes renovation project, the spokesman for the church Nabil Najib said on Friday. The move comes within the framework of ....
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Awqaf min.: Islamic Sharia calls for homeland protection
Date: 2018-04-20 12:42:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:7360503
ARISH, Egypt, April 20 (MENA) – The Islamic Sharia calls for the protection of homeland as being one of the pillars of our beliefs, Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa asserted. Delivering Friday sermon at a mosque in Arish, in North Sinai, ....
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Islamophobia hails decision to establish int'l council for Muslim minorities in Abu Dhabi
Date: 2018-04-18 12:09:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:39 - ID:7356648
CAIRO, April 18 (MENA) - Islamophobia Observatory of Egypt's Darul Iftaa hailed a decision on the establishment of an international council for Muslim minorities in Abu Dhabi. The announcement was made on Monday by the organizing committee of the ....
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Al Azhar spares no effort to back Libya - Tayyeb
Date: 2018-04-18 10:37:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:7356646
CAIRO, April 18 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb stressed on Wednesday that backing Libya at the current stage is a duty and that Al Azhar spares no effort to stand by the North African country. Tayyeb, during his meeting with ....
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Tuesday marks 1st day of Islamic month of Shaaban - Dar al Iftaa
Date: 2018-04-16 18:40:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:94 - ID:7354237
CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - Dar al Iftaa announced that Tuesday, April 17, will mark the first day of Shaaban, the eighth month of Islamic Hijri year. In a statement Monday, Dar al Iftaa said its committees spotted the crescent that marks the end of ....
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Azhar lauds Saudi king initiative to name Arab summit "Al Quds Summit"
Date: 2018-04-16 09:03:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:19 - ID:7352759
CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - Egypt's Al Azhar has praised an initiative by Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz to name the Arab Summit in Dhahran "Al Quds Summit". The summit stressed that the Palestinian cause remains the central issue of the Arab ....
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Egypt's mufti deplores burning of mosque in Nablus
Date: 2018-04-13 18:14:22 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:7348052
CAIRO, April 13 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam strongly condemned Friday Israeli settlers' torching of a mosque in Aqraba town, south of Nablus in the West Bank. In a statement, Allam stressed his support for the Palestinian people's ....
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Azhar condemns Israeli suppression of Palestinian protests
Date: 2018-04-13 16:52:49 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:7348358
CAIRO, April 13 (MENA) – Al-Azhar on Friday deplored the ongoing Israeli suppression of Palestinian protests on Gaza's border with Israel. The six-week protest campaign, which enters its third week in a row, left hundreds of people dead and ....
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Al Azhar imam meets Portuguese president
Date: 2018-04-12 15:01:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:68 - ID:7346650
CAIRO, April 12 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb held talks with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa over bilateral cooperation and the role of Al Azhar in backing peace and peaceful coexistence worldwide. The two sides ....