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Azhar slams calls to legalize homosexuality
Date: 2015-07-09 12:58:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:38 - ID:2950309
CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) - Al Azhar slammed on Thursday calls to legalize homosexuality. In a statement, al Azhar said such immoral campaigns aim to undermine human values and ethics adopted by all heavenly religions. Homosexuality contradicts ....
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Azhar imam warns of plan to destabilize Egypt
Date: 2015-07-07 12:20:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:2937049
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb warned on Tuesday of a destructive plan to destabilize Egypt and spread terrorism. Following a meeting with Azhar scholars and thinkers over mechanisms to renew religious discourse, Tayyeb ....
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Azhar denies teaching book by Sayed Qotb
Date: 2015-07-05 17:23:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:2927229
CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - Al Azhar denied teaching "In the Shadow of the Qur'an" by Sayed Qotb. In a statement Sunday, the media center at al Azhar denied allegations on some news websites. It also rejected smear campaigns by media outlets which ....
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Pope of Vatican embarks on tour of South America
Date: 2015-07-05 09:03:15 GMT - Italy - Religion - SN:18 - ID:2923305
ROME, July 5 (MENA) - Pope Francis of the Vatican left here on Sunday for Ecuador at the onset of a four-day South American tour that will take him as well to Bolivia and Paraguay, Fox News reported. The all-news network said protests have swept ....
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How Islamist extremists warp the fatwa: Mufti
Date: 2015-07-04 14:07:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:2920145
CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) - Many people in the West have come to associate the word fatwa with pronouncements from terrorist groups and others posing as leaders of Islam, but these declarations are a perversion. Fatwas are a way for Islamic scholars and ....
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Terrorist MB calls to abstain from military service betrayal to country - Iftaa
Date: 2015-07-04 12:00:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:2919149
CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) – The calls of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group for the Egyptians to abstain from performing military service are considered a betrayal to the country, Darul Iftaa said Saturday. In response to the calls issued by ....
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Merkel says Islam part of Germany
Date: 2015-07-01 08:58:52 GMT - Germany - Religion - SN:28 - ID:2899753
BERLIN, July 1 (MENA) - Islam has become part of Germany, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an Iftar banquet held Tuesday. The banquet was organized by the German Foreign Ministry. It was attended by a number of officials, clergymen of ....
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Evangelical delegation attends Barakat's funeral service
Date: 2015-07-01 07:41:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:2899293
CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - An Evangelical delegation attended late Tuesday the funeral service of slain Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat. Rev. Andrea Zaki, the President of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services(CEOSS), led the ....
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Orthodox Church takes part in Hisham Barakat's mourning ceremony
Date: 2015-07-01 07:07:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:11 - ID:2899113
CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II sent a delegation from the Othodox Church to offer their condolences over the death of Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat. The delegation, grouping Bishop Marcos of Shubra el Khima, Bishop Daniel of Maadi ....
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Azhar denounces terrorist attacks in Egypt
Date: 2015-07-01 06:49:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:7 - ID:2899041
CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - Al Azhar denounced the attempt to explode October police station, stressing that such terrorist acts would fail in jeopardizing the country's stability. Three terrorists were killed on Tuesday when the booby-trapped car ....
