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Azhar forms African affairs committee to boost Egypt's role
Date: 2018-12-02 07:41:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:9 - ID:7695297
CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Al Azhar will form a committee for African affairs as Egypt will hold the rotating presidency of the African Union (AU) next year. The move has been decided by Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed el Tayyeb, said a statement issued by Al ....
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Pope Tawadros II stresses importance of dialogue, communication
Date: 2018-11-30 22:27:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:7693926
CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Friday received professors and students of the Ecumenical Institute for the Middle East. During the meeting, the Pope stressed the importance of dialogue ....
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PM chairs meeting on legalizing status of churches
Date: 2018-11-30 10:53:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:21 - ID:7693131
CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli chaired a meeting with a committee tasked with legalizing status of the churches in the presence of the ministers of justice, antiquities and parliamentary affairs along with representatives of ....
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Al-Azhar denies having affiliated centers in USA
Date: 2018-11-29 21:43:14 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:84 - ID:7692761
CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) – Al-Azhar denied Thursday that it had any affiliated religious centers, societies, or institutions in USA. In a statement released Thursday night, Azhar said some religious and educational bodies which have recently been ....
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Pope Tawadros receives S. Korean delegation in Egypt for visiting Holy Family Journey
Date: 2018-11-29 18:59:13 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:78 - ID:7692526
CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Thursday received a visiting South Korean delegation at Abbasiya's St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral. The delegation is in Egypt for revitalizing ....
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Gomaa: Awqaf Ministry seeks to promote intercultural dialogue
Date: 2018-11-27 19:03:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:55 - ID:7689466
CAIRO, Nov 27 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Tuesday highlighted the importance of promoting for intercultural dialogue, based on upholding high morals and noble values, notably the value of work, and consolidating the foundations ....
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Mufti slams terrorist attack on religious center in central Somalia
Date: 2018-11-26 10:04:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:7686720
CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqy Allam condemned Monday's terrorist attack on a Sufi religious center in the central Somalian city of Galkayo. In a statement on Monday, he offered condolences to the Somali people as more than 15 ....
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Mufti of Egypt: Granting women, men equal inheritance rights violates Islamic Sharia
Date: 2018-11-26 08:51:22 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:19 - ID:7686570
CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) - Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam stressed on Monday that granting women and men equal inheritance rights violates Islamic Sharia. In a statement, the Mufti said the concept of gender equality in inheritance is against Islam's ....
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Awqaf Ministry adopts strategy to promote moderate teachings of Islam
Date: 2018-11-26 07:58:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:15 - ID:7686496
CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) - The Awqaf Ministry is adopting a well-designed plan and a clear and flexible strategy to promote the correct moderate teachings of Islam, Mokhtar Gomaa said Monday. The strategy is meant to counter extremist ideologies and ....
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Egypt's Mutfi: Islam is against all forms of violence against women
Date: 2018-11-25 12:49:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:7685300
CAIRO, Nov 25 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam asserted that Islam is against all forms of violence against women, noting that women are honored and their dignity preserved in the Islamic Sharia (religious laws forming part of the Islamic ....
