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  • Intl Iftaa conf. kicks off - 3 Cairo

    Date: 2015-08-17 10:57:59 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:30 - ID:3171689

    For his part, Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb warned against being lax with Takfiri fatwas, saying that sound fatwas are the only means for encouraging people to commit to modesty away from extremism. Tayyeb urged muftis to review their ....

  • Intl Iftaa conf. kicks off - 2 Cairo

    Date: 2015-08-17 10:32:44 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:28 - ID:3171693

    Egypt’s Mufti and conference chairman Shawqi Allam said he hopes the event draws a line between chaotic fatwas destabilizing societies and spreading extremism and the accurate understanding of the role of fatwas in pushing forward progress and ....

  • Intl Iftaa conf. kicks off

    Date: 2015-08-17 09:44:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:20 - ID:3171605

    CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – The international conference for Iftaa kicked off on Monday under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The two-day international event is organized by the Egyptian Iftaa House with the participation of senior ....

  • Intl Iftaa conf. to kick off Monday in Cairo

    Date: 2015-08-16 12:31:44 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:39 - ID:3166641

    CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) – The Egyptian Iftaa House will organize on Monday an international conference for Iftaa under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi with the participation of senior muftis from 50 countries. During the two-day ....

  • Awqaf minister warns of MB calls for violence

    Date: 2015-08-14 11:41:14 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:3157121

    CAIRO, Aug 14 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa warned on Friday against response to calls of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group for demonstrations and violence. In a message on his website, Gomaa described these calls as ....

  • Egypt's Mufti condemns Baghdad's attack

    Date: 2015-08-14 10:53:12 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:3156985

    CAIRO, Aug 14 (MENA) – Egypt's Mufti Shawky Allam condemned on Friday the terrorist attack of Daesh elements on a crowded market in Al Sadr City district in northern Baghdad on Thursday. In a released statement, he said the attack was against ....

  • Orthodox church probes Christian family bill

    Date: 2015-08-13 16:02:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:3154013

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - The belief, legislation and education committee in the Coptic Orthodox Church convened on Thursday to discuss the family draft law for the Egyptian Christians. The meeting was attended by 14 bishops as well as the church's ....

  • Non-peaceful protests forbidden under Islamic laws - Dar al Iftaa

    Date: 2015-08-13 10:42:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:3151253

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Non-peaceful protests that harm state facilities or hamper people's interests are banned by Islamic laws, Dar al Iftaa said. In a statement Thursday, Dar al Iftaa said that adopting subversive ideas and refusing coexistence ....

  • Int'l fatwa conf. to confront takfiri thoughts - Mufti

    Date: 2015-08-13 10:01:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:29 - ID:3151237

    RIYADH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar al Iftaa will hold on Monday an international conference under the title "The Fatawa: Current Realities and Future Prospects" with an aim to disintegrate takfiri thought, Egypt's Mufti Shawqy Allam said. In ....

  • OIC bodies agree on boosting cooperation to counter violence, sectarianism, Islamophobia

    Date: 2015-08-12 11:45:42 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:34 - ID:3145833

    JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug 12 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) institutions agreed to increase joint collaboration and formulate a plan to counter extreme violence, sectarianism and Islamophobia at a high level meeting held at ....

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