Religion

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  • Sisi issues decree to build Evangelical church

    Date: 2015-04-06 19:32:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:132 - ID:2326405

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree giving a license to the Evangelical sect to build a new church in the Cairo district of Maadi. (MENA) W N E/A H E ....

  • Azhar Imam receives Ghana's amb.

    Date: 2015-04-06 17:38:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:101 - ID:2325273

    Cairo, April 6 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb received on Monday Ghana's Ambassador in Cairo Omar Sanda Ahamed. The meeting took up boosting bilateral cooperation, and Al Azhar's efforts in refuting extremist ideology in western ....

  • Awqaf min. warns against political “Shiitization”

    Date: 2015-04-06 17:37:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:100 - ID:2325245

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa renewed his warning against political “Shiitization” aimed at dividing Sunni communities apart. In a statement, Gomaa said he rejects allowing any employee at the ministry to travel to ....

  • Mauritania takes part in Egypt's Quran competition

    Date: 2015-04-06 09:27:14 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:24 - ID:2321205

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) - Mauritania will take part in the International Holy Quran Competition to take place in Cairo on April 18, Egyptian Ambassador in Nouakchott Ahmed Fadel Yaqoub said on Monday. Mauritania will take part in the event with two ....

  • Pope Tawadros II leads Palm Sunday Mass in Wadi el Natrun

    Date: 2015-04-05 14:03:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:2317177

    WADI EL NATRUN, Egypt, April 5 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese led the prayers of the Palm Sunday Mass in the Monastery of Wadi el Natrun. Hymns at Coptic churches were said across the country on the ....

  • Pope Tawadros leads Mass

    Date: 2015-04-03 11:36:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:2304565

    CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese led on Friday a Mass to celebrate the Sacrament of the Holy Unction. A number of well-placed bishops attended the Mass. (MENA) M I E/A S E ....

  • East Jerusalem pilgrimage ban still effective - Pope - 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2015-04-02 15:22:00 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:90 - ID:2299589

    The pope hailed the role of the media in handling several issues but urged media persons to commit to accuracy when covering news that could stir confusion among the people. During a meeting with a number of reporters at the papal HQ on Thursday, ....

  • MB behind "Helwan Brigades" – detainees confess

    Date: 2015-04-02 14:06:13 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:76 - ID:2298917

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) – A number of Muslim Brotherhood members detained over the so-called militant "Helwan Brigades" group admitted that MB leaders had formed committees in the aftermath of the dispersal of MB sit-ins in 2013 to carry out attacks ....

  • East Jerusalem pilgrimage ban still effective - Pope

    Date: 2015-04-02 12:53:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:2298493

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) – The Coptic Orthodox Church still upholds a ban imposed by the later patriarch on the travel of Copts to occupied East Jerusalem to mark the Holy Week, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese ....

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