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“All state affairs are handled with honor and integrity,” President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī stated when wishing Coptic Orthodox Christians a peaceful new year when he visited the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ on Eastern Christmas, situated in the New Administrative Capital, 45 kilometers east...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Since the overthrow of Bashār al-Assad and the Syrian Baʿath Party, many people have been feeling joyful and optimistic – not just in Syria, but across the Middle East and the rest of the world. However, this optimism has been closely followed by feelings of uncertainty about a future under new...
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Translator Jack Heron
It is important to pay attention to the minority in Lebanon since the main effects of the events in Syria are about a shift in the political weight of power, and maybe a change in geography as well, given the discussion of division in Syria. There must be some reflection on the future of Lebanon...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Armenian Catholic Bishop of Damascus George Asʿadūryān said he met with officials from the “new authority” in Syria and received assurances about Christians, asserting “there are no threats posted to Christians at present as the situation is currently quiet.” “We have been assured that the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Pope Tawāḍrūs attended the official celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Coptic Studies (1954 – 2024), hosted in the Papal Residence in Cairo. Pope Tawāḍrūs made an address at the event, saying, “This is an occasion that is not only about the church but rather the homeland...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
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. According to Father Būlus Ḥalīm, a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Twelve years have passed since writer and thinker Mīlād Ḥannā passed away on November 26, 2012, leaving behind a powerful legacy as one of the most prominent political writers.  He began his political involvement in the 1950s when he joined the Vanguard Organization, a secret group affiliated with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
The Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) and the Ministry of Health successfully held a symposium on the issue of smoking, which ended with the Grand Muftī of the Kingdom of Jordan formally banning smoking by issuing a fatwa designating it as ḥarām (religiously prohibited).  However, we can...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
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. ʿAyyād made statements to al-Miṣrī al-Yawm newspaper, “Social media is one of the most...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī

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