Religion

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  • Azhar urges calm, restraint among Minya village residents

    Date: 2016-07-18 12:39:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:5280573

    CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) - Al Azhar urged residents of Tahna al Gabal village in Minya to exercise calm and restraint and not to give a chance to a number of people who attempt to ignite sectarian strife among the Muslims and Copts. This came in a ....

  • Al Azhar warns against fomenting sectarian sedition in Minya

    Date: 2016-07-18 10:32:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:5279489

    CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) - Al Azhar warned against fanning the flames of sectarian sedition in Minya's Tahna el Jabal village. In a statement on Monday following media reports on the death of a person and the injury of two others in clashes between ....

  • Egypt committed to fight against terrorism -- Mufti

    Date: 2016-07-15 11:53:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:60 - ID:5263177

    CAIRO, July 15 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam has said that Egypt remains committed to its fight against terrorism. Allam believes Egypt will be able to eliminate terrorism through efforts of its loyal citizens. The Muslim presence in ....

  • Azhar denies discrimination between Muslims, non-Muslims at cancer hospital

    Date: 2016-07-14 15:20:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:61 - ID:5259057

    CAIRO, July 14 (MENA) – Al Azhar denied online reports that Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayeb had differentiated between Muslim and non-Muslim children receiving treatment at Children's Cancer Hospital (57357). In a press statement, Azhar’s ....

  • Azhar dialogue center officials meet Vatican delegation

    Date: 2016-07-13 14:37:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:84 - ID:5252265

    CAIRO, July 13 (MENA) - Members of Al Azhar dialogue center held a meeting on Wednesday with Vatican Ambassador in Cairo Bruno Mozaro and visiting Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue Miguel Ayuso. During the meeting, ....

  • Egypt's Mufti heads for Germany to deliver a lecture on Islam and current issues

    Date: 2016-07-13 09:50:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:5249809

    CAIRO, July 13 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam left here on Wesdnesday for Bonn, Germany, to deliver a lecture on Islam and future of dialogue among civilizations and cultures at an invitation from the United Nations and Bonn ....

  • No restrictions on preachers from previously-written weekly sermon: minister

    Date: 2016-07-12 21:30:21 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:119 - ID:5248493

    CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) – A previously-written Friday sermon does not mean imposing any restrictions on preachers and imams at all, Awqaf Minister Mohamed Gomaa stressed on Tuesday. Preachers and imams have their "own space with worshipers" by ....

  • IRA acting to legalize religious opinions

    Date: 2016-07-12 14:26:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:5246477

    CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - Work is underway to legalize Fatwas (religious opinions) through a panel recently formed to choose qualified cadres to join Fatwa committees to be established across Egypt. The Fatwa committees should work to respond to ....

  • Al Azhar undersecretary warns from fierce war against education in Egypt

    Date: 2016-07-10 18:06:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:74 - ID:5234857

    CAIRO, July 10 (MENA) - Al Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman warned from a fierce war targeting education in Egypt in general and Azharite education in particular to destroy the future of the coming generations. He stressed the importance of ....

  • Sisi sheds light on importance of grooming imams to convey correct image of Islam

    Date: 2016-07-10 17:11:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:66 - ID:5235273

    CAIRO, Junly 10 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting on Sunday with minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa to review the strategy of promoting the understanding of the upright teachings of Islam. Presidential spokesman Alaa ....

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