Religion

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  • Pope Tawadros arrives in Greece

    Date: 2016-12-08 18:31:11 GMT - Greece - Religion - SN:82 - ID:6110849

    ATHENS, Dec 8 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese and his accompanying delegation arrived here on Thursday on a several day's visit to Greece, the first of its kind in 25 years. The pontiff was received ....

  • Azhar mourns victims of stricken Pakistani plane

    Date: 2016-12-08 12:55:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:42 - ID:6108989

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb mourned on Thursday the victims of a Pakistani plane that crashed earlier while en route from Chitral to Islamabad. In a press release, Tayyeb offered his condolences to the Pakistani ....

  • Int'l conf. of supreme council of Islamic affairs to focus on decision makers role in confronting terror - min.

    Date: 2016-12-08 10:52:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:6107981

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - The 27th International Conference of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs slated for March 2017 will focus on the role of leaders and decision makers in the political, parliamentary, intellectual and media domains in ....

  • Pope Tawadros flies to Greece

    Date: 2016-12-08 08:50:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:16 - ID:6107037

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese left here on Thursday for Greece on a pastoral visit, the first by an Egyptian pontiff to Greece in 25 years. The pope is set to visit the Coptic Orthodox ....

  • Sisi honors 8 scholars Thursday on Mawlid anniv.

    Date: 2016-12-07 14:18:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:6103053

    CAIRO, Dec 7 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is set to honor eight scholars Thursday on the occasion of al Mawlid al Nabawi (the Prophet Muhamed's birthday anniversary). This move comes in recognition of the great role played by the eight ....

  • Sisi to attend Thursday ceremony on Prophet Muhammad birthday

    Date: 2016-12-07 11:23:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:45 - ID:6101233

    CAIRO, Dec 7 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will attend a ceremony marking the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on Thursday. The event will be organized by the Awqaf Ministry and will be attended by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, ....

  • Egypt's mufti asserts importance of media in maintaining religious values, ethics

    Date: 2016-12-06 14:11:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:54 - ID:6095293

    CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) – Egyptian Mufti Shawqi Allam asserted the importance of the media role in maintaining the religious values and ethics. Allam warned against misusing the media in spreading malicious messages by terrorist organizations topped ....

  • Azhar says it ready to establish representative body in China

    Date: 2016-12-05 15:38:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:6088765

    CAIRO, Dec. 5 (MENA) - Vice Chairman of the World Association for al Azhar Graduates Osama Yassin said the association is ready to establish a representative body in China to facilitate contacts between its graduates and workers in the Da'awa ....

  • Pope Tawadros holds meeting with bishops of Egyptian church in UAE

    Date: 2016-12-04 17:40:34 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:80 - ID:6083433

    CAIRO, Dec (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese held a meeting via video conference with bishops of the Egyptian church in the UAE Sunday. Archbishop of the Egyptian churches Yolyos, who is currently in the ....

  • Malaysia defends rally against 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

    Date: 2016-12-03 06:42:26 GMT - Malaysia - Religion - SN:6 - ID:6073677

    KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (MENA) - Malaysia's government on Saturday defended plans for a protest rally to condemn what it called "ethnic cleansing" of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority, saying it has an obligation to ensure that its neighbor takes steps ....

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