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OIC condemns Boko Haram's attack on Nigerian fishermen
Date: 2017-08-09 12:40:33 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:6937020
CAIRO/JEDDAH Aug 9 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Wednesday the brutal killing of 31 fishermen on Sunday in Nigeria's Duguri and Dabar Wanzam islands in Lake Chad. Secretary General Yousef Bin Ahmed Al ....
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Fatwa observatory: Taliban recruiting foreign fighters
Date: 2017-08-09 11:16:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:38 - ID:6936921
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Darul Iftaa's Observatory for Anomalous and Takfiri Fatwas confirmed that Afghanistan's Taliban movement resorted to recruiting foreign fighters giving up its principle of recruiting only Afghans. In a report on Wednesday, ....
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Grand Imam urges students to disseminate moderate thought
Date: 2017-08-08 12:53:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:43 - ID:6935435
CAIRO, Aug 8 (MENA)- Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb honored Tuesday Al Azhar's top students in an official ceremony attended by House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal. During the ceremony, El Tayyeb said that President Abdel Fattah El ....
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Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates beginning of Virgin Mary's fast
Date: 2017-08-07 10:09:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:15 - ID:6933581
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated on Monday, August 7, the start of the fast of the Virgin Mary that will end on August 22. This fast is 15 days long and precedes the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Dormition ....
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Egypt's Mufti greets Sisi on 2nd anniversary of new Suez Canal opening
Date: 2017-08-06 11:50:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:30 - ID:6932422
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA)- Egypt’s Mufti Shawki Allam greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Egyptians on the second anniversary of the New Suez canal inauguration. Allam said digging the canal in a record time, with the contributions of Egyptians, ....
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Iftaa Observatory condemns Taliban killing of five family members in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-05 15:45:12 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:6931509
CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Dar Al-Ifta's Fatwa Monitoring Observatory condemned Saturday the Taliban attack in Logar Province at central Afghanistan in which five family members, including four children, were killed. In a statement on Saturday, the ....
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Orthodox church, environment ministry sign agreement on St. Macarius Monastery
Date: 2017-08-02 21:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:78 - ID:6927962
CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement with the environment ministry to legalize religious rites at The St. Macarius Monastery in Wadi El Natroun. The agreement will also regulate the ....
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Dar Al Iftaa celebrates graduation of batch of Thai students
Date: 2017-08-01 17:06:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:80 - ID:6926031
CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - Dar Al Iftaa celebrated on Tuesday the graduation of a new batch of Thai students majored in "modern fatwas" (religious edicts). The celebration was held at headquarter of Dar Al Iftaa in cooperation with Thailand's embassy ....
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Al Azhar, AL to sign MoU on promoting moderate Islam
Date: 2017-08-01 14:36:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:6925788
CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman on Tuesday revealed that an MoU will be signed between al Azhar and the Arab League (AL) on Wednesday to bolster cooperation and dialogue along with promoting the moderate teachings of ....
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Darul Iftaa Observatory: Targeting Iraqi embassy in Kabul "failed attempt" by Daesh to hit headlines
Date: 2017-08-01 13:08:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:6925496
CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - An observatory of extremist Fatwas (religious opinion) affiliated with Egypt's Darul Iftaa on Tuesday asserted that targeting the Iraqi embassy in Kabul was a failed attempt by the terrorist group Daesh to hit the headlines. ....
