Religion

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  • Allam slams anew Daesh crimes

    Date: 2016-08-20 10:34:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:5457849

    CAIRO, Aug 20 (MENA) – Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawky Allam slammed anew Daesh practices which totally contradict the principles of Islam, referring to killing innocent people, torching schools and prosecuting religious minorities. In an interview ....

  • Azhar imam to deliver speech on youth role in building peace Sunday

    Date: 2016-08-20 09:53:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:5457773

    CAIRO, Aug 20 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb will deliver a speech to Muslim and Christian youth on Sunday to stress their role in building peace and countering terrorism. Tayyeb will speak in the closing session of the first ....

  • Takfiri fatwas observatory warns Daesh recruits Muslims with no religious knowledge

    Date: 2016-08-19 10:07:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:19 - ID:5453193

    CAIRO, Aug 19 (MENA) – Daesh fails to recruit Muslims who are well aware about the correct teachings of Islam in view of the flagrant religious violations committed by the terrorist group, the Observatory of Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Ideologies ....

  • Orthodox Church rebuffs amendments to church building bill

    Date: 2016-08-18 20:09:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:107 - ID:5451709

    CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) – The Orthodox Church rejected proposed amendments to the church building bill. In a statement Thursday, the church said that the issue was discussed in a meeting attended by representatives of the Egyptian churches and ....

  • Al Azhar Imam receives Indonesian ambassador

    Date: 2016-08-18 16:01:00 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:5450101

    CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) – Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb received on Thursday Ambassador Helmi Fawzi, the newly-appointed Indonesian ambassador to Egypt. During the meeting, Tayyeb highlighted that Al Azhar offers many scholarships for ....

  • First int'l forum for Christian and Muslim youths to be held Friday

    Date: 2016-08-18 14:11:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:63 - ID:5449237

    CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) - The first international forum for Christian and Muslim youths will start its activities on Friday evening within the framework of cooperation between Al Azhar and the World Council of Churches (WCC). The three-day forum, to ....

  • Dar al Iftaa warns against "lone-wolf" terrorists

    Date: 2016-08-18 11:03:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:5447717

    CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) - The fatwa monitoring observatory at Dar al Iftaa warned against the terrorist group Daesh's strategy named "lone wolves" to hit countries deep and hard without having an actual presence in the struck country. A lone-wolf ....

  • Tayyeb says Al Azhar to provide further support for Yemen

    Date: 2016-08-17 15:37:01 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:52 - ID:5443605

    CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb on Wednesday voiced Al Azhar's readiness to provide further scientific support for Yemen through training Yemeni clerics in Egypt. The Yemeni clerics, Tayyeb added, are going to be ....

  • Tayyeb warns of issues facing Arab, Islamic countries

    Date: 2016-08-17 14:45:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:44 - ID:5443401

    CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) - Al Azhar pays due attention to all issues and problems facing Arab and Islamic countries, especially in Libya, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed El Tayyeb said on Wednesday. During a meeting with a delegation of the Libyan ....

  • Iftaa Islamophobia observatory denounces French MP "Nazi" statements on veiled women

    Date: 2016-08-16 13:09:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:5437141

    CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) - An Islamophobia observatory affiliated with Egypt's Iftaa House has slammed statements by a French MP, in which she said that the presence of veiled women in France is as good as a Nazi occupation. In statements to Europe ....

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