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Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2023
The matter of changing the religion of a child has been brought to the forefront of public discourse in Egypt, following the conversion of a child’s religion from Christian to Muslim. The boy was raised by Coptic parents after having been found outside a church in Cairo, however was later taken...
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2023
Omar Marwān, the Egyptian Minister for Justice, has affirmed President al-Sīsī’s dedication to eliminating slow litigation processes and achieving justice, as well as his desire for the judicial sector to benefit from technological developments to improve the quality of its services. During an...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2023
The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Tamūh has started a new course for youths entitled “Sacred Agpeya”, which will address several spiritual topics in the Agpeya, a primary daily prayer book for Coptic Orthodox Christians, such as the early prayers, contemplative prayer and Vespers (evening prayers)....
Date of source: Saturday, February 10, 2018
In an address to the General Synod of the Church of England, the Archbishop of the Anglican Episcopal Church, Dr. Samī Fawzī, expressed that same-sex marriage conflicts with the teachings of Christianity. He drew attention to resolution 10:1 from the 1998 Lambeth conference, which expressed the...
Date of source: Monday, January 23, 2023
Sālī ʿAzer has become the first woman to be ordained as a priest at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. ʿAzer expressed her hope that her ordination would inspire women and girls to follow in her footsteps. After studying in Jerusalem, Lebanon and Germany, as a priest she...
Date of source: Monday, December 12, 2022
During a meeting with a group of young Copts, Pope Tawāḍrūs II explained the role of women in the Coptic Orthodox Church. He spoke about both Eve and the Virgin Mary, citing them as examples of the important role of women in the Church. Later, he went on to list the different sectors in which women...
Date of source: Thursday, December 15, 2022
On 15th December, the Center for Egyptian Women Legal Assistance held a discussion entitled “Personal Status Laws: between Reality and Aspirations”. The Personal Status Law is among the laws that play an important, and often critical, role in determining social relations. As the law with the most...
Date of source: Monday, February 6, 2023
The National Council for Human Rights announced that it joined the defense team in the case of the child Shinūda, which aims to reunite the adoptive family in order to achieve the best interest of the child.
Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2023
Al-Dustūr publishes a summary overview of some important components of the new Personal Status draft law.
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2022
The Grand Mufti explained the contemporary issues that led to drafting a new personal status law and stressed the necessity of protecting the Egyptian family and spending wisely on marriage to keep the family stable.
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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.