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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...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2022
Ambassador Nabīla Makram, Egypt’s Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs, met with Fr. Julius [Yūliyyūs], bishop of the Bishopric of Public, Ecumenical and Social Services of the Coptic Orthodox Church (BLESS), and Executive Director of Dignified Life Foundation Āya al-Qamarī....
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2022
On Saturday, the Egyptian Embassy in Belgrade organized an event entitled "Cairo's contribution to the enrichment of Islamic culture: Architecture, calligraphy, artifacts", hosted by the Islamic Sheikhdom of Serbia.
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2022
The Vatican News website praised the good relation between President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and Christians in Egypt. Since al-Sīsī assumed the Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2014, he has made several friendly gestures towards the local churches, especially the Coptic Orthodox Church,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2022
The State Security Prosecution decided to renew the pretrial detention of YouTuber Ahmed Spea [Aḥmad Sibīʿ] for 45 days pending investigations in the case No. 1111 of 2020, on charges of contempt of Christian religion, inciting to sedition and disturbing public opinion.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Monica Hanna [Monica Ḥannā], a member of Egypt's Heritage Task Force, responded to a statement by the Ministry of Antiquities on the collapse of parts of the northern wall of the ancient church, referring to the words of Dr. Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh, Vice President of the Islamic, Coptic and Jewish...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Dr. Monica Ḥannā, a member of Egypt's Heritage Task Force, filed a complaint to the Administrative Prosecution against the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, the head of the Islamic and Coptic Antiquities Sector, and the director general of Islamic and Coptic Antiquities in...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
His Grace Bishop Abūllū (Apollo), Bishop of South Sinai, inaugurated an exhibition of archaeological icons about the Holy Family’s journey and their escape to Egypt. Icons of the Blessed Virgin Mary's life, the Annunciation and the Incarnation were also displayed at Sharm al-Shaykh Museum. The...
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2022
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of Alexandria joined Shaykh of al-Azhar Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib in rejecting the so-called Abrahamic religion. The Coptic Orthodox Church is known for its adherence to traditional faith since it was established by St. Mark the Evangelist, founder of the Coptic Church.
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2022
Egyptian authorities released Coptic activist Rāmī Kāmil on Saturday, following the decision of the public prosecution’s office, after enduring more than two years in pretrial detention.
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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.