Religion
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Orthodox Church greets Catholic denominations in Egypt over Christmas
Date: 2017-12-25 11:12:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:19 - ID:7158106
CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - Two delegations representing the Coptic Orthodox Church greeted on Monday Catholic denominations in Egypt celebrating Christmas according to the Western calendar. The two delegations, sent by Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria ....
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Greeting non-Muslims over their religious holidays permissible - Iftaa
Date: 2017-12-25 11:02:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:20 - ID:7158133
CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - Egypt's Darul Iftaa stressed on Monday that greeting non-Muslims over their religious holidays is permissible under Islamic Sharia. The Iftaa was responding to many fatwas issued by extremists that prohibit greeting ....
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Pope Tawadros greets Coptic Catholics over Christmas
Date: 2017-12-25 10:28:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:18 - ID:7158100
CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese greeted on Monday Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church Ibrahim Isaac over Christmas. Pope Tawadros offered his greetings during his visit to the Coptic ....
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Egyptian Coptic Catholic community in Paris celebrates Xmas
Date: 2017-12-25 07:10:22 GMT - France - Religion - SN:6 - ID:7157704
PARIS, Dec 25 (MENA) - The Egyptian Coptic Catholic community in Paris celebrated Christmas on Sunday evening with the participation of Egypt's Ambassador to France Ehab Badawi. The mass was held at Our Lady of Egypt Church in Paris. Badawi ....
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Patriarch of Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt leads Christmas Mass
Date: 2017-12-24 19:59:00 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:88 - ID:7157564
CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt Ibrahim Isaac on Sunday led a Christmas Mass at the Coptic Catholic Cathedral in Cairo's Nasr City. The mass was attended by a representative of President Abdel Fattah El ....
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Catholic Church patriarch to lead Christmas Mass
Date: 2017-12-24 09:25:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:16 - ID:7156216
CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak will lead the Christmas Mass at the Virgin Mary Cathedral in Nasr City late on Sunday with the attendance of several Catholic Church leaderships. A number of popular, security ....
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Egypt's Mufti says Al Quds 'holy legacy'
Date: 2017-12-22 17:50:20 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:7154230
CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam on Friday described Al Quds and Al Aqsa Mosque as a holy legacy that has to be gamely defended. In a televised speech, Allam said Islam's Isra (a journey was made by Prophet Muḥammad in a ....
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Awqaf min. hails Sisi's attention paid to inventors
Date: 2017-12-21 15:37:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:46 - ID:7152441
ALEXANDRIA, Dec 21 (MENA) - Awqaf (religious endowments) Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa lauded the attention paid by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to inventors in various fields. This attention, besides the fund to sponsor young inventors, will ....
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Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Togolese Health Ministry sign MoU
Date: 2017-12-21 07:45:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:12 - ID:7151546
CAIRO, Dec 21 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Togo Karim Sherif on Thursday witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Togolese Ministry of Health and the Egyptian Coptic Church with the aim of boosting cooperation in the ....
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Pope Tawadros II: Egypt involved in war against terrorism
Date: 2017-12-20 20:00:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:60 - ID:7151286
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark has asserted that Egypt is involved in a war against terrorism. In his weekly sermon on Wednesday, the pontiff thanked god for the safety of officials, who ....