Date of source: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
On Wednesday, al-Azhar released a statement condemning a recent raid by Israeli forces on al-Aqṣā mosque in which hundreds of Palestinian worshippers were detained and injured. Addressing the raid carried out in Jerusalem’s old city, al-Azhar described it as another example of the ‘barbaric crimes...
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2023
On the 75th anniversary of the Dayr Yāsīn massacre, the al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) has warned of the consequences of continued Zionist attacks on the Palestinian people, which could lead to an escalation of tensions and explosive developments in the region. The Dayr Yāsīn...
Date of source: Friday, October 21, 2022
Dār al-Kalima Press, which is affiliated with Dār al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, launched its latest publication, Rooted in Palestine: Palestinian Christians and the Struggle for National Liberation 1917-2004 by Xavier Abu Eid [Xavier Abū ʿĪd]. The launch ceremony took place in the hall of St....
Date of source: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
The 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom in the Arab World by the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. government provides estimates about religious belief in various countries but figures are disputed. The percentage of Christians, Jews, Shīʿa Muslims and nonbelievers is definitely higher...
Date of source: Monday, May 30, 2022
Orthodox Rabbi Moshe Peleg responded in questions and answers with Cornelis Hulsman to the article of Dr. Nājiyya ʿAbd al-Mughnī Saʿīd, vice president of the Egyptian Moral Rearmament Association (EMRA) about the death of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh [Shīrīn Abū ʿĀklih]. Please read Dr...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2021
Before their session today, Sunday, the House of Representatives, head by Dr. Ḥanafī Jabālī, released a statement expressing their immense anger and condemnation for the Israeli attack on worshippers in al-Aqṣā Mosque, calling recent actions by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians in...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Interview with Professor Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi, Founder of the Wasatia Movement in Palestine and Director of the Wasatia Academic Institute in Jerusalem.
Conducted by former CAWU intern Janneke Wijman on May 5th, 2020, via online platform Zoom. Both Janneke Wijman and Dr. Dajani Daoudi agreed...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Dr. Maḥmūd al-Habbāsh, the Chief Justice and Adviser to the Palestinian President for Religious Affairs, appreciated the reception and welcoming of Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, Head of the Evangelical community in Egypt, stressing the depth of Egyptian-Palestinian relations.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Why do we often talk about Copts and the 1952 Revolution? Was the revolution at that time against the Copts as a religious sect, as if we still lived in the Ottoman confessional system? Was the revolution against the interests of the feudal and capitalist class of the Copts alone? Do we measure...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 12, 2021
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Egyptian authorities denied media reports claiming that a state of emergency had been declared in North Sinai hospitals in anticipation of receiving wounded Palestinians. Instead, they said that the elevated degree of readiness was due to the Eid al-Fitr [ʿĪd al-Fiṭr]...