Religion

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  • French National Assembly speaker welcomes Azhar top imam's Paris visit

    Date: 2016-05-26 11:05:43 GMT - France - Religion - SN:34 - ID:4984305

    PARIS, May 26 (MENA) - President of the French National Assembly, lower house of parliament, Claude Bartolone stressed the importance of his meeting with visiting Al Azhar Grand Ahmed el Tayyeb. He hailed a visit by the grand imam to the Bataclan ....

  • Sisi delegates Awqaf min. to attend celebration to explore Ramadan's Crescent

    Date: 2016-05-25 15:38:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:83 - ID:4980325

    CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa to attend Darul Ifta celebration to explore the crescent of Ramadan on June 5, announced the Awqaf Ministry on Wednesday. On this occasion, the ....

  • Egypt moving steadily toward progress - Mufti

    Date: 2016-05-25 13:10:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:62 - ID:4978701

    CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Egypt is steadily moving toward progress and stability, affirmed Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawki Allam. The remark was made during his meeting on Wednesday with a high-level French parliamentary delegation under MP Philip Folio, ....

  • Islam against all forms of violence -- Azhar grand imam

    Date: 2016-05-25 12:48:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:57 - ID:4978689

    CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Islam is a religion that prohibits all forms of violence and terrorism, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb has said. Al Azhar has always voiced solidarity with victims of terrorism all over the world, Tayyeb said ....

  • Al Azhar to help France correct mistaken stereotypes about Islam

    Date: 2016-05-24 21:19:49 GMT - France - Religion - SN:113 - ID:4974493

    PARIS, May 24 (MENA) - Al Azhar will help Paris overcome waves of mistaken stereotypes fanned about Islam after terror acts that hit France and Belgium, Grand Imam Ahmed Al Tayyeb said on Tuesday following a meeting with French President Francois ....

  • French president meets Azhar Imam for anti-extremism talks

    Date: 2016-05-24 19:12:37 GMT - France - Religion - SN:99 - ID:4974745

    PARIS, Nov 24 (MENA) - France's President Francois Hollande held a meeting with Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb to discuss confronting extremism. The French presidency has praised Al Azhar's efforts to confront religious extremism. The ....

  • Muslims in Europe are inalienable part of European society - Egypt's Mufti

    Date: 2016-05-24 18:59:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:98 - ID:4973741

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam on Tuesday said Muslims in Europe are inalienable part of the European society who deal as citizens having the same rights and duties. In a meeting with Netherlands' Special Envoy for ....

  • MCE Secretary General praises summit meeting between Azhar Imam, Pope Francis

    Date: 2016-05-24 17:58:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:94 - ID:4973765

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - The Muslim Council of Elders (MCE) Secretary General Ali al Nuaimi said the summit meeting between Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb and Pope Francis of the Vatican has opened wide scopes for goodness to all people. The ....

  • Hollande receives Azhar imam

    Date: 2016-05-24 16:33:00 GMT - France - Religion - SN:83 - ID:4973953

    PARIS, May 24 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande met Tuesday with Grand Imam of Egypt's Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb, currently visiting here. Talks between Hollande and Tayyeb are expected to tackle regional developments and the role ....

  • Tehran agrees on Saudi arrangements to allow Iranians to perform Hajj - paper

    Date: 2016-05-24 15:15:40 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:72 - ID:4973193

    RIYADH, May 24 (MENA) - Saudi Okaz newspaper reported Tuesday that Iran agreed on arrangements set by the Saudi Hajj Ministry to allow Iranian pilgrims to perform Hajj this season. The paper said that an agreement in this regard is scheduled to ....

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