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Egypt's Mufti leaves Cairo for Azerbaijan
Date: 2017-12-20 08:09:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:10 - ID:7149734
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam left here on Wednesday for the Azeri capital Baku to take part in an international conference on "the importance of union at the time of crises" sponsored by Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. Allam's ....
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Al Azhar condemns attack on Arish airport
Date: 2017-12-19 22:07:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:103 - ID:7149622
CAIRO, Dec 19 (MENA) - Al Azhar condemned Tuesday the terrorist attack on Arish airport, which left an officer dead and two others wounded. In a statement, Al Azhar said such a cowardly act would not discourage the Armed Forces from continuing ....
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Al Azhar condemns Houthi missile attack on Saudi's Riyadh
Date: 2017-12-19 22:02:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:102 - ID:7149598
CAIRO, Dec 19 (MENA) – Al Azhar has strongly condemned a ballistic missile attack launched by Houthi militants against the Saudi capital Riyadh. The rocket, fired from Yemen, was intercepted by Saudi air defense forces. In a statement ....
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Al Azhar slams US veto against Quds draft resolution
Date: 2017-12-19 20:47:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:96 - ID:7149373
CAIRO, Dec 19 (MENA) – Al Azhar condemned on Tuesday the US veto in the United Nations Security Council aborting an Egypt-sponsored draft resolution on protecting the status of the holy city of al Quds. The vote proves that the international ....
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Al Azhar says proud of armed forces' efforts to maintain security
Date: 2017-12-19 18:48:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:87 - ID:7149134
CAIRO, Dec 19 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman praised Tuesday the efforts of the armed forces to maintain the security and stability of the country. This came during Shoman's meeting with a delegation from the Command and Staff ....
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Iftaa observatory lauds police campaigns against terrorists ahead of Christmas
Date: 2017-12-19 09:14:26 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:18 - ID:7147975
CAIRO, Dec 19 (MENA) - The observatory of takfiri fatwas - an affiliate of the Egyptian Iftaa House - has praised successful campaigns by police to nip in the bud any possible terrorist attacks on churches during Christmas. The police campaigns ....
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Azhar condemns terrorist attack on Pakistan's Quetta
Date: 2017-12-18 11:39:48 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:7146301
CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - Al Azhar on Monday condemned a suicide bombing at a church in the Pakistani southwestern city of Quetta which claimed the lives of nine people and left more than 40 others injured. In a statement released on Monday, Azhar ....
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Pope Tawadros meets Lebanon's ambassador
Date: 2017-12-16 17:48:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:7143782
CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark on Saturday received Lebanon’s Ambassador to Egypt Antoine Azzam at the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo’s Abbasiya district. Azzam’s visit to ....
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State bodies have responsibility for fighting terror -- minister
Date: 2017-12-16 10:48:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:26 - ID:7142905
CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) – Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa asserted that all State bodies have a joint responsibility for combating terrorism, as being a cultural, religious, educational and social responsibility that requires cooperation to ....
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Tayyeb: Al Quds Arab city for 6,000 years
Date: 2017-12-16 10:02:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:21 - ID:7142843
CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb said Saturday that Al Quds has been an Arab city for over 6,000 years. Jewish presence in the Old City has not exceeded 415 years, he noted. This proves claims about a Jewish ....
