Religion

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  • Extremism, misinterpretation of religion foundation of terrorism -- Mufti

    Date: 2017-06-14 11:15:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:6854323

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam has asserted that extremism is the main cause of terrorism. "Terrorism is at first an idea or a fatwa of a religious text but with misinterpretation," Mufti said in his TV sermon. "Terrorist ....

  • Awqaf minister urges comprehensive confrontation against terrorism

    Date: 2017-06-13 18:01:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:6853619

    CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Tuesday stressed the need for a comprehensive, intellectual, security and military fight against terrorism. In a cultural symposium at the police academy, Gomaa urged an ....

  • Twin attacks in Iran result of Daesh inciting campaign - Iftaa House

    Date: 2017-06-08 12:28:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:46 - ID:6846345

    CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) – The observatory of Tafkiri fatwas said that the twin attacks that targeted the Iranian parliament building and Khomeini’s shrine in Tehran came after Daesh incited against Iran. In a press release on Thursday, the ....

  • Al Azhar condemns twin attacks in Tehran

    Date: 2017-06-08 11:50:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:6846274

    CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) - Al Azhar condemned the twin attacks that hit Iran on Wednesday in which over a dozen people were killed and 43 others injured. In a statement, Al Azhar expressed full rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism ....

  • Egypt in war against terrorism, Pope Tawadros says

    Date: 2017-06-07 16:20:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:60 - ID:6845370

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - What is happening in Egypt is a real war against terrorism, said Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese Wednesday. The Pope's remarks were made on the sidelines of a celebration marking the new ....

  • St. Antony Cathedral holds Iftar banquet for Egyptians in Abu Dhabi

    Date: 2017-06-07 07:40:44 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Religion - SN:13 - ID:6844332

    ABU DHABI, June 7 (MENA) - St. Antony Cathedral held on Tuesday an Iftar banquet for Egyptians in Abu Dhabi. The personal envoy of Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark and Egyptian Ambassador to the UAE Wael ....

  • Awqaf min.urges spending Sadaqah properly to avoid reaching killers of our children

    Date: 2017-06-02 10:17:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:17 - ID:6837812

    CAIRO, June 2 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa asserted that Sadaqah - voluntary charity - has to be spent properly to retain Muslims dignity, develop society and ensure that it would not fall in the hands of those who kill our ....

  • Azhar ready to offer scholarships for Swden's Muslims- El Tayyeb

    Date: 2017-06-01 18:57:32 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:6837458

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb reiterated on Thursday readiness to offer scholarships for Muslims in Sweden to study at Al Azhar University in Cairo. During his meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Egypt Charlotta ....

  • 300 provocative books seized in Qaliubiya mosques

    Date: 2017-06-01 17:57:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:6837222

    BANHA, Egypt, June 1 (MENA) – The Awqaf ministry has seized 300 books that instigate violence in some mosques of the Nile-Delta governorate of Qaliubiya. In statements on Thursday, Undersecretary of the Awqaf Ministry Mahmoud Abu Habsa said the ....

  • Islam, Christianity religions of mercy, love: Al Azhar Imam

    Date: 2017-05-31 16:12:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:72 - ID:6835790

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - Islam is the religion of mercy, while Christianity is the religion of love and they are both cooperating for a world full of tolerance, peace and dialogue, Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb said. What is happening ....

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