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The truth about Saint Catherine Monastery crisis
Date of source: 30 May 2025
By Hishām al-Mayānī
Following a wave of controversy over reports that authorities in Egypt's South Sinai governorate were seeking to confiscate the historic Saint Catherine Monastery, administratively affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Church, and seize its lands, President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī assured Greek Prime...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Egypt’s parliament passes a law regulating fatwas in the face of difference of opinions between al-Awqāf and al-Azhar
Date of source: 12 May 2025
By May ʿAbd al-Munʿim
As differences emerged between the Ministry of al-Awqāf (Religious Endowments) and al-Azhar, the Egyptian House of Representatives approved on Sunday (May 11) the draft law on regulating the issuance of fatwas (religious edicts), which aims to confront fatwas issued without a legal framework. The...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Dispute on authority of different bodies to issue fatwas sparks religious and legislative row in Egypt
Date of source: 5 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
A dispute over the bodies with powers to issue fatwas (religious opinions in Islam) caused a religious and legislative controversy in Egypt as the House of Representatives’ Religious Affairs & Awqāf Committee approved in principle a draft law regulating the issuance of fatwas. The parliament...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Grand Imām of al-Azhar gives condolences to a Palestinian doctor over the death of her 9 children
Date of source: 25 May 2025
By Lū’aī ʿAlī
Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib offered sincerest condolences to Palestinian physician Dr. Ālā’ al-Najjār, a mother of nine children killed in a brutal Zionist attack on their house in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Najjār’s husband and her only remaining son were injured in the heinous crime that...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
"A journey into the land of Coptic Martyrs" - Pope Tawāḍrūs documents an incident that shook lands and peoples
Date of source: 22 May 2025
By Niḍāl Mamdūḥ
The Coptic Orthodox Church recently released a book that documented the incident of the martyrdom of 21 Egyptians in Libya, where they were slain by members of the terrorist Daesh organization in 2015. The book, titled "The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs" – a Western vision of a...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Hear and Speak Forum’s final statement: The systematic integration of the Palestinian cause in educational curricula at all levels
Date of source: 6 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
In its recommendations, the forum’s final statement emphasized the importance of developing training programs specifically for young people, focusing on community engagement and leadership skills. It also stressed the need to provide financial and technical support to civil society organizations...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar and the Pope Agree to Continue on the Path of Dialogue and Human Fraternity
Date of source: 14 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
His Eminence, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmed el-Ṭayyib, Sheikh of al-Azhar, congratulated Pope Leo XIV during a phone call on Wednesday on his election as Pope of the Catholic Church. During the call, the Grand Imam expressed his best wishes to the newly elected Pope for success in promoting...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
ʿAmr Mūsa: "Trump’s Gulf tour was not only for economic reasons."
Date of source: 18 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
ʿAmr Mūsa, former Foreign Minister and former Secretary-General of the Arab League, has said that US President Donald Trump’s tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, was not only for economic reasons. In a phone call to Al-Ḥekāya program on MBC Misr on Saturday evening, Mūsa added that the visit...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Sheikh Khaled Bentounès: A leading Sufi figure and advocate of intercultural dialogue
Date of source: 10 May 2025
By Brahim Saci
Sheikh Khālid b. Tūnis (Khaled Bentounès) is a respected figure in contemporary Sufism and a fervent advocate of peace. Born in Mustaghānim, Algeria, he is the spiritual guide of the ʿAlawiyya Sufi brotherhood, founded by his ancestor Sheikh Aḥmad al-ʿAlāwī. This movement is renowned for its...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
New Pope thanks everyone who voted for him to succeed Pope Francis
Date of source: 8 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
The new Pope, American Cardinal Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, delivered his first address from the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica, broadcast on Cairo News Channel. Pope Leo XIV opened his first address with a call to peace for all people, thanking all those who voted to elect him as...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron

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