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  • Azhar ready to cooperate with Germany to confront extremism - Grand Imam

    Date: 2015-07-28 16:21:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:79 - ID:3058577

    CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb on Tuesday said Egypt's highest religious institution is ready to cooperate with the German Government in confronting the extremism and training imams. During his meeting with Egypt's ....

  • Tayyeb: Terrorist organizations do not represent Islam

    Date: 2015-07-28 15:57:42 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:77 - ID:3059109

    CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) – Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb has stressed that the terrorist Daesh group and all other terrorist organizations do not represent Islam and have nothing to do with it, even if they claim so. Al Azhar plays an ....

  • Azhar slams Zionist violations against Aqsa

    Date: 2015-07-28 09:29:33 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:24 - ID:3055577

    CAIRO, July 28 (MENA) - Azhar deplored on Tuesday Israeli forces' storming operations into the vicinity of al Aqsa Mosque and preventing people under the age of 60 years from praying in the holy shrine. In a statement released on Tuesday, Azhar ....

  • Pope Tawadros congratulates new Armenian Catholic Patriarch

    Date: 2015-07-25 21:01:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:86 - ID:3041617

    CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese on Saturday sent a message of congratulations to the new Armenian Catholic Patriarch, Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan. In the message, Pope Tawadros expressed ....

  • Pope inaugurates altars of Mar Gerges Church

    Date: 2015-07-25 09:48:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:22 - ID:3038049

    CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese inaugurated altars of the Mar Gerges Church in Shoubra district of Cairo on Saturday. Four altars were inaugurated, one of them bearing the name Mar ....

  • Azhar upset with Iranian interference in Bahraini affairs

    Date: 2015-07-23 06:04:13 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:7 - ID:3027229

    CAIRO, July 23 (MENA) - Al Azhar expressed on Thursday rejection of Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Bahrain and other Arab countries. In a statement, Al Azhar said the latest statements of Iranian Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei, that ....

  • Oldest fragments of Quran found in Birmingham library

    Date: 2015-07-22 17:23:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Religion - SN:76 - ID:3025869

    LONDON, July 22 (MENA) - Some of the world's oldest fragments of the Quran have been found by the University of Birmingham, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Radiocarbon analysis found the manuscript, written on sheep or goat skin, dated back ....

  • Azhar to participate in Spain-hosted interfaith dialgue

    Date: 2015-07-21 16:14:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:73 - ID:3019233

    CAIRO, July 21 (MENA) - Al Azhar is set to take part in the "intercultural and interreligious dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region" that will be held in Spain on July 22-23. The dialogue, to be hosted by the Union for the Mediterranean, aims ....

  • Egyptian Council of Churches greets Sisi on 1952 revolution anniversary

    Date: 2015-07-21 09:30:59 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:18 - ID:3016181

    CAIRO, July 21 (MENA) - The Egyptian Council of Churches on Tuesday greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the 63th anniversary of the 1952 Revolution. "This anniversary reminds the world that Muslims and Copts in Egypt are one fabric," the ....

  • Awqaf preachers urged to highlight role of society in fighting extremism

    Date: 2015-07-21 09:11:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:15 - ID:3015945

    CAIRO, July 21 (MENA) – Awqaf Ministry on Tuesday called on its preachers to highlight the role of cooperation among all members of the society in fighting extremism and hardline thoughts with the aim of achieving security and stability at ....

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