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  • Azhar condemns German train attack

    Date: 2016-07-19 14:05:21 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:68 - ID:5286805

    CAIRO, July 19 (MENA) - Al Azhar has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a train in southern Germany. A 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker attacked passengers with an axe and knife on a train near Wuerzburg-Heidingsfeld on Monday night, ....

  • Mufti slams terror attack on German train

    Date: 2016-07-19 10:25:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:5285633

    CAIRO, July 19 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawky Allam condemned the terror attack by an Afghan extremist on a German train, leaving more than 15 people injured. In a statement on Tuesday, Allam said such actions smear the image of Islam which calls ....

  • Mufti urges Minya residents to face sectarian sedition bids

    Date: 2016-07-19 09:46:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:26 - ID:5285273

    CAIRO, July 19 (MENA) – Egypt’s Mufti Shawqi Allam urged the resident of Tahna al Gabal village in Minya, Upper Egypt, to exercise self-restraint and face bids to ignite sectarian strife after a fight erupted between Muslims and Copts in the village ....

  • Azhar urges calm, restraint among Minya village residents

    Date: 2016-07-18 12:39:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:5280573

    CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) - Al Azhar urged residents of Tahna al Gabal village in Minya to exercise calm and restraint and not to give a chance to a number of people who attempt to ignite sectarian strife among the Muslims and Copts. This came in a ....

  • Al Azhar warns against fomenting sectarian sedition in Minya

    Date: 2016-07-18 10:32:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:5279489

    CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) - Al Azhar warned against fanning the flames of sectarian sedition in Minya's Tahna el Jabal village. In a statement on Monday following media reports on the death of a person and the injury of two others in clashes between ....

  • Egypt committed to fight against terrorism -- Mufti

    Date: 2016-07-15 11:53:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:60 - ID:5263177

    CAIRO, July 15 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam has said that Egypt remains committed to its fight against terrorism. Allam believes Egypt will be able to eliminate terrorism through efforts of its loyal citizens. The Muslim presence in ....

  • Azhar denies discrimination between Muslims, non-Muslims at cancer hospital

    Date: 2016-07-14 15:20:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:61 - ID:5259057

    CAIRO, July 14 (MENA) – Al Azhar denied online reports that Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayeb had differentiated between Muslim and non-Muslim children receiving treatment at Children's Cancer Hospital (57357). In a press statement, Azhar’s ....

  • Azhar dialogue center officials meet Vatican delegation

    Date: 2016-07-13 14:37:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:84 - ID:5252265

    CAIRO, July 13 (MENA) - Members of Al Azhar dialogue center held a meeting on Wednesday with Vatican Ambassador in Cairo Bruno Mozaro and visiting Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue Miguel Ayuso. During the meeting, ....

  • Egypt's Mufti heads for Germany to deliver a lecture on Islam and current issues

    Date: 2016-07-13 09:50:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:5249809

    CAIRO, July 13 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam left here on Wesdnesday for Bonn, Germany, to deliver a lecture on Islam and future of dialogue among civilizations and cultures at an invitation from the United Nations and Bonn ....

  • 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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