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Evangelical community head praises Sisi's decisions to fight COVID-19

Date: 2020-05-06 13:36:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:32 - ID:8422718

CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - Head of the Evangelical Community in Egypt Rev. Andre Zaky appreciated the decisions adopted by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the Egyptian government to fight the Coronavirus Pandemic. During a virtual meeting via ....

Awqaf min. mourns death of Sheikh Tablawi

Date: 2020-05-05 22:19:48 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:54 - ID:8422034

CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa mourned on Tuesday the death of renowned Quran reciter Sheikh Muhammad Mahmoud el Tablawi, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86. In a statement, Gomaa described Tablawi as one of ....

Mufti's adviser lauds sacrifices of army, police in Sinai

Date: 2020-05-05 21:49:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:8422005

CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Adviser to Egypt's Grand Mufti Dr. Magdy Ashour has lauded the great sacrifices made by the Egyptian Armed Forces and police in Sinai. Speaking at "Hadith El Suhur" program aired by the Middle East News Agency on its ....

Azhar imam mourns death of Sheikh Tablawi

Date: 2020-05-05 21:10:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:50 - ID:8422013

CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb mourned the death of renowned Quran reciter Sheikh Muhammad Mahmoud al Tablawi, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86. In a statement, the Grand Imam said that Sheikh Tablawi ....

Senior Quran reciter: Death of Sheikh al Tablawi "great loss" to Islamic world

Date: 2020-05-05 20:19:02 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:48 - ID:8421940

CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Deputy head of Egypt's Reciters Syndicate Sheikh Muhammad Hashshad said that the death of renowned Quran reciter Sheikh Muhammad Mahmoud al Tablawi is a "great loss" to Egypt and the Islamic world. Speaking to MENA on ....

Awqaf min. decides to set up unit to measure religious public opinion

Date: 2020-05-04 08:11:59 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:11 - ID:8419575

CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa decided to set up a unit to measure the religious public opinion at the Awqaf Ministry. In statements on Sunday, the minister said that he appointed Ahmed Abdel Raouf, the head of the ....

Azhar Mosque to air prayers in last ten days of Ramadan

Date: 2020-05-03 13:47:49 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:8418907

CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - Al Azhar Mosque's administration announced that Tarawih and Tahajjud prayers will be held at the mosque starting from the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan. The prayers, to be aired live on Al Azhar Mosque's ....

Awqaf ministry to air Isha', Taraweeh prayers as of Sunday

Date: 2020-05-02 12:56:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:20 - ID:8417852

CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) - The Awqaf Ministry decided Saturday to start broadcasting Isha' (night) and Taraweeh prayers from the Mosque of Amr Ibn al-Aas in Cairo as of Sunday. The prayers, to be aired live on the radio, will be attended by the imam ....

Azhar hails Armed Forces' efforts to uproot terrorism

Date: 2020-05-01 18:35:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:8416948

CAIRO, May 1 (MENA) - Al Azhar on Friday hailed efforts exerted by the national Armed Forces to uproot terrorism from Sinai. Al Azhar's remarks came after the military spokesman said Friday troops had killed terrorists in a military operation in ....

Egypt's Mufti denounces Bir al Abd terror attack

Date: 2020-04-30 21:43:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:88 - ID:8416023

CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) – Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam has strongly decried the terror attack on southern Bir al Abd city in Sinai and mourned the armed forces' martyrs who lost their lives while defending their homeland. In a statement released ....