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Mufti backs Azhar statement on terrorist groups' claims
Date: 2015-08-11 16:00:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:82 - ID:3141949
CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqy Allam praised on Tuesday a statement issued by al Azhar to refute claims fanned by the Islamic political groups about Egypt's rulers. In a statement, Allam announced his support for Azhar statement, ....
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Egypt's Dar al Iftaa to hold int'l fatwa conf. on Monday
Date: 2015-08-11 10:51:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:30 - ID:3138913
CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Egypt's Dar al Iftaa will hold on Monday a two-day international conference under the title "The Fatawa: Current Realities and Future Prospects." During a press conference on Tuesday, Grand Mufti Shawqy Allam said the ....
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Egypt's Iftaa House chosen to train 50 imams in Algeria
Date: 2015-08-10 07:42:38 GMT - Algeria - Religion - SN:8 - ID:3130977
ALGIERS, Aug 10 (MENA) – Algerian Minister of Religious Affairs and Awqaf Mohamed Issa announced Sunday that a national committee of Algeria's Iftaa House will convene in September to select 50 imams to be distributed to 48 states. Issa said that ....
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Azhar official: Renewing religious discourse permitted in Islam
Date: 2015-08-09 15:22:40 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:3128545
CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) – Al Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman asserted on Sunday that renewing the religious discourse is permitted in Islam and one of Sharia basic rules. He made the remarks during the opening of the second phase of the specialized ....
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Lebanese official lauds Al Azhar for spreading moderate religious discourse
Date: 2015-08-05 16:20:20 GMT - Lebanon - Religion - SN:103 - ID:3107449
BEIRUT, Aug 5 (MENA) - Vice-President of Supreme Islamic Shia Council of Lebanon Sheikh Abdul Amir Qablan hailed the role played by Al Azhar in spreading the moderate teachings of Islam. The official's remark came during his meeting with the ....
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Pope Tawadros: Church is working in daylight; has nothing to hide
Date: 2015-08-05 13:57:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:66 - ID:3105901
CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark's Diocese on Wednesday asserted that the Coptic Church is working in the daylight and has nothing to hide or be ashamed of. In press statements, the pope added that ....
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Pope Tawadros to resume weekly sermon
Date: 2015-08-04 16:14:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:3100613
CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese decided to resume his weekly sermon at the end of August, the Orthodox Church said in a statement. The sermon is scheduled on Wednesday weekly at a Cairo ....
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Church does not play politics, says Tawadros
Date: 2015-08-04 15:22:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:76 - ID:3100325
CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese has said that the Egyptian church does not play politics. The church only serves national action, the pope stressed in a speech at a conference on building ....
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Evangelical Church congratulates Sisi on new Suez Canal
Date: 2015-08-03 09:15:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:20 - ID:3090337
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - President of Evangelical Church in Egypt Andrea Zaki congratulated President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the Egyptians over the completion of the New Suez Canal Project due to open on Thursday. "This giant project represents ....
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ISESCO slams destroying Sunni mosque in Tehran
Date: 2015-07-31 13:11:27 GMT - Morocco - Religion - SN:54 - ID:3075865
RABAT, July 31 (MENA) - Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural (ISESCO) Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri has slammed Iranian authorities for destroying a Sunni mosque in Tehran on Wednesday. In a statement on Friday, ....
