Religion

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  • Azhar strongly condemns Texas church attack

    Date: 2017-11-06 07:12:13 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:12 - ID:7076539

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Al Azhar on Monday condemned the shooting attack at a church in the US state of Texas, killing 26 people and wounding about 20 others. In a statement released on Monday, Azhar asserted that such heinous attacks in the ....

  • Singaporean communication min: Al Azhar beacon of moderation, peace in world

    Date: 2017-11-05 14:53:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:7075647

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Singaporean Communication and Information Minister Yacoub Ibrahim stressed that Al Azhar is the minaret of moderation and peace in the world for its great efforts to spread the tolerance of Islam, moderate thought and respect ....

  • Evangelical Church in Egypt head lauds Sisi's meeting with US church delegation

    Date: 2017-11-04 13:13:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:7074131

    CAIRO, Nov 4 (MENA) - Head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt Andrea Zaki hailed the meeting held between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the delegation of the US Evangelical church, which visited Egypt recently. Zaki told MENA that the ....

  • Azhar Imam stresses readiness to cooperate with Italy

    Date: 2017-10-31 20:39:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:82 - ID:7068193

    CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed El Tayyeb on Tuesday stressed Al Azhar's readiness to cooperate with Italy. El Tayyeb made the remarks in a meeting with the newly-appointed Italian Ambassador to Egypt, Giampaolo Cantini. ....

  • Mufti: Egypt has long history of peaceful coexistence

    Date: 2017-10-31 14:41:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:7067827

    CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - Egyptian Mufti Shawky Allam on Tuesday said that Egypt is a country that has time-honored experience in peaceful coexistence among followers of different religions. The remark was made in the preface of a book that was ....

  • AIRA chief, Myanmar Mufti discuss issue of Rohingya Muslims

    Date: 2017-10-26 17:10:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:74 - ID:7059783

    CAIRO, Oct 26 (MENA) – Secretary-General of Al Azhar Islamic Research Academy (AIRA) Mohi el Deen Afifi met on Thursday with Myanmar Mufti Abdul Salam Mantin, currently on a visit to Egypt to discuss the crisis of Rohingya Muslims who are killed and ....

  • Awqaf minister says determined to train preachers

    Date: 2017-10-26 14:41:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:60 - ID:7059834

    CAIRO, Oct 26 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Thursday he is determined to implement a program to evaluate the performance of preachers in order to help them cope with current developments. Presiding over a meeting with ministry ....

  • Mufti of Egypt praises courageous policemen defending homeland

    Date: 2017-10-25 10:03:00 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:27 - ID:7057393

    CAIRO, Oct 25 (MENA) - Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam lauded on Wednesday courageous security men who sacrifice their lives for the sake of defending homeland. "No matter what difficulties and challenges we face, victory is certainly on our side," ....

  • Islamic Sharia is in force in Egypt, doubters seek to spread chaos

    Date: 2017-10-24 16:56:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:84 - ID:7056481

    CAIRO, Oct 24 (MENA) – Islamic Sharia law is enforced in Egypt and claims that it is not effective are aimed at making people skeptical about the legal system in their country and thus respond to calls for spreading sedition, Egypt’s Mufti Shawki ....

  • Pope Tawadros gives speech at Christianity in the Middle East meeting in Germany

    Date: 2017-10-21 17:55:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:79 - ID:7051388

    BERLIN, Oct 21 (MENA) – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Marks Diocese gave a speech on Saturday at the meetings of the Bishops of the Churches of the Middle East currently being held in Germany. The meetings titled ....

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