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Grand Imam, Mufti offer condolences to family of late Azhar scholar
Date: 2016-02-15 20:38:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:113 - ID:4321953
CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayed, Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam and senior scholars on Monday offered condolences over the death of member Al Azhar's Council of Senior Ulema Mohamed Mokhtar el Mahdi. Mahdi was also president of ....
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Orthodox Church commemorates 1st anniversary of 20 Copts killed in Libya
Date: 2016-02-15 08:00:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:12 - ID:4316029
CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church will hold a Mass on Tuesday to commemorate the first anniversary of the 20 Copts who were killed by Daesh militants in Libya last year. The mass will be held at the Diocese of Samalout with the ....
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Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces
Date: 2016-02-14 20:57:13 GMT - palestine - Religion - SN:94 - ID:4314673
RAMALLAH, Feb 14 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinians were injured during clashes erupted with Israeli forces in Jenin's town of Jaba in northern occupied West Bank, medics said Sunday. The Palestinian Red Cross said a Palestinian youngster sustained ....
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Honoring Al Azhar's imam tribute to Egypt, Muslims - Tayyeb
Date: 2016-02-14 16:34:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:70 - ID:4313349
CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb said that honoring and bestowing him with the honorary doctorate from Indonesian Maulana Malik Ibrahim University is tribute to Egypt and all the Muslims. This remark came during ....
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Dar al Iftaa condemns German university decision to close room used for prayers
Date: 2016-02-14 14:56:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:57 - ID:4312665
CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) - Islamophobia Observatory of the Egyptian Dar al Iftaa on Sunday condemned a decision taken by the German Technical University of Dortmund to close a room used by Muslim students to perform prayers. In a statement, the ....
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OIC rejects associating terrorism with religion
Date: 2016-02-13 11:00:35 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:43 - ID:4305249
JEDDAH, Feb 13 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) underlined that terrorism contradicts with the goal of living in a peaceful world, adding that all the world countries are threatened with the danger of extremism. The ....
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Community of Sant'Egidio: Egypt is key player for reaching peace, stability in region
Date: 2016-02-12 21:07:35 GMT - Vatican - Religion - SN:97 - ID:4302901
VATICAN, Feb 12 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Vatican Hatem Saif al Nasr held a meeting Friday with Community of Sant'Egidio founder Andrea Riccardi. During the meeting, Riccardi reiterated importance of Egypt's role in reaching peace and ....
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Pope Francis leaves Rome for Havana meeting
Date: 2016-02-12 20:59:17 GMT - Vatican - Religion - SN:91 - ID:4302945
VATICAN CITY, Feb 12 (MENA) – Pope Francis departed Rome on Friday morning for a nearly 13-hour flight to Havana, Cuba, where he will meet with Russian Patriarch Kirill prior to a seven-day trip in Mexico, ANSA reported on Friday. The meeting ....
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Awqaf minister invited to attend int'l conf. on terror in Sudan
Date: 2016-02-11 08:41:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:21 - ID:4292041
CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) – Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa received an invitation from his Sudanese counterpart Ammar Merghani Hussein to attend the international conference over "Terrorism and Sectarian Extremism in Africa". The conference ....
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Azhar Imam reviews cooperation with Bosnian diplomat
Date: 2016-02-10 17:06:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:98 - ID:4289969
CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) – Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb held a meeting with Bosnia and Herzegovina's new ambassador in Cairo to discuss promoting cooperation. Tayyeb voiced Azhar's readiness to train the Bosnian preachers as part of program ....
