Religion

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  • Al Azhar: Hassan Shafey receives no money while chairing Tayyeb's office

    Date: 2015-06-25 18:12:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:98 - ID:2864721

    CAIRO, June 25 (MENA) – Al Azhar dismissed on Thursday reports saying that head of the Academy of the Arabic Language Hassan el-Sahfey received any financial amounts during his chairing of the technical office of Grand Imam Ahmed el ....

  • Awqaf min. calls for comprehensive renewal of religious discourse

    Date: 2015-06-24 21:13:40 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:117 - ID:2859433

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has stressed the need for comprehensive renewal of the religious, intellectual, cultural and mental discourse. In a statement on Wednesday, Gomaa said that there is an urgent need for ....

  • Renovations to be made in Orthodox Cathedral: Pope Tawadros

    Date: 2015-06-24 19:13:32 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:99 - ID:2858909

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Wednesday said that renovations and repairs will be performed in the Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasia. The renovation works will be made in preparation for ....

  • Mufti says renewing religious discourse to be deterrent to violence, terrorism

    Date: 2015-06-23 11:16:47 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:43 - ID:2848785

    RIYADH, June 23 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam on Tuesday confirmed the need to develop the religious discourse to refute the extremists' arguments and enhance Al Azhar's role in confronting attacks on religious constants. In an interview ....

  • Indonesian delegation meets with Egyptian religious leaders

    Date: 2015-06-22 07:41:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:17 - ID:2840837

    CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) – A high-level Indonesian delegation led by Indonesian presidential adviser meets Monday with Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman on behalf of Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb, along with Awqaf Minister Mokhtar Gomaa and Egyptian ....

  • Azhar serves as independent institution: statement

    Date: 2015-06-21 14:53:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:67 - ID:2838253

    CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - Al Azhar is an independent Islamic institution, a statement by the institution has read. Al Azhar, which is considered the main reference for Muslims around the world, does not hesitate to contact all the scholars of Islam ....

  • Azhar slams banning Muslim minority in East Turkestan from fasting

    Date: 2015-06-19 09:45:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:17 - ID:2825665

    CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - Al Azhar has slammed China's authorities for banning Muslim Uighur minority in East Turkestan from fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement on Friday, Azhar rejected all forms of persecution against Muslim ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives Chinese religious affairs minister

    Date: 2015-06-18 18:10:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:2823981

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II received on Thursday Chinese Minister of Religious Affairs Wang Zuoan, currently visiting Egypt. The Chinese minister said he was visiting to get acquainted with ....

  • Thursday 1st day of in Iraq, Kurdistan region

    Date: 2015-06-16 21:31:22 GMT - Iraq - Religion - SN:122 - ID:2811893

    BAGHDAD, June 16 (MENA) - Iraq's Sunni Religious Endowment (Waqf) announced Tuesday that Wednesday is the last day in Shaaban and Thursday is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. Also, Awqaf Ministry in Kurdistan region of Iraq announced ....

  • Thursday 1st day in Ramadan: Libya

    Date: 2015-06-16 20:55:53 GMT - Libya - Religion - SN:119 - ID:2811769

    TRIPOLI, June 16 (MENA) – Darul Ifta in Libya announced that Wednesday is the last day in Shaaban and Thursday is the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Ramadan's new moon was not sighted this evening so Thursday will be the first ....

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