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| Sisi performs Friday prayers at Tantawy Mosque on Martyr's Day |
| 2023-03-11 |
| [AlAhram] Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi performed Friday prayers at Mosheer Tantawy Mosque in New Cairo’s Fifth Settlement district on the occasion of Martyr’s Day, which falls on 9 March. The president was accompanied by Minister of Defence and Military Production Mohammed Zaki, Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the country's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam, Minister of Religious Endowments Mohammed Mokhtar Gomaa, and Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel-Aal. On Thursday, the president delivered a speech marking the 37th Armed Forces cultural symposium on Martyr’s Day held in Cairo. The Armed Forces Martyr's Day was designated in honour of former army chief of staff Abdel-Moneim Riad, who was killed on the front on 9 March 1969. Riad was killed by Israeli fire while overseeing military operations during the War of Attrition against Israel in preparation for the liberation of Sinai. |
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