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Date of source: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
In a notable development within the draft law on personal status affairs for Christians, Article 30 revealed specific exceptions to the prohibitions on marriage, most notably allowing marriage to the wife’s sister or the brother’s wife in the event of death within some denominations. This provision...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Rev. ʿEīd Ṣalāḥ, Head of the Judicial & Constitutional Council of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Egypt, said that societal dialogue before approving the personal status law for Christians is a real "necessity."
"Experts, the persons affected by the new law, sociologists and all parties...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
The controversial new personal status draft law for Christians in Egypt has gained official agreement within the six major churches that took part in its drafting, with statements asserting that "it could not have been better."
However, a review of previous church and academic discussions revealed...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in al-Maʿādī, Cairo, hosted the prayer service for the third day, in the presence of bishops, priests and pastors from different churches, along with a group of Christian people in al-Maʿādī and surrounding areas, as a continuation of the activities of the Week...
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2026
Within the framework of the events of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Abū Serga Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt hosted the second day of this special spiritual event, with the participation of a number of prestigious Church leaders and representatives from different Christian...
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2026
The Catholic Church in Egypt participated in the second session of the week of prayer for Christian unity. This session was held at Abū Surja Church in Old Cairo, under the theme, “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing each other in love” (Ephesians 4:2).
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2026
The Eastern Churches are supposed to celebrate during the week of prayers for Christian unity, between the 18th and 25th of January. The Middle East Council of Churches, which includes the four Christian families (Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical), issued, as it does every year...
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2026
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Coptic Catholic Church in Heliopolis witnessed the opening of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in the presence of a number of church leaders and representatives of different Christian denominations.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), in cooperation with the Egypt Council of Churches, is organizing the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity—Egypt 2026, under the auspices of various Egyptian churches.
Date of source: Friday, November 14, 2025
After a series of public insults directed at Evangelicals in Jordan, describing their marriages as "adulterous," claiming that Christ is not among them, and directly hinting at certain Evangelical churches by name, it became necessary to move the response from a level of emotional reaction to the...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.