Awqaf Ministry preparing for conf. of Africa mosque imams
Wednesday 13/March/2019 - 01:35 PM
Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa
The Awqaf Ministry is preparing for a conference of
mosque imams in Africa to discuss their role in maintaining peace and achieving
development in the continent.
The conference is held in light of Egypt's
presidency of the African Union and is meant to promote the values of peaceful
co-existence and denounce all forms of extremism and violence, said Awqaf
Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa in statements Wednesday.
It also aims to support development efforts in
Africa in line with an initiative by the Egyptian Awqaf Ministry to make 2019 a
year of religious tolerance in Africa, Gomaa added.
The date of the conference is yet to be set, the
minister noted.
