Religion

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  • Awqaf minister praises dialogue with parliament panels

    Date: 2016-02-06 15:28:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:81 - ID:4261801

    CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Dialogue between executive officials and specialized panels formed by the parliament will help serve the country's national interests, said Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Saturday. "This will push forward the nation ....

  • Azhar hails Obama's visit to Maryland mosque

    Date: 2016-02-06 14:46:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:71 - ID:4261105

    CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Al Azhar on Saturday hailed a visit paid by US President Barack Obama to a Baltimore County mosque Wednesday in an effort to help combat political marginalization of Muslims in America . In a statement, Al Azhar expressed ....

  • Russian Orthodox Church’s senior delegation arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2016-02-05 16:48:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:72 - ID:4256497

    CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) – A high-level delegation from the Russian Orthodox Church arrived Friday in Egypt on a several-day visit. The Russian delegation will hold talks with its Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church. The delegation grouped archbishop ....

  • Islamophobia Observatory lauds Obama's speech on Muslims in US

    Date: 2016-02-04 11:07:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:4248201

    CAIRO, Feb 4 (MENA) – The Islamophobia Monitoring Observatory at Egypt's Dar al Ifta hailed on Thursday US President Barack Obama's speech during his first visit to a mosque in the US. Earlier, Obama visited a mosque in Baltimore city in Maryland ....

  • Preachers capable of spreading moderate teachings of Islam, says Awqaf ministry

    Date: 2016-02-04 10:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:4247717

    CAIRO, Feb 4 (MENA) - Preachers of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs are capable of spreading moderate teachings of Islam in the coming period, the Ministry of Awqaf said on Thursday. In a press statement, the ministry said the council has ....

  • Al Azhar shows solidarity with Muslims in Myanmar

    Date: 2016-02-03 18:27:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:103 - ID:4244213

    CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - Egypt's Al Azhar has expressed its solidarity with the Muslims suffering from brutal assaults in Myanmar. Egypt's highest Sunni institution called on developed world countries to help the Rohingya Muslims to get their ....

  • Greeting Christians in their feasts not against Islam - Azhar undersecretary

    Date: 2016-02-03 15:00:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:79 - ID:4243477

    CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman said that greeting Christians in their feasts is not against Islamic sharia law, which endorses the principle of peaceful co-existence between Muslims and non-Muslims in one society. ....

  • Takfiri observatory urges confronting different tools adopted by Daesh

    Date: 2016-02-03 11:44:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:4241521

    CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - The Observatory for Anomalous and Takfiri Fatwas of Dar al Ifta urged to confront the different tools and ways adopted by Daesh terrorist group in delivering a message to its followers and those who want to join the group. In ....

  • Vatican official praises Egypt's efforts to fight extremism

    Date: 2016-02-02 13:29:55 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:73 - ID:4235989

    CAIRO, Feb 2 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to the Vatican Hatem Seif El Nasr met head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Peter Turkson who lauded Egypt's efforts to confront terrorism, extremism and religious intolerance. A statement ....

  • Azhar official: renewal of religious discourse encouraged by Islamic Shariaa

    Date: 2016-01-31 16:40:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:103 - ID:4223341

    CAIRO, Jan 31 (MENA) - Al Azhar undersecretary Abbas Shoman asserted on Sunday that renewing the religious discourse is one of the distinguished features of the Islamic Sharia. This issue was one of the top priorities of the Prophet Muhammed, his ....

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