Religion

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  • Saudi King grants Holy Kaaba covering cloth to Azhar Imam

    Date: 2016-04-09 20:23:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:110 - ID:4686445

    CAIRO, April 9 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud on Saturday granted a covering cloth of Holy Kaaba to Grand Imam of Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb. The Grand Imam directed his officials to put the sacred cover at Al-Azhar Mosque to a ....

  • Pope Tawadros marks Feast of Annunciation in Alexandria

    Date: 2016-04-07 05:45:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:3 - ID:4669485

    ALEXANDRIA, April 7 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II led a Mass marking the Feast of Annunciation at Mary Gerges Church late on Wednesday. Many bishops and lawmakers attended the mass in which the pontiff criticized homosexual marriages that were ....

  • Azhar main role is fighting extremist ideologies: official

    Date: 2016-04-06 15:27:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:93 - ID:4666505

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, April 6 (MENA) – The main message of Al Azhar is fighting extremist ideas and renewing religious discourse, Presidential Adviser for Religious Affairs Ossama al Azhari said on Wednesday. Al Azhari made the remarks in a seminar on ....

  • Azhar will continue to adopt moderate, renewed approach -- Tayyeb

    Date: 2016-04-06 14:18:00 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:79 - ID:4665969

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) - Al Azhar will continue to adopt an Islamic moderate and renewed approach and fight extremist thoughts, Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb said on Wednesday. Addressing a ceremony that was held on the occasion of granting him ....

  • ALESCO seeks cooperation with Azhar

    Date: 2016-04-06 09:30:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:15 - ID:4662505

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb underlined the importance of protecting the Islamic culture. During a meeting Wednesday with Director of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) ....

  • Tayyeb urges Muslims in Europe to get involved in Western societies

    Date: 2016-04-05 15:20:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:94 - ID:4659065

    CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb urged Muslims in Europe to get involved in their Western societies without harming their Islamic identity. During a meeting with a delegation of the Muslim community in London on Tuesday, ....

  • Army, police, Azhar can protect Egypt, fight extremism -- Shoman

    Date: 2016-04-05 12:55:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:62 - ID:4657757

    CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman praised on Tuesday the significant role played by the ُEgyptian army, police and Azhar to protect Egypt and fight extremism. Delivering a lecture at the police hospital, Shoman called on ....

  • Islamophobia observatory slams car-ramming of Muslim in Belgium by extremist

    Date: 2016-04-05 10:02:34 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:26 - ID:4656009

    CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - The Islamophobia Observatory of Egypt's Dar al Iftaa condemned the heinous racial crime committed by a Belgian extremist against a Muslim woman. A Muslim woman was purposely run over by a driver who plowed through a ....

  • No decisions taken against staffers - Al Azhar

    Date: 2016-04-04 18:18:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:109 - ID:4653145

    CAIRO, April 4 (MENA) - Al Azhar asserted that no decision has never been taken by any of its officials to bring back a staffer. "There is implementation of laws and rules that regulate contracts or work abroad ..The term of contract of working ....

  • Islamophobia Observatory laud AFL's refusal of insulting Islam

    Date: 2016-04-04 14:18:14 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:73 - ID:4650845

    CAIRO, April 4 (MENA) - The Islamophobia Monitoring Observatory at Egypt's Dar al Iftaa hailed on Monday a position by the Australian Football League (AFL) refusing to insult the Islam. The observatory described removing an anti-Muslim banner ....

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