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Pope Tawadros meets senior Ethiopian Foreign Ministry official
Date: 2018-05-31 17:57:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:72 - ID:7424980
CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese met on Thursday with Director of the Middle East Affairs Department at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Suleiman Dedefo. The meeting tackled the issue of Deir ....
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Awqaf min. calls for abiding by I'tikaf rules in Ramadan
Date: 2018-05-29 22:00:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:92 - ID:7422370
CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Tuesday called for abiding by the rules of I'tikaf (seclusion for worship) at mosques in the holy month of Ramadan. The announcement came during a meeting with senior ministry ....
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Egypt's Coptic Church in Kuwait holds Suhoor banquet
Date: 2018-05-29 21:59:16 GMT - Kuwait - Religion - SN:91 - ID:7422365
KUWAIT CITY, May 29 (MENA) – The Egyptian Coptic Church in Kuwait held on Tuesday a Suhoor (pre-sunrise meal) banquet for members of the Egyptian Embassy and Kuwaiti senior officials in the presence of Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Tareq el ....
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Dar al-Iftaa refutes reports about mistakenly sighting Ramadan crescent
Date: 2018-05-29 20:00:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:80 - ID:7422239
CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) – Dar al-Iftaa denied reports circulated on some social media pages and news websites about a mistake made in sighting this year's Ramadan crescent. In a statement released Tuesday, the religious body stressed that the ....
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Egypt's Mufti accuses extremists of spreading misconceptions about Islam
Date: 2018-05-27 11:17:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:7418359
CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam has criticized extremists who try to spread misinformation about Islam in the society. In his daily Ramadan sermon, Allam accused those extremists of misunderstanding the religion and seeking to ....
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Anba Tomas Adly ordained as Titular Bishop of Cabasa
Date: 2018-05-25 18:52:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:62 - ID:7416627
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Anba Tomas Adly was ordained as the Titular Bishop of Cabasa and Apostolic Administrator for the diocese of Giza, Fayoum and Beni Suef. The ordination ceremony was attended by a raft of Christian figures. (MENA) I S N/R ....
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Awqaf min. calls for backing Armed Forces to defend homeland
Date: 2018-05-25 15:01:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:41 - ID:7416278
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa called for standing by the Armed Forces in their fight against terrorism to protect homeland. In a statement released on Friday, Gomma hailed the sacrifices and courage of army personnel ....
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Sisi performs Friday prayers at Mosheir Tantawi mosque in Cairo
Date: 2018-05-25 11:44:32 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:7416073
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi performed Friday prayers at Mosheir Tantawi Mosque in Cairo to mark the 10th of Ramadan victory in the war against Israel. Friday's sermon, delivered by Presidential Adviser for Religious ....
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Pope Tawadros receives German Bundestag leader
Date: 2018-05-24 18:23:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:7415431
CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received on Thursday Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Bundestag leader Volker Kauder at St Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya. The visit of the ....
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Azhar-Thailand cooperation achieves very positive results - imam
Date: 2018-05-24 13:58:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:45 - ID:7415049
CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb said cooperation between Al Azhar and Thailand achieved very positive results in improving the level of the Thai students studying at Al Azhar. Tayyeb expressed the full readiness of ....
