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RELIGION Egypt: Saudi Arabia has agreed to fund the restoration of Cairo's Al‐Azhar mosque in recognition of its role as a “beacon of moderate Islam,” the Egyptian president's office said September 18th. The announcement came after talks between President Abdel Fattah al‐Sisi and visiting Saudi intelligence chief Prince Khaled bin Bandar bin Abdel Aziz on the coalition Washington is building against the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria. “In recognition of the important role played by Al‐Azhar as a beacon of moderate Islam in spreading tolerant values across the region (Saudi King Abdullah) has taken the generous initiative to restore Al‐Azhar,” Sisi's office said. The 1,000 year‐old mosque spreads over a hectare in the ancient heart of Cairo and oversees a network of seminaries that form Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning. Al‐Azhar official Abbas Shoman said no start date or cost estimate had yet been fixed for the restoration work. (© AFP 18/9 2014) Morocco: King Mohammed VI launched construction works of a mosque in the Lamsala district in Tetouan on September 12th. The mosque, to be built by the Ministry of Habous (Islamic endowments) and Islamic Affairs with a budget of Dirhams 20m, will have a capacity of 2,500 upon completion in 20 months. Extending over 5,300 square metres, the mosque will include two prayer halls, a Koran school, housing units for the imam and the muezzin and various facilities for the faithful and mosque attendants. (MAP news agency website, Rabat 12/9) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-825X.2014.05928.x
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Egypt: Saudi Arabia has agreed to fund the restoration of Cairo's Al‐Azhar mosque in recognition of its role as a “beacon of moderate Islam,” the Egyptian president's office said September 18th. The announcement came after talks between President Abdel Fattah al‐Sisi and visiting Saudi intelligence chief Prince Khaled bin Bandar bin Abdel Aziz on the coalition Washington is building against the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria. “In recognition of the important role played by Al‐Azhar as a beacon of moderate Islam in spreading tolerant values across the region (Saudi King Abdullah) has taken the generous initiative to restore Al‐Azhar,” Sisi's office said. The 1,000 year‐old mosque spreads over a hectare in the ancient heart of Cairo and oversees a network of seminaries that form Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning. Al‐Azhar official Abbas Shoman said no start date or cost estimate had yet been fixed for the restoration work. (© AFP 18/9 2014) Morocco: King Mohammed VI launched construction works of a mosque in the Lamsala district in Tetouan on September 12th. The mosque, to be built by the Ministry of Habous (Islamic endowments) and Islamic Affairs with a budget of Dirhams 20m, will have a capacity of 2,500 upon completion in 20 months. Extending over 5,300 square metres, the mosque will include two prayer halls, a Koran school, housing units for the imam and the muezzin and various facilities for the faithful and mosque attendants. (MAP news agency website, Rabat 12/9)

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2014

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