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Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2023
President ʿAbdel Fattāḥ al-Sīsī congratulated Coptic Orthodox Christians on the occasion of Christmas and reassured Egyptians facing challenging economic conditions.
Date of source: Monday, January 9, 2023
Counselor ʿAbd el-Wahhāb ʿAbd el-Rāzzeq, the president of the Egyptian Senate, congratulated Coptic Christians on the occasion of Christmas and praised the strong bonds of unity in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Monday, May 30, 2022
I think that not even an obstinate person can deny that the June 30 revolution has provided the citizen with many citizenship rights. Since the first day of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s term in office, all his orientations have been in favor of supporting all elements of restoring the quality...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Mahamadou Labarang, Cameroonian ambassador to Cairo, met with the Grand Imam Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib on Wednesday, at the headquarters of al-Azhar, and expressed his desire to establish a regional Azhar institute to serve the Muslims of Central Africa in Cameroon.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
The Islamic Research Academy in al-Azhar al-Sharif announced the launch of the “Arab Strategies to Reduce the Risks of Climate Change” conference, which will be held by the Egy-Arab Foundation for Investment, Innovation and Industrial Development in Sharm al-Shaykh in October 2022. The conference...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
The core argument of Coptic Solidarity for accusing him to be an “Agent' of al-Sīsī Government in the US” is that Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) prior to his last visit to the USA. They believe this is sufficient evidence for their claims.
It seems...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
This article provides an overview of the views of Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, Coptic Evangelical (Presbyterian) pastor and head of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, based on Arab media reporting as selected and summarized throughout the years by Arab-West Report/Dialogue Across Borders in response to...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2022
Dr. Ṭāriq al-Jammāl, President of Asyūṭ University, praised the positive interaction of the student delegations participating in the second forum of “Peoples’ Week” organized by the University from March 23 to 28, 2022. This forum witnessed the massive participation of Egyptian students and...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
The Supreme Administrative Court delivered a final ruling that prohibits an ʾimām from delivering the sermon (Khuṭba) from the pulpits (al-Minbar) or delivering fatwās on social media, because of his extremism that goes against moderate teachings of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2022
The power of religion among the people of Egypt is great and widely recognized. This helped Islamists movements to overthrow the regime of President Ḥusnī Mubārak in 2011 and brought President Muḥammad Mursī to power in 2012-2013. But how to measure Egyptian religiosity? Previous presidents had to...
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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.