Religion

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  • Awqaf minister meets senior officials, scholars in religious institutions' development conference

    Date: 2016-05-13 21:49:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:90 - ID:4902493

    ASWAN, Egypt, May 13 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Ahmed Ageba on Friday received senior officials and scholars taking part in the religious institutions' ....

  • Lebanon Mufti, Palestinian Awqaf min. arrive in Cairo to attend religious conf.

    Date: 2016-05-13 12:54:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:57 - ID:4900057

    CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) - Lebanon's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Latif Derian and Palestinian Minister of Awqaf Yousef Adeis arrived in Cairo Friday to take part in a religious conference in Aswan. As many as 500 participants from Egypt and abroad will ....

  • Dar Al Ifta welcomes Germany's move against Islamophobia

    Date: 2016-05-13 11:12:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:42 - ID:4899033

    CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) – The Islamophobia Observatory of the Egyptian Dar Al Ifta welcomed on Friday the German government's move to classify Islamophobia as a "politically-motivated hate crime". In a statement, the observatory said the new ....

  • Azhar denies discussing renewal of religious discourse with Al-Nour party's leaders

    Date: 2016-05-12 22:43:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:119 - ID:4897649

    CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) – Al-Azhar has denied reports about discussing renewal of religious discourse with leaders of the Salafist Al-Nour party. Al-Azhar has nothing to do with reports announced by Al-Nour party’s members about drafting a bill about ....

  • Azhar, UNISSA discuss establishment of Arabic teaching center in Brunei

    Date: 2016-05-11 16:32:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:101 - ID:4888933

    CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) - ِAL Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman met on Wednesday with a delegation from Brunei's Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA). They discussed prospects of cooperation between the two institutions in the field of ....

  • Azhar exerts utmost effort to fight extremist groups-- Official

    Date: 2016-05-11 15:42:44 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:99 - ID:4888993

    CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) - Al Azhar is working round the clock to correct the image of Islam and mend all forms of corruption and distortion perpetrated by extremist groups that led to Islamophobia, said a well-placed official with Al Azhar Al Azhar ....

  • OIC seeks launching satellite channel -- Official

    Date: 2016-05-10 14:23:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:78 - ID:4879765

    JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, May 10 (MENA) - The Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will host a meeting on Wednesday of its member states at the expert level to discuss launching an OIC satellite channel, said Maha Mostafa, an official with the OIC ....

  • Al Azhar imam to visit Senegal, Nigeria next week

    Date: 2016-05-10 11:44:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:4878013

    CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb will pay a visit to Senegal and Nigeria next week. Considered as his first African tour since he assumed his post, the visit aims at establishing peace values and spreading the culture of ....

  • Islamic Sharia protects children – Al Azhar imam

    Date: 2016-05-09 16:30:12 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:84 - ID:4873997

    CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) – The Islamic Sharia has a long history in protecting children and its rules in this regard are unparalleled with any other social system, Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayeb said. During a speech to a conference on launching a ....

  • IRA chief meets delegation of Russian university

    Date: 2016-05-09 16:17:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:81 - ID:4874017

    CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Islamic Research Academy (IRA) Mohei el Din Afifi reviewed during his meeting Monday with a delegation from the Russian university ways of boosting cooperation between the academy and the Council on ....

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