Religion
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Sudanese vice president stresses country's keenness on promoting religious tolerance
Date: 2018-02-18 14:24:03 GMT - Sudan - Religion - SN:69 - ID:7252323
KHARTOUM, Feb 18 (MENA) - Vice President Hasbo Mohamed Abdulrahman stressed Sudan's keenness on promoting peaceful co-existence, tolerance and freedom of religion. During his meeting here on Sunday with Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria ....
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Azhar rejects students who do not conform to university approach: Tayyeb
Date: 2018-02-18 12:01:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:45 - ID:7252012
CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Students of Al Azhar are not allowed to adopt an approach that violates its curriculum, the grand imam says. Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb, in a meeting with a delegation of international students Sunday, said Al Azhar is the oldest ....
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Patriarch Theodoros II urges unity to combat extremism
Date: 2018-02-17 16:22:20 GMT - Sudan - Religion - SN:60 - ID:7250803
KHARTOUM, Feb 17 (MENA) - Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa has called for unity to face extremism. The pontiff, currently visiting Sudan, also urged both Christian and Muslim clergymen contact people not only for prayers, but ....
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Pope Tawadros leads mass to ordinate new bishops
Date: 2018-02-15 07:02:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:5 - ID:7246498
WADI EL NATRUN, Behira, Feb 15 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese led on Thursday a mass to ordinate new bishops. The ordination ceremony was held at the Monastery of Saint Pishoy in Wadi el Natrun. ....
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Pope Tawadros praises army, police for counter-terror efforts
Date: 2018-02-14 18:59:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:78 - ID:7246101
CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark has praised the Armed Forces and police for their efforts in Sinai to uproot terrorism. The pontiff said the church prays for calm and peace to prevail in ....
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Azhar Univ. hails role of Armed Forces, police in combating terror 2 last Cairo
Date: 2018-02-14 12:47:40 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:42 - ID:7245211
Addressing Al Azhar University's first conference for combating corruption, Grand Mufti Shawqy Allam highlighted the importance of closing ranks in the face of terrorism and corruption, especially intellectual and religious corruption. He hailed ....
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Azhar Univ. hails role of Armed Forces, police in combating terror
Date: 2018-02-14 11:35:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:7245212
CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) - Participants in Azhar University's first conference on combating corruption hailed efforts exerted by the Armed Forces and police to uproot terrorism. The conference opened on Wednesday under the aegis of Grand Imam of Al ....
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Darul Iftaa observatory stresses dwindling Daesh's fighting power
Date: 2018-02-14 11:30:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:7245135
CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) - The Observatory for Anomalous and Takfiri Fatwas of Darul Iftaa asserted that the fighting power of the Daesh terrorist group is dwindling. In a report issued on Wednesday in response to Daesh's call for women to engage in ....
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Azhar seeks scientific renaissance in Africa - Grand Imam
Date: 2018-02-13 18:28:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:81 - ID:7244237
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb on Tuesday expressed readiness to provide the Islamic University in Uganda and educational institutions in the African countries with the needed support to achieve their role serving the ....
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Azhar imam, Senegalese minister discuss boosting religious ties
Date: 2018-02-11 20:45:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:99 - ID:7240545
CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb received Sunday at Al Azhar Sheikhdom Senegalese Minister of Higher Education Mary Teuw Niane, where they discussed boosting the religious and cultural ties. Tayyeb said Al Azhar is keen ....