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Date of source: 29 Oct 2024
Currently, the entire world stands idle yet cannot overlook the severity of the genocide in the Gaza Strip, in which fighters, civilians, children, women, and the elderly have been targeted indiscriminately.
This reaction has provoked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attempt to...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Oct 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church said the al-Muqaṭṭam service has many blessed priests who have offered magnificent service over the years, noting that he remembers Father Samʿān al-Kharrāz, who started his ministry to the church fifty years ago, along with a group of other priests who...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Oct 2024
Following a three-day meeting, a group of bishops and archbishops who had split from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church formed the “Tigray Orthodox Tewahedo Church Synod,” an ethnic and regional synod, based on a recently produced “Church canon.”
In a 16-point statement, the group stated that Abune...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Oct 2024
Dr. Zaynab al-Saʿīd, a fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ, said that denying women their inheritance rights is one of the worst offenses a person can commit.
“The Islamic sharīʿa has acknowledged women’s rights to inheritance. Infringement of women’s rights to receive their shares of the inheritance...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Oct 2024
Dr. Hiba ʿŪf, a professor of Qurʾān interpretation at al-Azhar University, said using divorce to get a pension or using ʿurfī (legal but informal) marriage to gain financially are flagrant violations of Islamic and Muslim ethics.
“Divorce, according to the Islamic Sharīʿa, is not just a legal...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Oct 2024
According to a representative for the Health & Population Ministry, discussions have taken place surrounding the eradication of female circumcision as a practice in Egypt, with international organizations coming together in a bid to raise awareness on this issue and prevent violence against...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Sep 2024
On Monday, September 16, which was the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday), Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, made a speech that triggered wide-scale controversy in religious and media circles.
Delivered in the presence of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Oct 2024
A protocol of cooperation between Egypt Healthcare Authority (EHA) and Bayt al-Zakāt, also known as the Alms and Charity House, was signed during a ceremony attended by Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar. It focused on the treatment of low-income and uninsured patients at al-Azhar...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 20 Oct 2024
Religion, with all its official institutions, is one of the ideological organs of the state, being used as a mechanism for control, legitimacy, and justification of policies and practices, to the extent that a degree of religious sanctity is given to these institutions, which monopolize the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Oct 2024
According to a Health Ministry official, Egypt’s female circumcision rate has significantly decreased, especially for girls under the age of 19.
In statements on the show “Kol al-Zawāyā” (All Corners) on the ON E TV network, Dr. Amr Ḥasan, the Health Minister’s advisor for Population & Family...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Oct 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, highlighted the role of ministries and institutions of culture in Arab nations in attaching importance to the Arabic language.
“Cultural institutions contribute to creating sources of Islamic and cultural knowledge, which are capable of attracting...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 23 Oct 2024
Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa, a well-known media personality, stated that Egypt is a civil state and that religion has no bearing on the government’s service operations.
During his talk show Ḥadīth al-Qāhira on al-Qāhira wa al-Nās TV station, ʿĪsa stated, “The government must stand against religionizing politics...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Oct 2024
According to a legislator, international accords governing refugee conditions were consulted to develop the new draft law on foreigner asylum to Egypt, which the House of Representatives Defense & National Security Committee recently adopted.
“The new law aims to provide a comprehensive legal...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Sep 2024
Renowned press and media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, made a statement rejecting any connection between the October 6, 1973 war and the Operation Al-Aqṣā Typhoon, which was carried out against Israel by Ḥamās on October 7, 2023.
During the talk show, Ḥadīth al-Qāhira, on al-Qāhira wa al-Nās TV...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Oct 2024
Whether or not you support what happened on October 7, the aftermath has changed the world in a way that guarantees that it will not be the same as it was before. National and international changes that have already taken place will affect the shape and future of the region.
The October 7 operation...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Oct 2024
Al-Azhar declared a state of mourning for the “heroic martyrs of the Palestinian resistance” after Israel announced that Yaḥyā al-Sinwār, the leader of the Ḥamās movement, had been killed during fighting in the southern Gaza city of Rafaḥ, on Thursday, October 17.
“Al-Azhar al-Sharīf mourns the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Oct 2024
As the birthplace of Jesus Christ, the Church of the Nativity in Palestine, is extremely significant to Christians, and all denominations travel there to receive its blessings, especially during the Christmas season.
According to the official website of the Bethlehem Municipality, the Church of the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Oct 2024
After a full examination of the body at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv (Abū Kabīr), the Hebrew newspaper, Ynet, announced that the Israeli occupation authorities have taken the body of Yaḥyā al-Sinwār to a classified location to keep.
According to the article, it is now unclear what...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Oct 2024
Under the patronage of Prime Minister Muṣṭafā Madbūlī, Dār al-Iftāʾ held a symposium titled, ‘Fatwā & Character Building,’ in which a documentary that reviewed efforts by al-Azhar as a source of enlightenment and moderation was screened.
The documentary confirmed that the priority of the Grand...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Oct 2024
A researcher in the Faculty of Archeology of Cairo University said the Holy Family’s journey in Egypt is considered to be one of the most important events in history as it was based on a sacred revelation and divine orders.
In an interview with Ṣadā al-Balad news website, Bīshūy Damyān Ḥilmī said...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Oct 2024
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Translator Noha Heraiba, Rajāʾ Maḥmūd Ismāʿīl
Date of source: 8 Oct 2024
During the launch of the symposium that was held in promotion of the presidential initiative titled, 'A New Beginning to Build Egyptian Humans,' under the patronage of President ʿAbd el Fattāḥ al Sīsī and hosted by Dār al-Iftāʾ, the Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād said:
“By building humans,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 20 Oct 2024
Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, Dr. Muḥammad al-Jindī, received the General Bishop and Chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center (COCC), Anbā Irmīyā, to discuss the role of religious institutions in boosting people’s awareness and the joint effort of the institutions to...
Date of source: 14 Mar 2024
Representative Nadīm Gemayel stated, “Ḥezbollah’s profanation of pre-emptive wars has proven to be a failure, as seen in the war in Syria, and the repercussions of crises, displacement, and crimes in Lebanon.”
He posted on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), “To this day, the support...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 6 Oct 2024
On Sunday, October 6, the eve of the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 incidents, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church reiterated his calls for an “immediate ceasefire” in the region of the Middle East, as well as the urgency for the release of the hostages detained in Gaza.
Addressing...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Oct 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs stressed the church’s willingness to join all activities that aim at raising citizens’ awareness on the importance of rationalizing the water consumption.
The pope made the remarks at the Papal Residence in Cairo on Monday, October 7. To address their respective duties in this regard...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Oct 2024
Osāma al-Azharī, Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) said that a distorted perception of religious discourse, which is based on fanaticism and disputes over doctrinal matters, could push some young people and adolescents to have wrong ideas about religions and gradually lead them to atheism....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Oct 2024
On Saturday, October 12, a workshop with the title ‘Religious Leaders and a New Beginning for Building Humans’ was launched as part of a presidential initiative on human development under the sponsorship of the National Council for Women (NCW). At the workshop, participants talked about the goals,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 14 Oct 2024
Background for the Mikado Library, the Katholiek Documentatie Centrum and the Historisch Documentatiecentrum voor het Nederlands Protestantisme.
This brief provides background to books and documents Cornelis Hulsman provided to the Mikado Library, Aachen, October 10, 2024.
Working in emigration...
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Translator Matthew Anderson
Date of source: 14 Oct 2024
Muslim books on Christian mission for the Mikado library
Christianity In Africa: Missionaries and Change (African Society of Social Sciences: Tripoli, Libya, 1986).
Christian Missionarism and the Alienation of the African Mind (African Society of Social Sciences: Tripoli, Libya, 1986).
I bought...
Date of source: 14 Oct 2024
Farewell speech for Professor Wolfram Reiss (University of Vienna)
I was born and raised in a conservative Christian Reformed family with beliefs such as the current state of Israel is the promised land for the Jews, negative perspectives on Islam, reading the Qur’an was wrong, the Catholic church...
Date of source: 26 Sep 2024
In his weekly sermon, Pope Tawāḍrūs expressed his deep concern over the suffering caused by armed conflicts, emphasizing the need to end the war in the region of Lebanon and Palestine, while upholding the ideals of wisdom, humanism, and mercy.
Speaking in his sermon at the Martyr Mār Jirjis Church...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 Sep 2024
Al-Azhar University President, Dr. Salāma Dawūd, announced that six colleges have obtained renewed accreditation. Five were accredited for the first time and thirteen academic programs were accredited at the different colleges of the university in Cairo and provinces.
“The colleges that obtained...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Sep 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said that discussion about the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday is no longer a superfluous matter but rather an obligation and a religious duty.
“The world is suffering from a lack of conscience regarding the reality in which we live and differs completely from...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 Sep 2024
On Saturday, September 28th, the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Ḥamās, lamented the loss of Ḥasan Naṣrallah, Secretary-General of Ḥizbullah, whom Ḥizbullah confirmed to be murdered in an Israeli attack.
“We remember his struggle, full of sacrifices for the sake of liberating Jerusalem and the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Sep 2024
Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa said the presence of Dār al-Iftāʾ clashes with the principles of a democratic state, adding: “With all due respect to all opinions, thoughts, persons, and institutions, but there is no democratic state that has an iftāʾ house.”
“The grand muftī position was established by...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Sep 2024
Professor of theology and philosophy at al-Azhar University, Dr. ʿAzza Ramaḍān, stated that addressing atheists in society requires extensive research and that there is no universally applicable solution to the problem of recognising and dealing with atheists.
“Each case should be thoroughly...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Sep 2024
In the context of Islam, jihād refers to the fight of Muslims to abstain from sin, which is the highest kind of jihād, as well as the defense of their beliefs and homeland.
However, radical organizations have misrepresented the meaning of the jihād and have even killed Muslims and defenseless...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
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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.