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Christians celebrate the appearance of holy fire from Christ’s tomb on Easter Saturday
Date of source: 19 Apr 2025
By No Author Mentioned
On 19th April 2025, Christians around the world celebrated Easter Saturday (al-Sabt al-Nūr), one of the most sacred days of the Coptic calendar, which precedes Easter Day. This day is distinguished by the appearance of holy fire from Christ’s tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, a...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Al-Azhar’s high-level delegation to attend Pope Francis funeral
Date of source: 22 Apr 2025
By Middle East News Agency (MENA)
Al-Azhar is attending the funeral of Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church with a high-level delegation, according to a source from the top Sunni institution. "The delegation’s participation in the funeral emanates from al-Azhar’s keenness on promoting the values of interfaith tolerance and...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Francis, Pope of the Global South, against the established order
Date of source: 22 Apr 2025
By Slim Ben Youssef
The late pope was not a pope like the others. He must be commemorated. The Zionists did not hold him in their hearts. And for that reason alone, he should be praised. Papa Francis bowed out as he had lived: by the side of the besieged. A few hours before his death, during the Easter blessing, he...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Pope Francis corrected his predecessor's mistakes about Islam
Date of source: 26 Apr 2025
By Mourad Rouighi
As soon as he acceded to the papal throne, Francis wanted, against all odds, to establish a special dialogue between the two great universal religions, Islam and Christianity. Representing between them more than half of the world's inhabitants, Jorge Mario Bergoglio felt that they had a duty to...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Al-Azhar praises Iran’s measures to confront violations against Sunni sanctities
Date of source: 27 Apr 2025
By Maḥmūd Muṣṭafā Abū Ṭālib
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism hailed the "swift" measures by Iranian authorities regarding a show on Iranian TV’s Channel 1, which contained insults against the Sunni Muslim sanctities. The Iranian authorities fired two of the TV station’s officials and ordered their referral to...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Al-Azhar’s 5th international conference on "human development in the light of contemporary challenges" kicks off
Date of source: 27 Apr 2025
By Aḥmad al-Buḥayrī‎ (Ahmad al-Beheiri)
The 5th international conference by the college of sharīʿa and law at al-Azhar University kicked off on Saturday (April 26) under the auspices of Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb under the motto "human development in the light of contemporary challenges." Al-Azhar Undersecretary Dr....
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Pope Tawāḍrūs recounts assaults on Egypt’s churches in 2013
Date of source: 25 Apr 2025
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church visited today (April 25) the College of Europe in Natolin, Warsaw, Poland, as part of his first pastoral tours in the Central European diocese. The College of Europe is one of the oldest academic establishments specialized in international relations...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Widespread outrage in the U.S. over an image of President Trump dressed as the Pope
Date of source: 4 May 2025
By Ṣada al-Balad
U.S. President Donald Trump sparked a wave of criticism after posting an AI-generated image of himself wearing white papal robes and pointing skyward on his Truth Social platform. The post was released after he had ironically stated that he wanted to become the next pope. The joke comes at a...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
Looking to the bright sight of dialogue
Date of source: 8 May 2025
By Eildert Mulder
A dialogue can be and should be in the first place a source of pleasure. If conducted in a pleasant atmosphere it can be very useful and lead to surprising results. The Anna Lindh Foundation’s objective to stimulate dialogue between people from the MENA area and Europe is both excellent and much...

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