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Awqaf min. chairs 1st meeting of scientific committee on Friday sermons
Date: 2016-12-15 09:57:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:24 - ID:6153141
CAIRO, Dec 15 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa chaired on Thursday the first meeting of the scientific committee, formed upon directives by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to outline a scientific plan for religious discourse and Friday ....
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Egypt's mufti condemns misconceptions about religion
Date: 2016-12-14 14:48:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:6148733
CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) – A seminar themed “refuting extreme calls” was launched on Wednesday on the role of extremist calls in dividing the nation. The event, which was attended by Egyptian Mufti Shawqi Allam, is organized by the World Association ....
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Al Azhar Imam: Muslim countries have prospects of welfare, yet badly managed
Date: 2016-12-13 16:12:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:79 - ID:6141109
CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb said Muslim countries have all potentials of welfare, yet they suffer from the mismanagement of these prospects. In a speech given Tuesday by Al Azhar undersecretary Abbas Shoman on ....
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Bahrain's Coptic Orthodox Church receives condolences over church attack
Date: 2016-12-13 11:04:09 GMT - Bahrain - Religion - SN:30 - ID:6138697
MANAMA, Dec 13 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Bahrain on Tuesday announced that St Mary and St Rewis Coptic Orthodox Church in Bahrain will receive condolences over the martyrs of Boutroseya Church attack. The Egyptian embassy flew its flag at ....
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Anba Moussa: Terrorists who committed chapel attack will receive divine punishment
Date: 2016-12-13 10:11:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:6138077
CAIRO, Dec 13 (MENA) - Anba Moussa, the bishop of youth in the Orthodox Coptic Church on Tuesday said that terrorists who committed Sunday's church attack will receive divine punishment in retribution. He added during the third day funeral prayer ....
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Dar al-Ifta observatory hails security efforts to identify Church bombers
Date: 2016-12-12 20:42:44 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:93 - ID:6136157
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Islamophobia Monitoring Observatory at Egypt's Dar al Ifta hailed on Monday security efforts to identify the perpetrators of Sunday’s church bombing in Cairo. At least 25 people were killed and 49 others wounded when a ....
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Next Friday sermon to be held under rubric "one hand in face of terrorism" - ministry
Date: 2016-12-12 13:47:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:61 - ID:6133545
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Awqaf Ministry declared sermons nationwide next Friday will be held under the rubric "One hand in the face of terrorism". In a statement Monday, the ministry said that the sermon will focus on Islam's rejection to all ....
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Pope Tawadros: All Egyptians share sadness over church victims
Date: 2016-12-11 22:18:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:166 - ID:6129885
CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese said Sunday that all Egyptians shared deep sorrow over the death of church victims. Pray for the injured now in hospitals, the Pope added in a brief address ....
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Dar al Iftaa observatory: Terrorism seeks to turn religious events into occasion for bloodshed
Date: 2016-12-11 16:07:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:105 - ID:6127485
CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - The fatwa monitoring observatory at Dar al Iftaa said that Sunday's attack on El Boutroseya Coptic Orthodox Church is an attempt by extremist and takfiri elements to turn today's celebration of al Mawlid al Nabawi (Prophet ....
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Egyptian Mufti denounces church blast
Date: 2016-12-11 12:42:20 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:6125145
CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) – Mufti of Egypt Dr. Shawky Allam on Sunday asserted that attacking churches is forbidden in Islam. In a released statement, he added that killing the innocent inside churches and intimidating church visitors are also ....
