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Delegation of Evangelical Church heads for New York ahead of Sisi's participation in UN meeting
Date: 2016-09-15 11:52:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:5600913
CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) - A delegation from the Evangelical Church in Cairo left here Thursday heading for New York as part of popular and unofficial efforts to support President Abdel Fattah El Sisi during his upcoming visit to New York. In a ....
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All Egyptian pilgrims successfully transported from Mina to Mecca
Date: 2016-09-15 07:50:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:12 - ID:5600009
MECCA, Sept 15 (MENA) – The Egyptian lottery pilgrimage mission in Saudi Arabia succeeded in transporting all Egyptian pilgrims from Mina camps to their hotels in Mecca, mission executive chief Sayed Maher said. For the first time in nine years, ....
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Hajj season free of epidemic diseases, health minister
Date: 2016-09-14 15:06:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:45 - ID:5597705
MINA, Saudi Arabia, Sept 14 (MENA) - No epidemic diseases were reported during this year's Hajj season, Saudi Health Minister Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, Rabiah reassured that all pilgrims are in ....
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Egyptian lottery pilgrims start leaving Mina for Mecca
Date: 2016-09-14 07:03:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:11 - ID:5595545
MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Sept 14 (MENA) – The Egyptian lottery pilgrimage mission started organizing its pilgrim members into groups, those who chose to leave on the fifth day of Hajj, since the early morning to transport them from Mina to their hotels ....
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Head of Hajj mission: Egyptian pilgrims in good condition
Date: 2016-09-13 12:17:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:28 - ID:5592813
MECCA, Sept 13 (MENA) - Egyptian pilgrims performing the Hajj this year are all in good condition and no complaints have been received since they reached Mina, said the head of the official Hajj mission Ashraf el Araby on Tuesday. Araby told MENA ....
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Hajj mission: No Egyptian pilgrims got lost on Mount Arafat
Date: 2016-09-13 10:06:24 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:14 - ID:5592197
MECCA, Sept 13 (MENA) - Assistant Interior Minister for Administrative Affairs and executive head of Egypt's Hajj mission Sayyed Maher said the mission did not receive any reports on the loss of Egyptian pilgrims while ascending on Mount Arafat this ....
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Social solidarity min. follows up pilgrimage mission; death toll rises to 3
Date: 2016-09-12 18:07:51 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:55 - ID:5590501
CAIRO, Sept 12 (MENA) – Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali checked on the ministry’s official pilgrimage mission in Saudi Arabia over the phone. The pilgrims were housed in camps near Mina to perform Jamarat (the stoning of the Devil), which ....
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State of high alert announced in Arafat
Date: 2016-09-11 13:26:34 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:42 - ID:5585201
ARAFAT, Sept 11 (MENA) - A state of high alert was announced here by Egypt's Hajj medical mission and Saudi authorities after the huge increase in temperature Sunday which led to many heatstroke cases among pilgrims. Because of overcrowding in ....
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Mufti reject calls to 'politicize' hajj
Date: 2016-09-10 12:25:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:41 - ID:5580001
CAIRO, Sept 10 (MENA) - Egypt's mufti Shawky Allam has underscored his full rejection of calls to internationalize supervision of hajj. Exploiting the annual hajj pilgrimage to achieve political targets and to sow sectarian sedition is prohibited ....
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Holy Mosque imam urges pilgrims to avoid disputes during hajj
Date: 2016-09-09 11:40:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:41 - ID:5574669
MECCA, Sept 9 (MENA) - The imam of the Holy Mosque has urged pilgrims to avoid sectarian and political disputes while performing the hajj rituals. Hajj is meant to bring all pilgrims to pray for Allah, the One and Only God, the imam said in ....