Religion

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  • Pope Tawadros II leads Palm Sunday mass in Alexandria

    Date: 2017-04-09 08:54:22 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:13 - ID:6759334

    ALEXANDRIA, April 9 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria, on Sunday chaired a Palm Sunday Mass at the Orthodox Church in Alexandria as part of the Orthodox Church celebrations of Easter Feast . A Coptic source at Saint Mark's Coptic ....

  • Egypt’s Mufti: Fatwa Observatory meant to combat terrorism, violence

    Date: 2017-04-06 16:02:27 GMT - Thailand - Religion - SN:65 - ID:6755931

    BANGKOK, April 6 (MENA) – Egypt’s Mufti Shawqi Allam asserted on Thursday that the Observatory for Anomalous and Takfiri Fatwas of Darul Iftaa is meant to combat the issues of terrorism and violence. During a meeting with political and ....

  • Pope Tawadros welcomes Vatican Pope’s anticipated visit to Egypt

    Date: 2017-04-05 21:04:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:89 - ID:6754839

    WADI EL NATROUN, Egypt, April 5 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese welcomed on Wednesday the anticipated visit to Egypt by Pope Francis of the Vatican. During his weekly sermon at Wadi El Natroun, Pope ....

  • Education minister thanked over cancelling exams during Vatican pope's visit to Egypt

    Date: 2017-04-05 10:20:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:6753581

    CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - Bishop Emmanuel Bishay of Luxor, head of the committee assigned with arrangements for Vatican Pope Francis' visit to Egypt, extended thanks to Education Minister Tareq Shawqi over his decision to cancel school exams during ....

  • Egypt mufti says extremist ideologies based on irregular fatwas

    Date: 2017-04-05 09:33:06 GMT - Thailand - Religion - SN:28 - ID:6753356

    BANGKOK, April 5 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam said Tuesday that the world is facing major challenges topped by extremism. Extremist ideologies can very well be based on a group of irregular fatwas that do not abide by the tolerant ....

  • Pope Tawadros presides over ceremony to prepare 'holy Myron Oil

    Date: 2017-04-05 09:30:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:6753421

    WADI EL NATROUN, April 5 (MENA) - For the second day in a row, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese led a ceremony to prepare the "holy Myron Oil" at the Monastery of Anba Bishoy in Wadi El Natroun on ....

  • Al Azhar imam meets Egypt amb. to Indonesia

    Date: 2017-04-04 17:47:37 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:93 - ID:6752810

    CAIRO, April 4 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb met Tuesday with Egypt's Ambassador to Indonesia Amr Mo'awad. Tayyeb said Al Azhar is willing to offer all kind of support to the Egyptian Embassy in Indonesia to help boost ....

  • Catholic Church unveils itinerary of Pope Francis's visit to Cairo

    Date: 2017-04-03 13:45:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:6750355

    CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Luxor's Coptic Catholic Bishop Emmanuel revealed the official itinerary of Pope Pope Francis’ journey to Egypt, which will takes place April 28-29. The pope will arrive in Cairo coming from Rome on April 28 at 2 PM when an ....

  • Azhar imam receives UNGA president

    Date: 2017-04-01 10:30:40 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:6747033

    CAIRO, April 1 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb received here Saturday President of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly Peter Thomson, who arrived in Cairo yesterday on a three-day visit. Thomson's visit to ....

  • MB address to Arab summit reflects its crisis - Observatory

    Date: 2017-03-31 10:50:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:6745811

    CAIRO, March 31 (MENA) - The Observatory for Anomalous and Takfiri Fatwas said the address of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group to the recent Arab summit shows that the group seeks to manipulate the Palestinian cause to garner Arab ....

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