Religion

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  • Sisi delegates Cairo governor to attend Awqaf ceremony of New Hijri Year

    Date: 2023-07-16 07:11:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:10 - ID:10257546

    CAIRO, July 16 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel Aal to attend Awqaf Ministry's ceremony of the new Hijri year that will be held on Tuesday evening at Al Hussein Mosque, the City Hall said in a statement ....

  • UNHCHR: recurrent desecration of Holy Quran in some countries can polarise societies and aggravate tensions

    Date: 2023-07-11 16:55:45 GMT - Switzerland - Religion - SN:59 - ID:10251010

    GENEVA, July 11 (MENA) - Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has called on States to combat “the weaponization of religious differences for political purposes.” During an urgent debate by the Office of the United Nations High ....

  • MCE advisor: Promoting "values of understanding, acceptance of the other" path to achieving real peace

    Date: 2023-07-10 16:03:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:52 - ID:10248721

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Former UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Muslim Council of Elders (MCE) Adama Dieng on Monday asserted that promoting the values of understanding and acceptance of the other and embracing diversity is the ....

  • 10 mosques will be opened on Friday - Awqaf Ministry

    Date: 2023-07-03 18:56:37 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:72 - ID:10238124

    CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) - The Ministry of Awqaf revealed that as many as 10 mosques will be opened on Friday, at the start of the new fiscal year. One of the mosques underwent maintenance and development, while the other nine are either new, ....

  • Pope Tawadros back to Papal Office after recovery from illness

    Date: 2023-07-02 21:47:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:45 - ID:10236701

    CAIRO, July 2 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark has returned Sunday to the Papal Office at St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo's Abbassia district after his recovery from an inflammation of the seventh ....

  • Donations to "Adahi & feeding Sukuk" project hit EGP 250 mln this year: Awqaf min.

    Date: 2023-07-01 14:47:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:10235420

    CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has applauded the efforts exerted by the leaders of 'Da'wah' (preaching) affiliated the ministry's directorates in Alexandria, Beheira, and Marsa Matrouh to ensure order while performing ....

  • Azhar imam congratulates Saudi Arabia on successful Hajj season

    Date: 2023-07-01 07:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:9 - ID:10234823

    Cairo, July 1 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb has congratulated Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz on successfully organizing the Hajj season this year. In a statement, ....

  • Arab FMs condemn burning Holy Quran copy by extremists in Sweden

    Date: 2023-06-29 22:03:32 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:10233552

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - The Council of Arab Foreign Ministers at the Arab League has vehemently condemned the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by extremists outside Stockholm’s central mosque in Sweden yesterday, which marks the first day of Eid ....

  • Muslim Council of Elders condemns burning Holy Quran copy by extremists in Sweden

    Date: 2023-06-29 17:03:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:10233323

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - The Council of Muslim Elders under Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb condemned the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by extremists outside a grand mosque in Sweden's capital, Stockholm. In a press release on ....

  • Al Azhar urges taking positive stances against provocations to Muslims worldwide

    Date: 2023-06-29 16:05:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:10233170

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Al-Azhar called for taking positive stances against the repeated provocations to Muslims around the world, the last of which was the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran outside Stockholm's central mosque in Sweden. In a ....

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