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Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2024
Amendments expected to be added to the Moroccan Family Code have sparked large-scale controversy, with many considering the country’s personal status law, known as the Family Code, as a “major reform in regulating family affairs and protecting the rights of individuals.”
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Ambassador Mushīra Khaṭṭāb, chair of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), has described the Criminal Procedures Law as a “great step” that is expected to be followed by more alternatives, and will serve the National Human Rights Strategy well.
Date of source: Monday, September 2, 2024
From September 2nd through 4th 2024, Dialogue Across Borders cosponsored a third round of the “Journey of Learning” interfaith program with the Centre for Christian-Muslim Understanding and Partnership (Anglican/Episcopal) in Cairo. The conference offered Christians and Muslims an opportunity to...
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2024
The Evangelical Synod of the Nile’s Media and Publishing Council, in association with the Ibrahīmīa Media Center, held a symposium titled ‘Women’s Message in the Church’ at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo (ESC) in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāsīya.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said cooperation was in progress between al-Azhar and the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) to obtain a law criminalizing fatwās issued by unaccredited scholars.
Date of source: Saturday, November 16, 2024
The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC) in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan released its annual book on the world’s 500 most influential Muslims for 2024/25, with the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, ranked as 13th.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 22, 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, highlighted the role of ministries and institutions of culture in Arab nations in attaching importance to the Arabic language.
Date of source: Saturday, October 19, 2024
On November 18, the Coptic Orthodox Church will commemorate the 12th anniversary of Pope Tawāḍrūs’ inauguration as the 118th pope in church history and as the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark the Apostle.
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2024
2024 was designated as the “Year of Female Preachers” due to the prominence of female preachers at al-Azhar and the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) in recent years.
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2024
The Roman Catholic Church’s Pope Francis is currently in Indonesia, which has observers confused because this largely Islamic country only contains a small minority of Christians. However, they fail to realize that since Pope Francis assumed office in 2013, the pontiff has declared his adoption of...
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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.