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Pope inspects Great Saint Macarius Monastery after floods
Date: 2015-11-09 15:30:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:68 - ID:3696905
CAIRO, Nov 9 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Monday visited the Great Saint Macarius Monastery in Barriey Sheheit town in Wadi El Natroun area in the Nile Delta governorate of Beheira. The Pope's visit ....
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Premier to open Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Conference in Luxor
Date: 2015-11-08 10:48:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:3687873
CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed El Tayyeb and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II will inaugurate the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Conference in Luxor, set for November 14-15. The conference, to ....
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Orthodox Church: Torrential rains caused gross damage in Wadi el Natroun monastery
Date: 2015-11-07 11:24:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:3682201
CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - The Orthodox Church said torrential rains which hit Beheira governorate have badly harmed Wadi el Natroun monastery. In a statement released on Saturday, the Church said the dome of the storehouse attached to the monastery ....
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Monastery of al-Baramus suspends receiving worshipers due to torrential rains
Date: 2015-11-05 15:42:50 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:121 - ID:3673553
CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Monastery of al Baramus at Wadi al Natrun suspended receiving visitors sine die because of the heavy rains and floods that hit Beheira governorates during the past hours. A statement issued by the monastery on Thursday ....
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El Tayyeb: Al Azhar home of all Muslims, works on maintaining their unity
Date: 2015-11-05 14:05:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:106 - ID:3673017
CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Grand Imam Sheikh of Azhar Ahmed El Tayyeb said on Thursday Al Azhar does not serve a certain policy or doctrine and that it deals with all moderate Islamic sects to maintain their unity. In his weekly sermon which will ....
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Mufti of Egypt warns of misleading fatwas of extremists
Date: 2015-11-05 10:21:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:3670917
CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam warned on Thursday youths against being dragged behind misleading fatwas of extremists and terrorists that are ascribed to Islam. Speaking to Al Azhar University students, he said those extremists ....
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Azhar Imam, Japan amb. confer on education, culture cooperation
Date: 2015-11-04 14:55:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:100 - ID:3666277
CAIRO, Nov 4 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayeb on Wednesday conferred with Ambassador of Japan to Egypt Takehiro Kagawa on cooperation. During a meeting held in Cairo earlier in the day, El Tayeb and Kagawa discussed ways to increase ....
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Darul Ifta raises alarm about terrorist hotbeds near Egypt's borders
Date: 2015-11-04 13:30:37 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:80 - ID:3665057
CAIRO, Nov 4 (MENA) - The fatwa monitoring observatory at Darul Ifta al Misriyyah raised the alarm about the gravity of the terrorist hotbeds which are controlled by extremist groups near Egypt's borders. A statement issued by the Observatory on ....
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Gomaa: International conference on renewing religious discourse will be held in Luxor on Nov 14
Date: 2015-11-04 10:38:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:3663553
CAIRO, Nov 4 (MENA) - Minister of Awqaf Dr. Mokhtar Gomaa, who doubles as Chairman of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, said on Wednesday that arrangements were completed for holding the Council's international conference on November 14. In ....
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Awqaf to open new academy for training preachers
Date: 2015-11-03 22:48:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:127 - ID:3660569
CAIRO, Nov 3 (MENA) – Awqaf (Endowments) Ministry announced on Tuesday it would open its new academy for training preachers from Egypt and other countries in January. The new academy is meant to improve the professional performance of religious ....
