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No restrictions on preachers from previously-written weekly sermon: minister
Date: 2016-07-12 21:30:21 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:119 - ID:5248493
CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) – A previously-written Friday sermon does not mean imposing any restrictions on preachers and imams at all, Awqaf Minister Mohamed Gomaa stressed on Tuesday. Preachers and imams have their "own space with worshipers" by ....
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IRA acting to legalize religious opinions
Date: 2016-07-12 14:26:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:5246477
CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - Work is underway to legalize Fatwas (religious opinions) through a panel recently formed to choose qualified cadres to join Fatwa committees to be established across Egypt. The Fatwa committees should work to respond to ....
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Al Azhar undersecretary warns from fierce war against education in Egypt
Date: 2016-07-10 18:06:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:74 - ID:5234857
CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman warned from a fierce war targeting education in Egypt in general and Azharite education in particular to destroy the future of the coming generations. He stressed the importance of ....
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Sisi sheds light on importance of grooming imams to convey correct image of Islam
Date: 2016-07-10 17:11:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:66 - ID:5235273
CAIRO, Junly 10 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting on Sunday with minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa to review the strategy of promoting the understanding of the upright teachings of Islam. Presidential spokesman Alaa ....
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Pope Tawadros II Ordains priests to Austria, UAE
Date: 2016-07-10 15:09:49 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:5233809
WADI EL NATRUN, Egypt, July 10 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Sunday ordained two priests to serve Egyptian churches in Austria and Dubai. The pope led a mass at the Church of the Transfiguration in ....
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Azhar slams terrorist attacks in Iraq
Date: 2016-07-10 13:42:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:5234013
CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Al Azhar condemned on Sunday the terrorist attacks that targeted several Iraqi cities in the past period, leaving dozens of civilians dead and wounded. In a statement, Azhar stressed that such terrorist attacks have ....
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Churches council thanks political leadership over church building law
Date: 2016-07-06 12:07:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:5216933
CAIRO, July 6 (MENA) - The Egyptian Council of Churches thanked the political leadership for pushing a head with the draft law on building new churches. In a statement released on Wednesday, the council wished that the law will be fair enough to ....
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Over 200,000 attend Eidul Fitr celebrations in Moscow
Date: 2016-07-05 21:18:19 GMT - Russia - Religion - SN:87 - ID:5214937
MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) - More than 200,000 Muslims took part in Moscow-based celebrations of the Eidul Fitr (Lesser Bairam) holiday, the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry's Moscow branch told Interfax on Tuesday. "The festivities, ....
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Female monk, officer killed in shooting in Menoufiya: Anba Ermia
Date: 2016-07-05 18:01:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:73 - ID:5214689
CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - A car carrying three female monks came under fire in Menoufiya governorate on Tuesday, leaving one of them dead, a cleric said. The three monks along with a doctor and the driver were heading for a monastery when their car ....
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Pope Tawadros greets Awqaf min. on Eidul Fitr
Date: 2016-07-05 15:27:33 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:5214037
CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese on Tuesday sent a cable of greetings to Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on the occasion of Eidul Fitr, slated to start on Wednesday. In his message, the ....
