Egypt

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  • Darul-Iftaa not under pressure - Mufti

    Date: 2014-08-31 12:00:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:899508

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawky Allam said on Sunday that Darul-Iftaa (House of Religious Opinion) is not subjected to any pressure. Darul-Iftaa is an independent body and its fatwas express the reality of Egypt and its people, the ....

  • Kenya trade minister leaves Cairo

    Date: 2014-08-31 11:49:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:899463

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) – Kenyan Trade and Foreign Relations Minister Karanja Kibicho left Cairo on Sunday after several-day visit. During the visit, the Kenyan top-diplomat met with a number of Egypt's officials with the aim of developing and ....

  • Suez Canal project to boost Egyptian economy -- CBE governor 2 Cairo

    Date: 2014-08-31 11:43:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:899412

    Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Hisham Ramez said that Cabinet's economic group has agreed on issuing investment certificates of the New Suez Canal project and that the issue was raised to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. He expected that ....

  • 8 Syrians, Nigerian national deported for violating residence regulations

    Date: 2014-08-31 11:37:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:899382

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Eight Syrians and a Nigerian national were deported by authorities of Cairo International Airport on Sunday for violating residence regulations. The Nigerian was deported on board the Egyptian plane bound for Lagos, while ....

  • Darul-Ifta says confronting hardliners "responsibility" of all

    Date: 2014-08-31 11:33:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:899385

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Egypt's Darul-Ifta affirmed that confronting hardliners and extremists is the responsibility of scholars, imams and preachers. In a report prepared by the fatwa monitoring observatory, Darul-Ifta said that several scholars ....

  • Ex-Ahram head remanded in custody

    Date: 2014-08-31 11:30:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:899471

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Investigating judges decided Sunday to remand former board chairman of the state-run Al-Ahram institution Mamdouh al-Wali in custody for 15 days pending investigations. He is standing accused of illegally seizing the public ....

  • Interior min. makes surprise visit to inspect security in Monufia

    Date: 2014-08-31 10:54:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:899206

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) – Egypt's Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim made on Sunday a surprise visit to Monufia governorate to follow up the implementation of the ministry security plans in the governorate. Ibrahim visited traffic department in the ....

  • Suspect of setting ablaze 120 shops in Shoubra's Rai Saleh arrested

    Date: 2014-08-31 10:47:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:899357

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Cairo security bodies arrested the suspect involved in setting ablaze 120 shops in Al-Rai Al-Saleh shopping street in Shoubra. Cairo civil protection authorities received a report on the outbreak of a huge fire that ....

  • Defense min. honors retired commanders

    Date: 2014-08-31 10:45:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:899240

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi attended on Sunday the honoring ceremony of a number of commanders who have served in the Armed Forces and retired on July 1, 2014. The top ....

  • 10 MB members arrested possessing 2 bombs, Molotov cocktails in Alex.

    Date: 2014-08-31 10:22:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:899289

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Aug 31 (MENA) - Security forces here arrested ten members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood for possessing two bombs and Molotov cocktails. The defendants received directions from the MB leaders to carry out violence and ....

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