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Azhar Sheikh, Mufti, Awqaf minister discuss renewing religious discourse
Date: 2016-08-03 15:12:58 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:74 - ID:5368889
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb held on Wednesday a meeting with Mufti Shawqi Allam and Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa. They discussed ways of renewing religious discourse and the role of Azhar scholars in this ....
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Azhar lauds statements of Pope Francis on Islam
Date: 2016-08-03 15:09:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:72 - ID:5368677
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Al Azhar hailed on Wednesday statements of Pope Francis of the Vatican in which he refused to associate Islam with violence. In statements on his way back from Poland, Pope Francis said that it is wrong to associate violence ....
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Pope Tawadros ordains new priest for Sharjah church
Date: 2016-08-03 10:07:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:5365789
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese, consecrated a new priest for the St. Mary and St. Abou Sefein Church of Sharjah, the UAE. The pope led the consecration mass of Nady Habib, who took the name ....
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Coptic Church mourns Ahmed Zewail
Date: 2016-08-03 06:25:26 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:6 - ID:5364725
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church mourned on Wednesday Nobel Prize winner Ahmed Zewail, who died in the US on Tuesday at the age of 70. In a statement, it expressed the condolences of Pope Tawadros II over the death of such a ....
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Awqaf minister defends pre-written Friday sermons; says politicized religious discourse cased major damages
Date: 2016-08-02 21:27:37 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:93 - ID:5363157
CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf (Endowments) Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said on Tuesday that the religious discourse has been exploited for political and partisan purposes, causing severe damage to society. During a workshop on improving the ....
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Pope Tawadros opens conference on Egyptian churches in Gulf
Date: 2016-08-02 17:04:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:79 - ID:5363141
CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese opened on Tuesday a conference on the Egyptian churches in the Gulf. The conference is attended by the priests and their wives in the UAE, Bahrain, Oman and ....
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Pope Tawadros II meets Ethiopian Church delegation
Date: 2016-08-01 16:50:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:5357073
CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese received on Monday a delegation from the Ethiopian Church. The Pope discussed with the delegation cooperation relations between the Coptic and Ethiopian ....
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AIRA chief reviews preparations for opening fatwa committees nationwide
Date: 2016-07-31 13:04:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:30 - ID:5350521
CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - Mohie Eddin Afifi, the Secretary-General of Al Azhar Islamic Research Academy (AIRA), reviewed with chief preachers nationwide preparations for inaugurating fatwa committees across the country. During the meeting on ....
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Awqaf minister says decision of pre-written Friday sermons to be applied
Date: 2016-07-28 21:01:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:86 - ID:5339069
CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Gomaa said on Thursday that the ministry is going ahead with its decision to put into action pre-written Friday sermons. Following a meeting with Awqaf officials in the governorates, the minister ....
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Al Azhar imam says judiciary preserves Egypt's security, stability
Date: 2016-07-28 13:17:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:54 - ID:5336837
CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb stressed that the Egyptian judiciary preserves the country's security and stability as it is one of the most import pillars of Egypt besides other national state ....
