Religion
- Service : English General
- Category : Religion
-
Church does not play politics, says Tawadros
Date: 2015-08-04 15:22:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:76 - ID:3100325
CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese has said that the Egyptian church does not play politics. The church only serves national action, the pope stressed in a speech at a conference on building ....
-
Evangelical Church congratulates Sisi on new Suez Canal
Date: 2015-08-03 09:15:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:20 - ID:3090337
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - President of Evangelical Church in Egypt Andrea Zaki congratulated President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the Egyptians over the completion of the New Suez Canal Project due to open on Thursday. "This giant project represents ....
-
ISESCO slams destroying Sunni mosque in Tehran
Date: 2015-07-31 13:11:27 GMT - Morocco - Religion - SN:54 - ID:3075865
RABAT, July 31 (MENA) - Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural (ISESCO) Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri has slammed Iranian authorities for destroying a Sunni mosque in Tehran on Wednesday. In a statement on Friday, ....
-
Azhar ready to cooperate with Germany to confront extremism - Grand Imam
Date: 2015-07-28 16:21:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:79 - ID:3058577
CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb on Tuesday said Egypt's highest religious institution is ready to cooperate with the German Government in confronting the extremism and training imams. During his meeting with Egypt's ....
-
Tayyeb: Terrorist organizations do not represent Islam
Date: 2015-07-28 15:57:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:77 - ID:3059109
CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) – Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb has stressed that the terrorist Daesh group and all other terrorist organizations do not represent Islam and have nothing to do with it, even if they claim so. Al Azhar plays an ....
-
Azhar slams Zionist violations against Aqsa
Date: 2015-07-28 09:29:33 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:24 - ID:3055577
CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - Azhar deplored on Tuesday Israeli forces' storming operations into the vicinity of al Aqsa Mosque and preventing people under the age of 60 years from praying in the holy shrine. In a statement released on Tuesday, Azhar ....
-
Pope Tawadros congratulates new Armenian Catholic Patriarch
Date: 2015-07-25 21:01:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:86 - ID:3041617
CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese on Saturday sent a message of congratulations to the new Armenian Catholic Patriarch, Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan. In the message, Pope Tawadros expressed ....
-
Pope inaugurates altars of Mar Gerges Church
Date: 2015-07-25 09:48:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:3038049
CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese inaugurated altars of the Mar Gerges Church in Shoubra district of Cairo on Saturday. Four altars were inaugurated, one of them bearing the name Mar ....
-
Azhar upset with Iranian interference in Bahraini affairs
Date: 2015-07-23 06:04:13 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:7 - ID:3027229
CAIRO, July 23 (MENA) - Al Azhar expressed on Thursday rejection of Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Bahrain and other Arab countries. In a statement, Al Azhar said the latest statements of Iranian Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei, that ....
-
Oldest fragments of Quran found in Birmingham library
Date: 2015-07-22 17:23:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Religion - SN:76 - ID:3025869
LONDON, July 22 (MENA) - Some of the world's oldest fragments of the Quran have been found by the University of Birmingham, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Radiocarbon analysis found the manuscript, written on sheep or goat skin, dated back ....