Religion

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  • Pope Tawadros receives Iraqi vice president

    Date: 2017-06-15 18:25:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:72 - ID:6856714

    CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark received on Thursday Iraq’s Vice President Iyad Allawy at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo's Abbaseya district. Allawy's visit to the ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives UN resident coordinator

    Date: 2017-06-15 10:57:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:24 - ID:6855858

    CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark received on Thursday United Nations Resident Coordinator Richard Dictus. Dictus underlined the United Nations deep sympathy with families of the victims ....

  • Fire breaks out in church in Dakahlia; no casualties reported

    Date: 2017-06-14 19:19:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:89 - ID:6855249

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) – A huge blaze broke out Wednesday at the Church of Nuns in the Saint Demiana Monastery in Belqas, Dakahlia. Officials said the cause of the fire is still unknown and the crime lab specialists are inspecting the scene to ....

  • Salama asserts role of media, clerics in facing terror

    Date: 2017-06-14 12:17:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:6854423

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - Al Ahram Board Chairman and Head of the Syndicate of Journalists Abdel Mohsen Salama said Islam is an easy and tolerant religion away from any extremism. During a meeting with participants at the Islamic intellect forum, ....

  • Extremism, misinterpretation of religion foundation of terrorism -- Mufti

    Date: 2017-06-14 11:15:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:6854323

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam has asserted that extremism is the main cause of terrorism. "Terrorism is at first an idea or a fatwa of a religious text but with misinterpretation," Mufti said in his TV sermon. "Terrorist ....

  • Awqaf minister urges comprehensive confrontation against terrorism

    Date: 2017-06-13 18:01:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:6853619

    CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Tuesday stressed the need for a comprehensive, intellectual, security and military fight against terrorism. In a cultural symposium at the police academy, Gomaa urged an ....

  • Twin attacks in Iran result of Daesh inciting campaign - Iftaa House

    Date: 2017-06-08 12:28:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:46 - ID:6846345

    CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) – The observatory of Tafkiri fatwas said that the twin attacks that targeted the Iranian parliament building and Khomeini’s shrine in Tehran came after Daesh incited against Iran. In a press release on Thursday, the ....

  • Al Azhar condemns twin attacks in Tehran

    Date: 2017-06-08 11:50:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:40 - ID:6846274

    CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) - Al Azhar condemned the twin attacks that hit Iran on Wednesday in which over a dozen people were killed and 43 others injured. In a statement, Al Azhar expressed full rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism ....

  • Egypt in war against terrorism, Pope Tawadros says

    Date: 2017-06-07 16:20:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:60 - ID:6845370

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - What is happening in Egypt is a real war against terrorism, said Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese Wednesday. The Pope's remarks were made on the sidelines of a celebration marking the new ....

  • St. Antony Cathedral holds Iftar banquet for Egyptians in Abu Dhabi

    Date: 2017-06-07 07:40:44 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Religion - SN:13 - ID:6844332

    ABU DHABI, June 7 (MENA) - St. Antony Cathedral held on Tuesday an Iftar banquet for Egyptians in Abu Dhabi. The personal envoy of Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark and Egyptian Ambassador to the UAE Wael ....

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