Religion

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  • Azhar Imam congratulates Halimah Yacob on Singapore's presidency

    Date: 2017-09-16 10:08:43 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:6993327

    CAIRO, Sept 16 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar and Head of the Muslim Council of Elders Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb on Saturday greeted Halimah Yacob on her new post as Singapore's president. In a statement, Tayyeb expressed hope for her to be able to ....

  • Al Azhar official flies to US for intercultural communication conference

    Date: 2017-09-15 10:57:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:6991945

    CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman left here Friday heading to the United States, where he will take part in a conference on the intercultural communication between the US and the Islamic world, to kick off ....

  • Azhar Imam mourns death of students in fire at Malaysian school

    Date: 2017-09-14 22:50:55 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:96 - ID:6991615

    CAIRO, Sept 14 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb on Thursday mourned the death of at least 25 people, most of them students, after a fire broke out at a school in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur early Thursday morning. In a ....

  • Pope Tawadros arrives in Cairo after foreign tour

    Date: 2017-09-14 11:45:59 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:6990593

    CAIRO, Sept 14 (MENA) - Coptic Pope Tawadros II arrived in Cairo on Thursday wrapping up a three-week foreign tour which took him to Japan and Australia. During the tour, the pope opened the first Coptic church in Japan. The Pope met with Copts ....

  • Pope Tawadros wraps up foreign tour

    Date: 2017-09-14 07:50:14 GMT - Australia - Religion - SN:13 - ID:6989958

    MELBOURNE, Sept 14 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Marks Diocese left Melbourne on Thursday for Cairo, wrapping up a three-week foreign tour which took him to Japan and Australia. This was Tawadros' first visit to ....

  • Pope visits Coptic school in Melbourne

    Date: 2017-09-11 06:59:36 GMT - Australia - Religion - SN:8 - ID:6984359

    MELBOURNE, Sept 11 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Saint Mark Diocese visited Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox School in Melbourne Monday. The pope met with school students and planted a tree in the garden. The students offered ....

  • Al Azhar grand imam meets Niger’s president in Germany

    Date: 2017-09-10 21:43:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:75 - ID:6984255

    MUNSTER, Sept 10 (MENA) – Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou met Sunday with Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb during his participation in a Germany-hosted peace conference. Issoufou praised el Tayyeb’s speech during the conference, ....

  • OIC voices deep concern over atrocities against Rohingya

    Date: 2017-09-10 19:57:48 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:68 - ID:6984104

    RIYADH, Sept 10 (MENA) – The Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states expressed deep concern over atrocities and systematic actions by the security forces, in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim community and developments ....

  • Tayyeb blames arms trade for wrong image about Islam in Europe

    Date: 2017-09-10 18:26:47 GMT - Germany - Religion - SN:62 - ID:6984004

    BERLIN, Sept 10 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb blamed on Sunday arms trade in the West for the spread of a wrong image about Islam. During his participation in a Germany-hosted peace conference, Tayyeb said arms dealers are ....

  • Islam calls for cooperation to achieve prosperity on earth

    Date: 2017-09-10 16:28:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:54 - ID:6983828

    CAIRO, Sept 10 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam said Sunday that dialogue and openness to all civilizations are the essence of Islam, which calls for communication and cooperation to achieve prosperity on earth. Allam made these statements in ....

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