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Darul Iftaa denounces Burkina Faso terror attack
Date: 2017-08-14 17:21:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:6944884
CAIRO, Aug 14 (MENA) – The observatory of extremist fatwas (religious opinion), which is affiliated with Egypt's Darul Iftaa, condemned on Monday a terrorist attack that occurred in Burkina Faso. Earlier, 20 people were killed and others were ....
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Pope Tawadros mourns Anba Kyrillos
Date: 2017-08-14 13:04:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:6944439
CAIRO, Aug 14 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese mourned Monday the Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Milan, Italy, Anba Kyrillos, who passed away at the age of 65. In a statement, the Coptic Orthodox Church said ....
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Awqaf min., Grand Mufti discuss efforts to combat extremist thoughts
Date: 2017-08-10 15:45:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:6938892
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa discussed in a meeting Thursday with Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam coordinating efforts to combat the extremist thought. The meeting, held at Dar Al Ifta headquarters, touched on ....
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Awqaf ministry to hold training courses for imams on overpopulation risks, women's issues
Date: 2017-08-10 13:42:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:6938739
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - The Ministry of Awqaf will organize four-day training courses for imams on the dangers of overpopulation and its impacts on the family and society, a senior official at the ministry said on Thursday. The training courses, ....
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Al Azhar launches new initiative for Egyptian expatriates
Date: 2017-08-10 10:07:12 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:23 - ID:6938148
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Al Azhar International Center for Electronic Fatwa said that it recently launched a new initiative called "Ask Al Azhar" in cooperation with the Ministry of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates' Affairs, to offer fatwas to ....
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OIC condemns Boko Haram's attack on Nigerian fishermen
Date: 2017-08-09 12:40:33 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:6937020
CAIRO/JEDDAH Aug 9 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Wednesday the brutal killing of 31 fishermen on Sunday in Nigeria's Duguri and Dabar Wanzam islands in Lake Chad. Secretary General Yousef Bin Ahmed Al ....
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Fatwa observatory: Taliban recruiting foreign fighters
Date: 2017-08-09 11:16:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:38 - ID:6936921
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Darul Iftaa's Observatory for Anomalous and Takfiri Fatwas confirmed that Afghanistan's Taliban movement resorted to recruiting foreign fighters giving up its principle of recruiting only Afghans. In a report on Wednesday, ....
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Grand Imam urges students to disseminate moderate thought
Date: 2017-08-08 12:53:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:43 - ID:6935435
CAIRO, Aug 8 (MENA)- Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb honored Tuesday Al Azhar's top students in an official ceremony attended by House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal. During the ceremony, El Tayyeb said that President Abdel Fattah El ....
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Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates beginning of Virgin Mary's fast
Date: 2017-08-07 10:09:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:15 - ID:6933581
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated on Monday, August 7, the start of the fast of the Virgin Mary that will end on August 22. This fast is 15 days long and precedes the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Dormition ....
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Egypt's Mufti greets Sisi on 2nd anniversary of new Suez Canal opening
Date: 2017-08-06 11:50:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:30 - ID:6932422
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA)- Egypt’s Mufti Shawki Allam greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Egyptians on the second anniversary of the New Suez canal inauguration. Allam said digging the canal in a record time, with the contributions of Egyptians, ....
