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  • More than 50 mosques subjected to destruction, explosion by Daesh - fatwa monitoring observatory

    Date: 2015-06-03 12:30:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:68 - ID:2722177

    CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) - More than 50 mosques were subjected to destruction and explosion by Daesh terrorist group in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Saudi Arabia, said the fatwa monitoring observatory at Dar al Ifta. In a statement Wednesday, the ....

  • Awqaf minister in Arabia Saturday

    Date: 2015-06-03 09:52:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:2720253

    CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa will start an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday at an invitation from Minister of Islamic Affairs there Sheikh Saleh bin Abdel Aziz bin Mohamed al Sheikh. Gomaa, in statements ....

  • Sisi deploys Cairo governor to attend Mid-Shabaan Night

    Date: 2015-06-01 16:42:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:87 - ID:2709149

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has delegated Cairo governor Galal Mostafa to attend the festive of the Mid-Sha'ban Night. The event is organized by the ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) at Al Sayda Zeinab Mosque, ....

  • Awqaf Ministry part and parcel of Azhar – min.

    Date: 2015-05-31 14:36:12 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:2701537

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said the ministry is an inseparable part of Al Azhar, denying news reports about disagreements between the two entities. Leaders of the two institutions are fully aware of the nature of ....

  • Darul Iftaa condemns Daesh's anti-women acts

    Date: 2015-05-30 10:53:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:2693353

    CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) - The anti-Takfiri fatwas observatory of Darul Iftaa condemned several recent criminal practices by the terrorist group of Daesh against women, including abduction, enslavement and sale at the 'slave market.' In a statement, ....

  • Azhar imam condemns Saudi Shiite mosque blast

    Date: 2015-05-29 18:59:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:2691321

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb on Friday condemned a suicide attack outside a Shiite mosque in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, during Friday prayers. "Bloodshed is forbidden and houses of worship should be distanced from ....

  • Pope Francis to visit Sarajevo

    Date: 2015-05-29 11:58:33 GMT - Vatican - Religion - SN:41 - ID:2689121

    VATICAN, May 29 (MENA) - Details of Pope Francis’ forthcoming visit to Sarajevo on Saturday June 6 have been released by the Vatican press office, the Vatican Radio reported. The one day visit, focused on the themes of peace and reconciliation, ....

  • Establishment of any monastery requires written permission from pope or bishop of diocese - Holy Synod

    Date: 2015-05-28 14:37:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:88 - ID:2684353

    CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - The establishment of any monastery requires a written permission or a permit from the pope of the church or the bishop of the diocese in which the monastery will be built. The decision was taken by the Holy Synod of the ....

  • West caused world's sufferance - Al Azhar imam

    Date: 2015-05-28 13:43:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:78 - ID:2683317

    CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb said that the West bears the responsibility of the world's sufferance especially that it fostered terrorists, calling for combating the Islamphobia in the western countries. El ....

  • Dar Al-Ifta: Incitement against Egypt, its institutions act subversion

    Date: 2015-05-28 13:29:14 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:74 - ID:2683441

    CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta (Ifta House) described the Fatwa (religious edict) issued recently by a number of pro-terrorist Muslim Brotherhood persons against Egypt and its security, judicial and media outlets as an act of ....

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