Religion
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Azhar condemns Istanbul terror blast, urges unity against terrorism
Date: 2016-01-13 09:46:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:27 - ID:4104265
CAIRO, Jan 13 (MENA) - Al Azhar has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that hit the Turkish city of Istanbul Tuesday leaving 10 people killed and scores injured. In a statement released on Wednesday, Azhar denounced terrorism in all its ....
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Pope in Qena Wednesday
Date: 2016-01-12 15:27:55 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:93 - ID:4100465
QENA, Upper Egypt, Jan 12 (MENA) - Preparations have been made in Qena to receive Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese on his first visit to the Upper Egyptian city since his inauguration. The pope is expected here ....
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Interior Ministry officers visit churches to offer Christmas greetings
Date: 2016-01-11 11:08:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:28 - ID:4090389
CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) – Interior Ministry leaders and officers visited a number of churches to offer greetings to Copts on Eastern Christmas, which falls on January 7. Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar formed official delegations from the ....
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Pope starts visit to Luxor
Date: 2016-01-11 09:53:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:23 - ID:4090173
LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Jan 11 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese Monday started a visit to Luxor, his first since his inauguration, to inspect a number of churches in the Upper Egyptian city. Tawadros is also ....
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Azhar official meets Australian envoy
Date: 2016-01-10 19:45:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:102 - ID:4086913
CAIRO, Jan 10 (MENA) – Al Azhar undersecretary Abbas Shoman received Sunday Australian Ambassador in Cairo Neil Hawkins to probe aspects of cooperation between Al Azhar and Australia. The Australian envoy praised a visit by the Azhar official to ....
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Awqaf ministry to send preaching mission to visit Aswan
Date: 2016-01-10 17:15:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:95 - ID:4087301
CAIRO, Jan 10 (MENA) - A preaching mission will be sent by the Ministry of Awqaf to Aswan on Thursday and Friday on the occasion of the governorate's national day. While there, the preachers will deliver sermons at some mosques on good manners in ....
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Pope Tawadros II to visit Luxor Monday
Date: 2016-01-10 15:25:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:79 - ID:4086345
CAIRO, Jan 10 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese is scheduled Monday to start a three-day visit to Luxor. This will be the first visit by Pope Tawadros II and the fifth by a patriarch of the Orthodox ....
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Iftaa House Observatory warns against repercussions of Qaeda threats to Mali, France
Date: 2016-01-09 13:40:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:52 - ID:4078725
CAIRO, Jan 9 (MENA) - Iftaa House's Observatory for Anomalous and Takfiri Fatwas has warned against the repercussions of a recent tape released by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) threatening Mali and France if they did not apply the Islamic ....
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French interior minister condemns attack on mosque
Date: 2016-01-08 13:35:16 GMT - France - Religion - SN:56 - ID:4074221
PARIS, Jan 8 (MENA) - French Interior Minister Bernard Kaznov on Friday strongly condemned an attack by vandals who had thrown a pig's head inside the Grand Mosque of Perpignan, south France, and had written racist sentences on its walls. In a ....
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Awqaf min. opens mosque in Behira
Date: 2016-01-08 11:27:22 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:39 - ID:4073429
DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Jan 8 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and Behira Governor Mohamed Sultan opened on Friday a mosque in Koum Hamada city in Behira. The Friday sermon was aired on the state-run TV from the newly-opened ....