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Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2026
As every year with the beginning of Ramaḍān, the same rumor is spreading on social media: many Facebook posts speculate that the "insult to fasting"— eating in public during the day—is to be sanctioned by up to 3 months of prison, according to the penal code. These posts usually spread rapidly and...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2026
The Justice Party held a dialogue meeting dedicated to discussing the role of political parties in preparing and implementing the National Human Rights Strategy for the period of 2026-2031. The meeting was held during the preparations for launching the second phase of the national strategy, amid...
Date of source: Monday, February 2, 2026
On Monday, the Moroccan Minister of Justice ‘Abd al-Laṭīf Wahbī and his French counterpart, Gérald Darmanin, signed an action plan for technical cooperation in the justice sector for the 2026-2028 period. This plan is part of strengthening the friendship and strategic partnership between the...
Rulings related to Women in Positions of Religious and Political Leadership: Summary and Translation
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2026
Rulings related to Women in Positions of Religious and Political Leadership: Summary and Translation
Excerpted from "Fatwas and Rulings on Women in Islam" (Fatāwā wa-aḥkām al-marʾa fī al-islām, Cairo: Dār al-Iftāʾ al-Miṣriyya, 2025)
By H.E. Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād – The Grand Muftī of Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2026
On January 31st, 2026, a team from the Center for Arab-West Understanding visited the 2026 Cairo International Book Fair located in the suburbs of Cairo. Two of our team, Ḥabība al-Ganāynī and Menna al-Maʿaz, visited Al-Azhar’s “fatwā corner” in Hall 4 at the book fair which allowed people to...
Date of source: Thursday, January 29, 2026
The Fatwa Corner at Al-Azhar’s pavilion in the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) is receiving nearly two thousand questions daily.
Date of source: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Al-Azhar pavilion’s Fatwa Corner at the 47th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) continues to play its enlightening role in explaining Sharīʿa rulings and confronting intellectual doubts, as it receives more than two thousand fatwas daily, in a clear indication of the public’s confidence in Al-...
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2026
The Personal Status Law regulates divorce as a last resort, to be pursued only after all attempts at reconciliation have failed. This framework seeks to strike a balance between preserving family stability and protecting a spouse from harm when continued cohabitation becomes impossible.
Date of source: Sunday, January 11, 2026
The process of drafting laws within the Egyptian parliament goes through several precise and accurate stages. The process begins with the draft proposal and culminates in the publication of the law in the Official Gazette, which then becomes mandatory for everyone, as stipulated by the Constitution...
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2025
In December 2024, Egypt adopted a new domestic asylum law (Law No. 164 of 2024), establishing a national committee to manage refugee affairs and decide on asylum requests on a case-by-case basis within specific timeframes, under full judicial oversight. The law transfers responsibility for refugee...
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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.