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  • Egypt's mufti greets Tayyeb on Al Azhar establishment anniversary

    Date: 2018-05-23 13:17:48 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:7413171

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam greeted Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb on the passage of 1078 since establishing Al Azhar whose anniversary falls on 7th Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. In a ....

  • Sohag governor okays rebuilding of Evangelical church

    Date: 2018-05-22 21:29:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:81 - ID:7412482

    SOHAG, Egypt, May 22 (MENA) - Sohag Governor Ayman Abdel Mon'em agreed on Tuesday to demolish and rebuild an Evangelical church in Akhmim town. The decision was taken upon a request of the church pastor Ayad Saleh Saad, the governor said in press ....

  • Coptic catholic patriarch receives Vatican amb. in Cairo

    Date: 2018-05-22 14:56:43 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:7412138

    CAIRO, May 22 (MENA) - Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac received on Tuesday Vatican Ambassador to Egypt Bruno Mozaro and Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis Michel Roy. The meeting tackled activities carried out by the ....

  • Common vision between Al Azhar, Omani Awqaf Ministry to correct image of Islam

    Date: 2018-05-20 13:23:55 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Religion - SN:37 - ID:7408937

    MUSCAT, May 20 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman probed Sunday with Omani Awqaf (Endowments) Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al Salmi a number of issues pertaining to scientific studies and training courses. The meeting took up ....

  • Awqaf minister opens Islamic thought forum in Cairo

    Date: 2018-05-19 21:37:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:71 - ID:7408354

    CAIRO, May 19 (MENA) - Egypt's Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, who also heads the supreme council of Islamic affairs, inaugurated on Saturday the Islamic thought forum at Al-Hussein Square outside Al-Hussein Mosque in Cairo. The opening ....

  • Pope Tawadros thanks Sisi for restoring bodies of Christians beheaded in Libya

    Date: 2018-05-18 21:22:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:73 - ID:7407135

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese expressed thanks to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, all the Egyptian bodies concerned and the Libyan authorities for their strenuous efforts to find and return ....

  • Media representative of Evangelical Church in Egypt dies at 63

    Date: 2018-05-18 17:06:26 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:54 - ID:7406946

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - Media representative of the Evangelical Church in Egypt Nabil Naguib Salama died on Friday at the age of 63, Evangelical Church in Egypt announced. The funeral mass will be held on Saturday at Saint Gawrguis & Ava Antonious ....

  • Pope Tawadros leads Holy Synod general session in Wadi El Natrun

    Date: 2018-05-18 15:51:37 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:46 - ID:7406780

    WADI El Natrun,EGYPT, May 18 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Friday led the general session of the Holy Synod in the Pontifical Logus Center in Wadi El Natrun. The session was attended by 111 members ....

  • Two UK secretaries greet Muslims over Ramadan

    Date: 2018-05-17 09:34:30 GMT - United Kingdom - Religion - SN:15 - ID:7405008

    LONDON, May 17 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson sent his warmest wishes to Muslims in Britain and across the world at the start of Ramadan. "As Muslims at home and across the world begin the holy month of Ramadan I want to wish ....

  • Islamic Research Complex organizes int'l Quran competition

    Date: 2018-05-16 11:48:32 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:41 - ID:7403514

    CAIRO, May 16 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Al-Sharif Islamic Research Complex (AAIRC) announced that it will organize an international competition in Quran memorization, rhetoric and communication arts, best voices for Quran recitation, poetry, calligraphy and ....

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