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Some religious institutes closed after coordination with Al Azhar - minister
Date: 2016-04-24 15:10:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:4783381
CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali said that the ministerial decision, pertaining to closing some religious institutes affiliated to NGOs, was made after coordinating with Al Azhar and Awqaf (Endowments) Ministry. Some ....
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Pope Tawadros II leads Palm Sunday Mass in Wadi el Natrun
Date: 2016-04-24 14:51:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:47 - ID:4782681
WADI EL NATRUN, Egypt, April 24 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese led the prayers of the Palm Sunday Mass in the Monastery of Wadi el Natrun. Egypt's churches began today celebrating the Holy Week before ....
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Awqaf minister takes part in int'l conference on combatting terrorism, extremism in Khartoum
Date: 2016-04-23 09:56:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:25 - ID:4774945
CAIRO, April 23 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohammad Mokhtar Gomaa will take part in an international conference on terrorism and extremism in Africa. The conference will be hosted by Khartoum on Wednesday with the participation of the Awqaf ministers ....
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Defense minister: We managed to wipe out terror hideouts in many parts of Sinai, governorates
Date: 2016-04-21 14:13:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:75 - ID:4766529
CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedki Sobhi has asserted that the Armed Forces managed, during the past period, to eliminate terror hideouts in Sinai and various governorates in cooperation with policemen and ....
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Delegations from various countries to participate in Islamic conference in Aswan
Date: 2016-04-21 13:26:07 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:66 - ID:4765033
CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - The Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs said the conference of the international council of Islamic affairs, to be held in Aswan in May, will be attended by six ministers, six muftis and delegations from 16 ....
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Egypt has 156 historic churches, study says
Date: 2016-04-21 11:30:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:35 - ID:4764849
CAIRO, April 21 (MENA) - A study unveiled Thursday that there are 156 historic churches in Egypt, 40 percent of them located in Upper Egypt. Sherouq Ashour, professor at Mostqbal (Future) Academy, called for making the best use of these historic ....
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Egypt's mufti underlines close ties with Bosnia
Date: 2016-04-20 13:47:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:58 - ID:4759197
CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Dr Shawki Allam underlined the close ties binding Egypt and Bosnia. During his meeting Wednesday with Bosnian Mufti Husein Kavazovic, who is currently visiting Egypt, Allam said that the world is ....
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Al Azhar, Bosnian mufti discuss educating cadres on spreading moderate Islam
Date: 2016-04-19 15:11:59 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:86 - ID:4752417
CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb expressed Al Azhar's readiness to offer all kinds of support for Bosnia and Herzegovina with a view to having Bosnian cadres capable of preaching moderated Islam, countering the perverted ....
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Justice minister agrees to give back archbishopric building to church
Date: 2016-04-19 14:37:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:83 - ID:4752553
CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - Minister of Justice Hossam Abdel Rahim has agreed to give back some property of Aswan archbishopric to its original owners. Part of archbishopric has been used as guest house for judges since 1997. This came during a ....
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Awqaf minister warns against mixing religion with politics
Date: 2016-04-19 13:12:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:69 - ID:4751541
CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Mokhtar Gomaa has warned against the use of religion in politics to achieve political gains. In a statement following a meeting with Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina Husein Kavazovic on Tuesday, ....
