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Al-Bayt al-Muḥammadī foundation celebrates anniversaries of al-Isrāʾ & Miʿrāj
Date of source: 7 Feb 2024
By Rūʾa Mamdūḥ
Al-Bayt al-Muḥammadī Foundation for Sufism and Heritage Science Studies is celebrating the anniversary of the al-Isrā’ wa al-Miʿrāj (Night Journey and Ascension to Heave of the Prophet Muḥammad) and al-Sayīda Zaynab. The event was attended by a host of scholars of the Azhar and Dr. Muḥmmad Mhannā,...
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Coptic young man receives 6-month jail term for contempt of Christianity
Date of source: 6 Feb 2024
By Lamīs Fahīm
The Ṭanṭā Economic Court sentenced Coptic young man Kyrullus Rifʿat Nāshid to six-month suspended imprisonment term and a fine of EGP100,000 (roughly $3,235) on charges of contempt of Christianity and infringement of family principles and values. The public prosecution had accused Nāshid of “...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs meets with Patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church
Date of source: 4 Feb 2024
By Maryam Sharīf
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church welcomed Bishop Kōnstāntayn of the Russian Orthodox Church in Egypt and Africa at the Papal Residence in Cairo on Sunday. Bishop Kōnstāntayn conveyed the greetings of Patriarch Kīrill of Moscow and All Russia to the Coptic Orthodox Church, expressing...
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Jordan’s laws grant women exclusive right of inheritance
Date of source: 3 Feb 2024
By Saḥar al-Jaʿārah
A dilemma that involves the issue of many injustices related to Christians’ personal status has been dominating the question of inheritance for Christians in most, if not all, Arab countries. However, Jordan has courageously approached this thorny affair, and come up with a solution that might...
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Patriarchal vicar of Syrian Orthodox Church visits Pope Tawāḍrūs
Date of source: 8 Feb 2024
By Abānūb ʿĪd
Tīmōthāūs Mattā al-Khūrī, Patriarchal Vicar of the Syrian Orthodox Church and Archbishop of Ḥomṣ, Ḥamā, Ṭarṭōs and the area which surrounds it, visited Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church on Thursday (Feb. 8) at the Papal Residence of the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-...
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Cairo International Book Fair features ‘Children Ask the Imām’
Date of source: 19 Jan 2024
By Manāl al-Warrāqī
Under the auspices of Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, al-Azhar is taking part in the 55th edition of the CIBF for the eighth year running with a special pavilion in the event that continues for two weeks from January 24 to February 6 at Egypt's International Exhibitions Center (EIEC) in the 5th Settlement. Al...
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Council of Muslim Elders publication ‘The West and the Rediscovery of Islam’ at Cairo Book Fair
Date of source: 18 Jan 2024
By Īmān ʿAbd al-Raḥmān
The Muslim Council of Elders pavilion at the Cairo International Book Fair 2024 is offering visitors the book ‘The West and Rediscovery of Islam: Approaches to Islam in Contemporary Western Thought’ by Professor Tijani Boulaouali, who is Director of the European Studies Program at al-Ḥokamāʾ Center...
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Friday sermon clarifies the purposes of Islamic law
Date of source: 19 Jan 2024
By Hāzim al-Khūlī
A cleric of the ministry of awqāf (religious endowments) said the Islamic sharīʿa (law) aims to preserve religion, soul, progeny, money, and mind, noting that all rules of the sharīʿa revolve around maintaining these necessities. “That is why God Almighty ordered believers to pursue the sharīʿa...
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Rev. Dr. Andrēa Zakī: 90% of family law for Egyptian Christians approved
Date of source: 18 Jan 2024
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
Dr. Andrēa Zakī, President of the Evangelical community in Egypt, said that there have been many rounds and lots of discussions on the unified personal status law, which ended up in agreement over 90% of the items. “Nearly most of the differences are around two or three issues pertaining to...
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Mufīda ʿAbd-Raḥman (1914-2002): The first Egyptian female lawyer to contribute to family law reform
Date of source: 20 Jan 2024
By Ranā Ashraf
Mufīda ʿAbd al-Raḥman, the renowned first Egyptian female lawyer, participated in the activities of the committee on personal status law amendments in late 1950s and contributed to enacting legislations regulating family-related affairs, including marriage and divorce. Mufīda, born on January 20,...
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