Religion

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  • 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 ....

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