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Hajj senior officials inspect Arafat camps hosting Egyptian pilgrims
Date: 2018-08-18 19:31:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:7539432
ARAFAT, Aug 18 (MENA) - Head of the official Hajj mission Omar Marwan and chief executive of the mission Amr Lotfi on Saturday inspected the camps allocated for Egyptian lottery pilgrims in Arafat. The Egyptian pilgrims are due to flock to Arafat ....
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Gomaa: Islamic conference focuses on patriotic principles
Date: 2018-08-17 08:44:12 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:8 - ID:7537457
CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has said that the coming international conference of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs will focus on the principles of loyalty to the homeland. In statements to MENA, he added ....
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Al-Azhar condemns terrorist attack on education center in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-08-16 21:36:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:102 - ID:7537205
CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) - Al-Azhar condemned Thursday the terrorist attack that targeted an education center in the Afghan capital of Kabul, which left scores dead and wounded, mostly students. In a statement, Al-Azhar condemned all forms of ....
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1,000 pilgrims from Egyptian martyrs' families leave to Arabia
Date: 2018-08-16 19:43:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:95 - ID:7537051
CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) – One thousand pilgrims from the families of army and police martyrs along with those of the martyrs killed in Rawda mosque terror attack in Sinai in November 2017 traveled Thursday to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj ....
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Consulate urges Egyptians residing in Saudi Arabia to abide by instructions governing Hajj
Date: 2018-08-16 19:29:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:94 - ID:7537050
JEDDAH, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Egyptian Consulate General in Jeddah on Thursday called on Egyptians residing in Saudi Arabia to abide by the regulations governing Hajj. In a statement, the consulate general urged its nationals in Saudi Arabia to ....
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Egypt coordinates with Saudi Arabia to easily transfer pilgrims to Mina, Arafat
Date: 2018-08-16 13:35:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:60 - ID:7536500
MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Aug 16 (MENA) - Amr Marwan, Minister of Parliament's Affairs and head of the official pilgrimage mission, said on Thursday he will meet the Saudi hajj minister for talks on facilitating the transfer of Egyptian pilgrims to Mina ....
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Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims hits 16
Date: 2018-08-15 20:19:26 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:87 - ID:7535523
CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - The Health Ministry announced on Wednesday the death of a 69-year-old Egyptian pilgrim, taking the number of Egyptian pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia to 16 so far. The deceased woman, identified as Nawal Abdel Atti from ....
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All Egyptian pilgrims at short circuit-hit hotel in Mecca safe -- official
Date: 2018-08-15 19:39:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:7535505
MECCA, Aug 15 (MENA) - All Egyptian pilgrims at a short-circuit hit-hotel in Mecca are safe, said Magdy Shalaby, the head of the Hajj and Umrah higher committee of the Ministry of Tourism. There were no injuries among the Egyptian pilgrims, ....
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Libyan official hails Al Azhar's role in spreading moderate thoughts of Islam
Date: 2018-08-15 19:15:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:83 - ID:7534896
CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Libya's permanent representative to the Arab League (AL) Saleh al Shmakhi lauded the role played by the World Organization for Al-Azhar Graduates in spreading moderate thoughts of Islam. During a visit to the organization's ....
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Azhar graduates organization warns against Daesh fatwas
Date: 2018-08-15 15:54:11 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:70 - ID:7534960
CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - The World Organization for Al-Azhar Graduates warned against fatwas issued by Daesh terrorist group, stressing that they distort the rites of Islam and falsify its facts. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the organization ....