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Date of source: 19 Apr 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs attended an event organized by the Papal Office for Projects (POP) to launch an awareness-raising document titled ‘Let the Joy be Complete,’ which addresses the risks associated with consanguineous or interfamilial marriage.
The initiative, in collaboration with partners including the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 May 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, said that the spread of violence and terrorism, both in the past and now, has not taken place because of religions, but rather because of deviation from sound religious teachings that call for coexistence, tolerance, and respect for diversity.
“The rationale...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 May 2024
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, stated that it is not in the authority of the ʿulemāʾ (scholars) to judge someone to be a kāfir (disbeliever). He added that such a ruling can only take place after meticulous verification and through the judiciary.
“No one should judge people, saying...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 May 2024
The 3rd group of a training forum led by Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church began at the Church of Mār Jirjis in the Cairo district of Heliopolis. The aim of the program is to provide training for 1,000 ecclesial teachers.
The 2nd group in the training forum consisted of 200 participants,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 May 2024
Posts on social media regarding Islamic rulings on drinking alcohol have spread during the past few hours, sparked by a bottle of beer that appeared in a photo during the conference of Takwīn foundation.
The foundation held its annual meeting at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), and a photo of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 May 2024
Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, Secretary-General of al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, said al-Azhar praises the role played by the State of Qatar, along with other Arab countries, in supporting the Palestinian cause and condemning the massacres committed by the Zionist entity against innocent Palestinians,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 14 Oct 2015
President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Shaykh Khalīfa bin Zāyīd Āl Nahyān, announced new legislation that will administer severe penalties and criminalize any act inciting religious hatred.
The official UAE news agency WAM also reported that discrimination “based on religion, caste, creed,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Jun 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church led a mass celebrating the entry of Jesus Christ into Egypt at the Anbā Antonius Church at the Papal Residence in the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāsīya.
The Church is celebrating the mass marking Jesus’ entry into Egypt on June 1...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 May 2024
In the province of al-Minyā in southern Egypt, representatives of prominent families paid a visit to the Coptic Christians and the pastor of the Evangelical church to apologize for the attack on the church's newly constructed building, which had a building license.
Prominent members of the leading...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Jun 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, emphasized that Islam places a high value on environmental preservation and protection because the Almighty Allah created the universe and everything in it with extreme care and precision and left...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Jun 2024
Good afternoon, civil servants, diplomats, and others. You have asked me to speak today and I do so with appreciation. I will start with the shortest summary of the message I want to give you: I find it more than admirable what you are doing. I am in particular referring to the civil servants among...
Reviewed by Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
Translator Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
Date of source: 29 May 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church stated that the Holy Book bestows a unique status to Egypt and Palestine, noting that both countries' names appear there 700 times.
Pope Tawāḍrūs made the remarks while receiving a delegation of senior Palestinian officials at the Papal Residence on...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 May 2024
Anṣār al-Sharīʿa (Supporters of Islamic Law), an extremist group in Libya that the UN and the US had classified as “terrorists,” declared in a statement that it had disbanded itself.
By declaring this self-dissolution, the group, which has ties to the al-Qāʿida Network, said that “we will be...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Mar 2024
Aḥmad bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Qaṭṭān, the kingdom’s permanent envoy to the Arab League and ambassador to Cairo, stated that King Salmān is emphasizing the value of promoting intercultural communication and a culture of peace, as demonstrated by his inaugural statement at the 4th Arab-Latin Summit in...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Jun 2024
Al-Azhar Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayīb is embarking on a tour of Southeast Asia in early July. He will visit Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand to discuss al-Azhar's role in promoting Muslim evangelism (daʿwa) and education in these countries with a host of officials and religious and cultural leaders....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Mar 2014
A proposal to amend Article 20 of the Moroccan Personal Status Law Code, specifically concerning the marriage of minors under the age of 18, has caused division among the ruling majority and opposition groups within the country’s House of Representatives. Demands were made by the progressive...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Feb 2016
Fūʾād Bilqāsimī, the national leader of the Islamist organization Sharia4Belgium and a Moroccan-Belgian, has chosen to take his case to the Belgian Supreme Court in protest of a ruling made by the Court of Appeal a few weeks prior, which sentenced Bilqāsimī to 12 years in prison and a fine of €30,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 Jul 2024
The Episcopal Church, under the leadership of Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Alexandria Province of the Episcopal Church, expressed its great sadness over the inappropriate artwork that was displayed at the opening of the Olympic games in Paris 2024. The artwork comprised an image of “The Last...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 28 Jul 2024
Tomorrow (Monday, July 29th), the General Secretariat of Fatwā Authorities Worldwide will hold its ninth international conference, under the auspices of President ʿAbd el Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, and the umbrella of Dār al Iftāʾ.
Here are 10 important facts about the conference:
1. The conference will be...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 3 Aug 2024
Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), stated on Saturday, August 3, that the council has repeatedly called for the end of the occupation, the realization of justice, peace, and equality, and the recognition of the right of the Palestinian people to...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Jul 2024
Al-Azhar’s Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, stated that teaching children to memorize the Holy Qurʾān was his greatest wish and that he was prepared to resign from being the president of al-Azhar to fulfill this desire.
Social media users shared a video clip by Dr. Ṭayyeb, who spoke about his “...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Jul 2024
During a mourning session for a deceased man, Shaykh Hishām Samīr ʿAntar was reciting lines from the Qurʾān as is customary. However, he drew criticism for seemingly moving his body in an obscene manner that is not appropriate for Qurʾān recitation.
Shaykh Hishām ʿAntar’s Qurʾān recitation was...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Aug 2024
Hasan Akhund, the prime minister of Afghanistan, stated that Afghanistan must uphold the sharīʿa’s ruling and that the Taliban is “taking on the responsibility of upholding the ruling of the sharīʿa, protecting people's lives and property, and respecting our nation.”
To commemorate the third...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 Aug 2024
The former grand muftī and chairman of the House of Representatives’ Religious & Awqāf Affairs Committee, Dr. ʿAlī Jumʿa, noted that the Awqāf conference is unique in that it highlights the role that women play in awareness-raising.
According to a statement from Jumʿa, the 35th conference of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Aug 2024
Under the patronage of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments), Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, honored a number of dignitaries and notable members of Egyptian society on the sidelines of the 35th session of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
In the Cairo district of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 20 Aug 2024
At the 2024 Indonesia International Islamic Book Fair, the Muslim Council of Elders pavilion took home the Best Pavilion Award, making it stand out among the local and international institutions, organizations, and publishing firms that were present.
Tens of thousands of people attended the fair,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Aug 2024
Dr. Ashraf al-Rāʿī will soon publish a new book titled “Electronic Crimes - Objective Rulings on Crimes of Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence,” which discusses Jordanian statute 17/2023 on electronic crimes.
The book is a valuable addition to the law library at a time when...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Aug 2024
Copts offered prayers and petitions for the return of Christina Karīm ʿAzīz, a 20-year-old Christian girl who has vanished for almost two weeks in the Asyūṭ governorate’s al-Fatḥ town.
Her family made a plea to all relevant authorities to step in and help solve the girl’s unexplained disappearance...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Sep 2024
At the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs headquarters, editors-in-chief of major press organizations met with the Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, to discuss the ministry’s action plan to renew religious discourse.
During a speech, Dr. Azharī stated that his ministry...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Mar 2024
2024 was designated as the “Year of Female Preachers” due to the prominence of female preachers at al-Azhar and the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) in recent years.
More than 200 female preachers from al-Azhar and over 1,000 accredited female preachers from the Awqāf Ministry worked...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Sep 2024
As the tenure of the current councils on divorce and second marriage expired, Pope Tawāḍrūs issued an order replacing the heads and members of the regional clerical personal status councils dealing with these issues.
Papal Decision No. 3 for the year 2024 on the lineup of the Clerical Council on...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Aug 2024
There was wide-scale controversy in Iraq after the Ministry of Justice proposed a draft law to lower the age of marriage to 9 years of age for females and 15 years of age for males.
Proponents of human rights fiercely opposed the plan, calling it a “major setback for human and women's rights in the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 Aug 2024
A high-level youth delegation from the Egyptian Family House project (Bayt al-ʿĀʾila), led by Anbā Ermīyā Makram, met with Egypt's Grand Muftī, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, to discuss ways to collaborate.
ʿAyyād, who is also the head of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, emphasized that...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Sep 2024
The Director of the Islamic Sheikhdom of Croatia, Shaykh ʿAzīz Hasanović, stated that there is no denying the efforts made by Dār al-Iftāʾ in Egypt to counter accusations of Islamophobia, which have been steadily increasing. This is especially true in light of the increasing number of racist...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 14 Sep 2024
The chairman of the council of Catholic patriarchs and bishops, Anbā Ibrāhīm Isḥaq of Alexandria, congratulated President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and other high ranking state officials on the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawī, which marks the Prophet Muḥammad's birthday.
Anbā Isḥaq issued a statement...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Sep 2024
The life of the Afghan woman has changed considerably over the past few decades. In the past, women had equality, voting rights, and legal protections, polygamy was not permitted, weddings were reserved for girls over the age of 21, and while traditional attire was the norm, some women preferred to...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Sep 2024
The Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, stated that Egypt, led by President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, is making every effort to put an end to the conflict in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
In a speech on al-Mawlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday), Azharī stated...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
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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.