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Intl Iftaa conf. to kick off Monday in Cairo
Date: 2015-08-16 12:31:44 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:39 - ID:3166641
CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) – The Egyptian Iftaa House will organize on Monday an international conference for Iftaa under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi with the participation of senior muftis from 50 countries. During the two-day ....
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Awqaf minister warns of MB calls for violence
Date: 2015-08-14 11:41:14 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:3157121
CAIRO, Aug 14 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa warned on Friday against response to calls of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group for demonstrations and violence. In a message on his website, Gomaa described these calls as ....
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Egypt's Mufti condemns Baghdad's attack
Date: 2015-08-14 10:53:12 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:3156985
CAIRO, Aug 14 (MENA) – Egypt's Mufti Shawky Allam condemned on Friday the terrorist attack of Daesh elements on a crowded market in Al Sadr City district in northern Baghdad on Thursday. In a released statement, he said the attack was against ....
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Orthodox church probes Christian family bill
Date: 2015-08-13 16:02:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:65 - ID:3154013
CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - The belief, legislation and education committee in the Coptic Orthodox Church convened on Thursday to discuss the family draft law for the Egyptian Christians. The meeting was attended by 14 bishops as well as the church's ....
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Non-peaceful protests forbidden under Islamic laws - Dar al Iftaa
Date: 2015-08-13 10:42:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:31 - ID:3151253
CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Non-peaceful protests that harm state facilities or hamper people's interests are banned by Islamic laws, Dar al Iftaa said. In a statement Thursday, Dar al Iftaa said that adopting subversive ideas and refusing coexistence ....
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Int'l fatwa conf. to confront takfiri thoughts - Mufti
Date: 2015-08-13 10:01:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:29 - ID:3151237
RIYADH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar al Iftaa will hold on Monday an international conference under the title "The Fatawa: Current Realities and Future Prospects" with an aim to disintegrate takfiri thought, Egypt's Mufti Shawqy Allam said. In ....
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OIC bodies agree on boosting cooperation to counter violence, sectarianism, Islamophobia
Date: 2015-08-12 11:45:42 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:34 - ID:3145833
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug 12 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) institutions agreed to increase joint collaboration and formulate a plan to counter extreme violence, sectarianism and Islamophobia at a high level meeting held at ....
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Abadi appointed as new chief of Islamic Fiqh Academy
Date: 2015-08-11 19:08:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:104 - ID:3142857
JEDDAH, Aug 11 (MENA) – Jordan's former Awqaf Minister Abdel Salam al-Abadi was appointed Tuesday as secretary general of the International Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), OIC chief Iyad Madani ....
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Awqaf Ministry bans mosque activities without prior permits
Date: 2015-08-11 17:09:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:92 - ID:3142329
CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) – The Awqaf Ministry called Tuesday on all its bodies and directorates not to allow any social or preaching activities at mosques before obtaining permits, as the parliamentary elections are set to take place soon. "The move ....
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Observatory of takfiri fatwas warns of attempts to justify terror attacks against Egypt
Date: 2015-08-11 16:49:37 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:88 - ID:3142113
CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - An observatory monitoring takfiri fatwas has warned of what it called repeated attempts by a number of Islamist political parties and terrorist movements to promote a religious justification for terrorist acts targeting ....
