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Al Azhar condemns Pakistan’s terror blast
Date: 2019-04-12 10:03:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:7894085
CAIRO, April 12 (MENA) - Al Azhar has strongly condemned a terrorist attack that hit a fruit market in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta on Friday, leaving scores of people dead and wounded. In a statement on Friday, Al Azhar reiterated its ....
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Status of 111 churches, Christian buildings legalized - committee
Date: 2019-04-07 16:31:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:68 - ID:7886214
CAIRO, April 7 (MENA) – The committee tasked with legalizing the status of churches approved on Sunday legalizing the status of 111 churches and Christian buildings. This came as Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli was chairing a meeting for the ....
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Awqaf denies signing Dawa-related protocols with societies
Date: 2019-04-07 16:29:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:67 - ID:7886215
CAIRO, April 7 (MENA) – The Ministry of Awqaf on Sunday denied concluding any protocols with any associations in relation to Islamic Dawa (call) or other fields. The ministry reiterated in a statement that the activities of NGOs and associations ....
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Ifta House willing to offer support for Canada's Muslims, says mufti
Date: 2019-04-07 15:28:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:64 - ID:7885995
CAIRO, April 7 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar Al Ifta (Ifta House) is willing to offer all kind of scientific and religious support for Muslims in Canada, said the country's mufti, Dr Shawqi Allam, Sunday. Allam, in a meeting with Canadian Ambassador in ....
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Terrorism should be fought via security, intellectual measures - mufti
Date: 2019-04-06 15:48:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:7884390
CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam stressed that security measures only will not be able to overcome extremist ideologies and terrorism. "Intellectual confrontation should take place side by side with security measures in order to ....
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Sunday marks 1st day of Islamic month of Shaaban
Date: 2019-04-05 19:11:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:62 - ID:7883499
CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - Dar al Iftaa announced that Sunday, April 7, will mark the first day of Shaaban, the eighth month of the Islamic Hijri year. In a statement Friday, Dar al Iftaa said its committees failed to spot the crescent that marks ....
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Tayyeb: Egyptian Family House contributes to maintaining national unity
Date: 2019-04-03 19:30:13 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:73 - ID:7880501
CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb praised on Wednesday a role played by the Egyptian Family House in maintaining national unity. Tayyeb made the remarks during a meeting with Head of the Evangelical Community in Egypt ....
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Islam urges good treatment of orphans, says mufti
Date: 2019-04-03 11:01:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:7879527
CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - The Islamic Sharia has always urged good treatment of orphans and pressed for fulfilling all their needs, Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam said Wednesday. Orphans are an integral part of the Muslim social fabric, Allam said ....
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Azhar ready to cooperate with UN to promote world peace: grand imam
Date: 2019-04-02 17:12:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:7878274
CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb expressed Al Azhar’s readiness to cooperate with the United Nations to consolidate the two bodies’ mutual targets in promoting world peace and achieving equality among all people. In ....
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Only Evangelical Presidency ratifies denomination conversion certificates - statement
Date: 2019-04-02 11:18:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:7877685
CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - The Presidency of the Evangelical Churches of Egypt asserted that it does not recognize any denomination conversion certificates not ratified by its presidency. In a statement on Tuesday, the Presidency of the Evangelical ....
