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Date of source: 21 Apr 2025
It is with infinite sadness that the Great Mosque of Paris has been informed of the death of Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church and an emblematic figure of interreligious dialogue and human brotherhood, on Easter Monday.
Shams al-Dīn Ḥāfiẓ, Rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, the religious...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
Hundreds of Christian believers participated in the Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem. The procession started from the Monastery of Bayt Fajjār in the town of Al-Tūr and passed through the streets of the town, including the road to the Church of Gethsemane, the Church of Santa Maria, and the road...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
A pastor of the Anglican Cathedral of St. George in Jerusalem said, "The Israeli occupation’s bombardment of al-Ahlī Hospital in the city of Gaza, rendering it out of service on Palm Sunday, is insulting all Christians and violates all rules of human behavior."
"During the early morning hours of...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
Israeli occupation authorities denied Christians from the West Bank access to the occupied city of Jerusalem to attend the Palm Sunday celebrations, according to the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA).
Eastern and Western churches celebrate Palm Sunday, the last Sunday before Easter and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine strongly condemned the odious crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces as they bombed the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, run by the Anglican Church in Gaza City, on Palm Sunday, one of the holiest days for Christians. The committee...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 12 Apr 2025
Many wonder about the possibility of the marriage between Christians of different denominations. In light of this, the Coptic Orthodox Church has agreed on a new set of rules regarding marriage, which aim to regulate personal status within the sect. Foremost among these rules is the requirement...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
Archpriest Mūsa Ibrāhīm, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, has expressed his solidarity with Christians in the West Bank after the Israeli occupation prevented them from reaching Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday in the city’s churches, in particular the Church of the Holy Sepulchre....
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 10 Apr 2025
On Wednesday, 9 April, Emmanuel Macron announced that France could recognize a Palestinian state "in June" at a conference it will co-chair with Saudi Arabia at the United Nations in New York, which, according to him, would also lead to the recognition of Israel by a number of countries.
"We must...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 10 Apr 2025
On April 7 and 8, Emmanuel Macron traveled to Cairo to meet his Egyptian counterpart, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī. The visit gave the two heads of state an opportunity to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as the "unbearable situation" in the Gaza Strip.
Emmanuel Macron,...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 1 Apr 2025
Today (Tuesday) marks the anniversary of the death of Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the former Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments), who passed away on April 1, 2020.
Zaqzūq, born in the governorate of al-Daqahlīya on December 27, 1933, obtained his university degree at the Faculty of Arabic...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Apr 2025
Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām welcomed a South African Council of Churches delegation at the Council's headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
The delegation included Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, former General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches; Bishop...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Apr 2025
A Palestinian scholar and a former student of al-Azhar said that he felt relieved by a phone call from Grand Imām Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, who expressed support and appreciation for the struggling Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip under cruel and calamitous circumstances.
"Despite the tough...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Apr 2025
The 2nd edition of a program on producing promising female leaders was inaugurated under the patronage of Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, and Dr. Salāma Dāwūd, President of al-Azhar University.
"The event tackled the issue of empowerment of women," said Dr. Muḥammad Fikrī Khiḍr, Vice-...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Apr 2025
I would like to extend my congratulations on this occasion of ʿEid al-Fiṭr to all of our Muslim brothers who are celebrating in Egypt and across the world, praying to God for joy and peace in our country and for our people, as well as over the region and the rest of the world. Today, Coptic...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 16 Mar 2025
As Eīd al-Fiṭr approaches, Muslims around the world are preparing to pay the Zakāt al-Fiṭr, an obligatory almsgiving that symbolizes solidarity and generosity. In Algeria, the amount of these alms for 2025 has been officially announced by the religious authorities.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 6 Apr 2025
Date of source: 5 Apr 2025
Date of source: 23 Mar 2025
Bishop Paula (Būla), the Archbishop of Tanta and its suburbs and the person responsible for personal status law within the Coptic Orthodox Church, confirmed that the new Personal Status Law for Christians has set the age of a minor to be under 21 years, instead of 18 years, as is the case in other...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 18 Mar 2025
Sāndī Girgis, a young Christian woman, is engaged in charity activities during the holy fasting month of Ramaḍān to hand out ifṭār (fast-breaking) meals she had cooked at her home in the streets of the coastal province of al-Ismāʿīlīya, where she lives, giving them to the poor and needy.
Girgis has...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Mar 2025
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, head of the Evangelical community in Egypt, expressed "deep appreciation" for the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, and for his "pioneering role in promoting the values of tolerance and peace."
He emphasized that Dr. Ṭayyīb is a "global religious figure and a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Mar 2025
In a beautiful display reflecting love and friendship, Christians in Syria sent a joyful message to Muslims on the occasion of ʿEīd al-Fiṭr.
Stood outside Our Lady’s Church in Damascus, a Christian choir sung a message of congratulations to Syrian Muslims to the tune of the song "The Full Moon Has...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 24 Mar 2025
The former Grand Mufti of Egypt and member of the Council of Senior Scholars at Al-Azhar, Sheikh ‘Alī Gomʿa, answered a question from one of the youths: "If a Christian dies as a martyr for the country, does he go to Heaven?" Gomʿa said, "This is something that should be discussed within the...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 26 Mar 2025
Date of source: 15 Mar 2025
The Patriarchal Vicar of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Al-Quds), Bishop William al-Shomali (William al-Shūmalī), refuted in a scholarly and theological manner the justification of Jewish claims to Palestine by saying that the Bible is not a land registry that grants land to one people over...
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Translator Khadija Quadri al-Jilani
Date of source: 18 Mar 2025
More than 150 personalities from different backgrounds came together to celebrate Ramaḍān in a spirit of sharing and diversity.
On Sunday evening in Casablanca, representatives of the three monotheistic religions, as well as athletes, cultural figures, and diplomats from some twenty countries, took...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 21 Mar 2025
In this interview with TSA Algérie, Shams al-Dīn Ḥafīẓ, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, talks about the role of the institution in bringing peace between Algeria and France, whose relations are going through a serious crisis.
He discusses the absence of the Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 7 Mar 2025
Morocco’s permanent representative at the UN Office in Geneva, ʿUmar Znīber, has highlighted the Moroccan model of religious coexistence and its efforts to boost values of tolerance, mutual respect, and interfaith dialogue.
“Morocco is a land of diversity and tolerance and portrays a harmonious...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Mar 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church received at the Papal Residence in Cairo a delegation of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) led by Secretary-General Dr. Maximos Charakopoulos, and discussed a proposal on unifying the date of Easter celebrations among all Christians...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Mar 2025
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, who is also chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, said that interfaith and intercultural dialogue are no longer a luxury today, but an existential necessity to save humanity from ignorance and misunderstandings.
He stressed the importance of having...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Mar 2025
The Dominican Fathers Monastery hosted a signing ceremony on the book “Father George Qanawātī: A Life for Interfaith & Intercultural Dialogue” authored by Dominican Father Jean-Jacques Pérennès.
The event was attended by Bishop Claudio Lurati of the Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria, which...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Mar 2025
The relationship between Pope Cyril VI and the late leader Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer, marked by affection and warmth, is depicted by Moḥammad Ḥassaneīn Heīkal in his book Autumn of Fury. Heīkal writes, “The relationship between Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer and Cyril VI was excellent; they had mutual admiration...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 13 Feb 2025
In light of successful endeavors by Egypt and Qatar to complete the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the beginning of the Christian pilgrimage season to Jerusalem, Copts are wondering about the possibility of making it this year after a ban in 2024.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Mar 2025
Security forces, in cooperation with the Coptic Archbishopric in Sūhāg Governorate, southern Egypt, brought a Christian girl who reportedly disappeared on February 24, back to her family.
The father of the 19-year-old Mārīnā Khalaf had reported her missing but blamed no one for her disappearance....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Feb 2025
In a TV message read out by Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, the Minister of Ḥabūs and Islamic Affairs, King Muḥammad VI calls on Moroccans not to perform the ritual sacrifice of ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa.
In his address, the King stated:
"Dear People, We endeavor to bring together, for the benefit of our faithful people, the...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 9 Mar 2025
745 civilians have been killed in Syria's coastal regions and the mountains of Latakia by security forces in three days, according to the OSDH.
Syrian President Aḥmad al-Sharʿaon Sunday called for "national unity" in the country after three days of communal violence unprecedented since the fall of...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 20 Feb 2025
Participants in the 4th session of the Intra-Islamic Dialogue Conference said that the convening of this meeting reflects profound interest by al-Azhar, the Muslim Council of Elders, and the Kingdom of Bahrain in rallying Muslim ranks, praising their efforts to boost values of citizenship and...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Mar 2025
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said that coordination is underway with al-Azhar, the Ministry of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in order to devise a legal framework to regulate fatwas in Egypt.
“Dār al-Iftā’...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Mar 2025
Many Moroccans warmly welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Religious Endowments, Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, about the cancellation of this year’s ‘Eid al-Aḍḥā sacrifice, especially given that it will spare a large part of the population from the soaring livestock prices that had skyrocketed last year...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 2 Mar 2025
Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, the former Grand Mufti of Egypt, responded to a question from a female student about a controversial ḥadīth which states that the majority of those in hell will be women.
The Ramaḍān television program, Nūr al-Dīn wa al-Dunyā (“Light of Religion and the World”), is hosted by Dr....
Reviewed by Jack Heron, ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator Jack Heron, ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Feb 2025
Dr. Ramzī Khūrī, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and head of the Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine (HCC), has sent a telegram to Pope Francis in which he wished him a speedy recovery. He prayed to God for his health and for...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
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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.