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Preparations for Supreme Council for Islamic affairs' conference in Aswan discussed
Date: 2016-04-24 16:44:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:4784245
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) – Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa received Sunday secretary-general of the Supreme Council for Islamic affairs Ahmed Agiba to discuss the preparations for the council's conference, due to be held in Aswan. The ....
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Muslim Council of Elders to send peace convoy to Nigeria
Date: 2016-04-24 16:43:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:4784289
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) – The Muslim Council of Elders will dispatch its first peace convoy this year to Nigeria under the sponsorship of Al Azhar Grand Imam and council chief Ahmed el Tayyeb. The one-week convoy will visit a number of Nigerian ....
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Awqaf min. meets member of Indonesian Iftaa council
Date: 2016-04-24 15:53:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:4783393
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa met on Sunday with member of the Indonesian Iftaa council Mohammed Zubaidi and UNESCO Representative to Egypt Salah El Din Al Ja'afarawi. During the gathering, they discussed ways of ....
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Some religious institutes closed after coordination with Al Azhar - minister
Date: 2016-04-24 15:10:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:4783381
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali said that the ministerial decision, pertaining to closing some religious institutes affiliated to NGOs, was made after coordinating with Al Azhar and Awqaf (Endowments) Ministry. Some ....
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Pope Tawadros II leads Palm Sunday Mass in Wadi el Natrun
Date: 2016-04-24 14:51:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:47 - ID:4782681
WADI EL NATRUN, Egypt, April 24 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese led the prayers of the Palm Sunday Mass in the Monastery of Wadi el Natrun. Egypt's churches began today celebrating the Holy Week before ....
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Awqaf minister takes part in int'l conference on combatting terrorism, extremism in Khartoum
Date: 2016-04-23 09:56:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:4774945
CAIRO, April 23 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohammad Mokhtar Gomaa will take part in an international conference on terrorism and extremism in Africa. The conference will be hosted by Khartoum on Wednesday with the participation of the Awqaf ministers ....
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Defense minister: We managed to wipe out terror hideouts in many parts of Sinai, governorates
Date: 2016-04-21 14:13:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:75 - ID:4766529
CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedki Sobhi has asserted that the Armed Forces managed, during the past period, to eliminate terror hideouts in Sinai and various governorates in cooperation with policemen and ....
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Delegations from various countries to participate in Islamic conference in Aswan
Date: 2016-04-21 13:26:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:66 - ID:4765033
CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - The Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs said the conference of the international council of Islamic affairs, to be held in Aswan in May, will be attended by six ministers, six muftis and delegations from 16 ....
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Egypt has 156 historic churches, study says
Date: 2016-04-21 11:30:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:35 - ID:4764849
CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - A study unveiled Thursday that there are 156 historic churches in Egypt, 40 percent of them located in Upper Egypt. Sherouq Ashour, professor at Mostqbal (Future) Academy, called for making the best use of these historic ....
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Egypt's mufti underlines close ties with Bosnia
Date: 2016-04-20 13:47:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:58 - ID:4759197
CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Dr Shawki Allam underlined the close ties binding Egypt and Bosnia. During his meeting Wednesday with Bosnian Mufti Husein Kavazovic, who is currently visiting Egypt, Allam said that the world is ....
