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Reflections on the Place of Women in Christianity (Dr. ʿĀīdah Naṣṣīf )
Date of source: 2 Sep 2024
By Dr. ʿĀīdah Naṣṣīf (Cairo University)
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Questions about Scripture and Violence
Ancient Egypt, the Exodus, and Historical Research
Dialogue Conference on November 25th - “Messages of Hope and Peace: Connecting for a Just Future for Palestine-Israel”
Recent Intern Publications on Developments in Europe
The 2024 Naguib Mahfouz Prize - The Dār al-Iftāʾ combats extremism
Interview with Fady Ghaṭṭās on the Alexandria School and Christian Publishing in Egypt
Christians in Syria - Christmas in Palestine
New Essays on Dialogue and Islamic Ethics
Quick debate on social media about the Virgin Mary
Date of source: 20 Dec 2024
By Ashraf Nājiḥ Ibrāhīm ʿAbd al-Malāk
The discussion began on Facebook pages when a Catholic user prayed for Mary’s “tears,” whilst other non-Catholics commented and wondered about the meaning of this supplication, which then led to conversations about other matters related to the Virgin Mary. The contents of the debate are presented...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Criminal Procedures Law supports National Human Rights Strategy, according to NCHR
Date of source: 24 Dec 2024
By Al-Amīr Naṣrī
Ambassador Mushīra Khaṭṭāb, chair of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), has described the Criminal Procedures Law as a “great step” that is expected to be followed by more alternatives, and will serve the National Human Rights Strategy well. “Great accomplishments have been achieved...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Jordan prepares to inaugurate a new church – a symbol of peace in the Middle East
Date of source: 5 Jan 2025
By No Author Mentioned
The Catholic Church in Jordan is preparing for an important occasion coming up – the official consecration of the Church of the Baptism of the Lord (Kanīsa maʿamūdiyya al-sayyīd al-masīḥ) in Wādī al-Kharrār, the desert area near the Jordan river where according to the Gospel, Christ was baptised by...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
ʿAmr Adīb: Sīsī’s remarks at Coptic cathedral go beyond mere well-wishing
Date of source: 6 Jan 2025
By Ḥassan Mursī
Renowned media figure ʿAmr Adīb has said that President ʿAbd  al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s statements during his visit to the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ to offer congratulations over Coptic Christmas addressed all Egyptians and went beyond mere well-wishing. “The president has tackled the...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
“We have to do whatever we can to protect our homeland,” Sīsī tells Egyptians at Coptic cathedral
Date of source: 6 Jan 2025
By Bassām Ramaḍān
In a speech to Coptic Orthodox Christians, President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī stated that everything that happens is decreed by God and Egyptians have to do whatever they can to protect the homeland through friendship and love for one another. “The extent of endearment between Egyptians grows every...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
National Council for Human Rights member sheds light on new Personal Status Law
Date of source: 6 Jan 2025
By Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (reporter)‎
A member of the National Council for Human Rights, Dr. Muḥammad Mamdūḥ, has said that the draft of the new Personal Status Law is structured in a way that preserves the rights of all family members and avoids bias in favor of men or women over each other. “There is great interest publicising this...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
New Personal Status Law grants mother custody of her children after death of father
Date of source: 1 Jan 2025
By Ibrāhīm Qāsim
The draft of the new Personal Status Law consists of 355 articles divided into three sections, including 175 articles pertaining to guardianship of individuals, 89 articles on ownership of finances and 91 articles related to procedures, according to the chair of the Committee preparing the draft. “...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Lawmaker says new Egyptian Personal Status Law to serve Egyptian family’s interests
Date of source: 21 Dec 2024
By Muḥammad ʿIzz al-Dīn
A legislator stated that the Egyptian constitution highlights women’s rights in more than 20 articles, noting that the law has tightened penalties for crimes such as female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual harassment, and other offenses against women. “The new Personal Status Law will not be biased...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Cases of marriage annulment in new Personal Status Law
Date of source: 20 Dec 2024
By Muhammad Shaʿbān
Counselor Yūsuf Ṭalʿat, the legal advisor for the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, stated that the new personal status law for Christians provides a precise explanation of the issue of divorce, emphasizing that the law avoids abstract terms by offering detailed provisions. “The law defines...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Adoption and divorce in Christians’ Personal Status Law
Date of source: 20 Dec 2024
By Muḥammad Ṭaha
Priest Rifʿat Fatḥī, Secretary-General of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile, stated that parentage in the personal status law for Christians is governed by public law. “In the past, families often resolved inheritance disputes by writing a will. However, due to family conflicts, a father might deny...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Al-Azhar Declaration on Basic Freedoms (2012)
Date of source: 8 Jan 2012
By Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyeb (Grand Imām)
All Egyptian institutions are participating in enacting Personal Status Law, says Anbā Būlā
Date of source: 12 Jan 2025
By Muḥammad Sharqāwī
Anbā Būlā, Archbishop of Ṭanṭā and its dependencies, has said that all Egyptians are taking part in enacting the law on personal status affairs. “When I say that all of Egypt is participating in the new law, this means all churches and institutions concerned, as well as the parliament and citizens...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Islamic Sharīʿa is applicable everywhere and at any age, says Grand Muftī
Date of source: 10 Jan 2025
By Ḥasan Mursī
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, has stated that there is a correlation between the purposes of the Islamic Sharīʿa law and modern contempory life, adding that the Sharīʿa law is applicable everywhere and at all times. “The purposes of Sharīʿa law are to achieve the interests of Muslims’ and...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Pope Tawāḍrūs thanks President Sīsī for vising the Cathedral on Christmas
Date of source: 6 Jan 2025
By Maryam al-Sharīf
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church expressed gratitude to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī in an article for El-Waṭan following the president’s visit to the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) to extend his congratulations to Egyptian Christians...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Human Solidarity and the Birth of a New Dawn
Date of source: 12 Jan 2025
By Al-Ḥasan bin Ṭalāl (former Crown Prince of Jordan)
As we welcome the new year, we hope it will be a time of prosperity, marked by peace and tranquility. This hope holds particular significance in a world increasingly characterized by harshness and polarization and the spread of hatred in the shadow of conflicts, wars, crises and natural disasters....
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Syrian Christians wary of attempts to create civil divisions by distribution of leaflets in al-Qaṣṣāʿ
Date of source: 16 Jan 2025
By Nūrā al-Jindī
Armed men have been attempting to cause civil disruption amongst Christians in Syria by posing as members of the Military Operations Department, despite the administration issuing warnings for those doing so. Videos documenting the gunmen handing out leaflets in Christian neighbourhood al-Qaṣṣāʿ in...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates anniversary of the return of the head of St. Mark the Apostle to Egypt
Date of source: 16 Jan 2025
By Mīrnā Rizq
On Thursday (January 16), or the 8th day of the Coptic month Ṭūba, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the anniversary of the return of the head of St. Mark the Apostle (Mār Marqus al-Rasūl.) The Synaxarium, which records the lives of the martyred fathers and saints, suggests that on this day in...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Atheists contradict themselves and fail at the first real test — Grand Muftī of Egypt
Date of source: 17 Jan 2025
By Muḥammad Ṭaha
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, addressed questions raised by atheists regarding God’s wrath and attributes.  In an interview with media figure Ḥamdī Rizq on the Ask the Muftī program on Ṣada Al-Balad TV, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād discussed the perception of an “angry God” held by some...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Coptic Orthodox Church anoints the remains of 14 patriarchs
Date of source: 16 Jan 2025
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
On Thursday, January 16, Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church blessed the remains of 14 patriarchs of the Monastery of Saint Makāryūs in the Scetis Desert, also known as Wādī al-Naṭrūn.  Following the blessing, the remains were transferred to the newly prepared compartments within the...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Proposed amendments to the Family Code in Morocco: Inheritance, Polygamy, and Divorce
Date of source: 24 Dec 2024
By Youssef Yʿakoubī
Minister of Justice ʿAbdel Laṭīf Wahbī has revealed in a meeting on Tuesday in Rabat the key proposed amendments as part of the redraft of the Moroccan family code, for which a royal working session was held on Monday. During the same meeting, for which ministers, government officials, heads of...
Reviewed by Salsabīl al-Sheikh
Translator Salsabīl al-Sheikh
Revision of the Moudawana: The main proposals unveiled
Date of source: 24 Dec 2024
By No Author Mentioned
On the instructions of the King, a communication meeting was held in Rabat on Tuesday, 24 December 2024, to present the proposals for revising the Family Code, or Moudawana. These proposals will be put to a vote in Parliament. The meeting provided an opportunity to take stock of the proposed...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Prince al-Ḥasan bin Ṭalāl: The division of Arab-Muslim nations is a disease that requires treatment
Date of source: 25 Jan 2025
By Ṣāliḥ al-Saʿīdī
His Royal Highness Prince al-Ḥasan bin Ṭalāl has stressed that the unity of Arab-Islamic countries is an urgent necessity to confront threats and challenges. He said in an interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas that Arabs and Muslims possess many elements of strength, but their division and...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Nūr magazine releases second edition of Children Ask the Imam at Cairo International Book Fair
Date of source: 24 Jan 2025
By Salwā ʿUthmān
Nūr, a magazine for children founded by the World Organization for Al-Azhar Graduates, continues its journey with Grand Imām of Al-Azhar University, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, which last year began to provide the opportunity for a dialogue with children in the book Children Ask the Imam. The book is...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Al-Azhar’s booth at CIFB holds symposium on Palestine
Date of source: 27 Jan 2025
By Amīra al-ʿAnānī
The Azhar’s pavilion at the 56th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) hosted a symposium on Sunday, January 27, titled “Palestine ... History of a Nation and Struggle of a People,” in which several scholars from Al-Azhar led discussion, addressing the historical and religious significance of...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
CIBF discusses book about Sultan Qābūs of Oman
Date of source: 31 Jan 2025
By Maī Fahmī
The 56th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), the International Plaza Hall 2 hosted a symposium entitled ‘Omani Achievements in the Space of Humanity,’ attended by Dr. Khamis al-ʿAdawī, an advisor for civilization studies at the Omani culture ministry. “Omani culture before Islam is...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Youth Archbishopric takes part in CIBF with new publications
Date of source: 2 Feb 2025
By Teresa Shinūda
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s Youth Bishopric is participating in the activities of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) for the year 2025 with the latest publications by Anbā Mūsa, General Bishop of Youths, including meditations on the Nativity, meditations on the Resurrection in Christianity...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
CEOSS to offer publications contributing to awareness building, says director Zakī
Date of source: 2 Feb 2025
By Monica Jirjis
Dār al-Ṯaqāfa of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) is participating in the 56th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) with a varied collection of publications tackling the topics of theology, intellect, and societal development in addition to children’s...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Rāʿī presents the Saint Maron medal to Marwān Ṣeḥnaūī
Date of source: 27 Jan 2025
By No Author Mentioned
During a ceremony held at the Maronite patriarchal headquarters, Maronite patriarch Bechāra Rāʿī presented Marwān Ṣeḥnaūī, president of the Lebanese Association of the Knights of Malta, with the Saint Maron medal, the highest distinction of the Maronite Church, in recognition of his exceptional...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
The Rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris calls on the Pope
Date of source: 11 Feb 2025
By Rafik Tadjer
The rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris has met Pope Francis for the second time in less than three years. Chems-Eddine Hafiz was received at the Vatican by the Sovereign Pontiff on Monday, 10 February 2025. Accompanied by a delegation from the European Coordination Council (AMMALE), Mr. Hafiz...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
To Christian Zionists and Christians of the East
Date of source: 9 Feb 2025
By Rifʿat Fikrī Saʿīd (Rev.)
Thanks to a generous invitation from Priest Dr. Mitrī Al-Rāhib, the founder and president of Dār al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, Palestine, I attended an important international conference organized by the university in collaboration with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Muftī explains the Prophet Muḥammad's approach to handling schisms
Date of source: 7 Feb 2025
By Muḥammad Ṭaha
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, stated that the historical developments experienced by the Islamic nation in its early days emphasizes a distinction between mu’minūn (true believers) and munāfiqūn (hypocrites). “These intellectual and cultural wars we are currently witnessing have become...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī

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