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Date of source: 1 Jan 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has declared that what is happening on the ground in Palestine is a hideous atrocity and a crime of unprecedented magnitude, stressing that these events cannot be described as war, since war is typically fought between two equal sides. He described...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that it is not correct to use old ways of thinking when it comes to solving current issues. Although they may have worked out well in the past, they are inapplicable in the present and since each era has its own needs and visions, it is therefore important for the individual...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 23 Dec 2023
A company was established with the responsibility of legitimizing the theft of Palestinian land — which was central to the colonial project — and inventing a narrative that the colonial countries, along with the most knowledgeable of the twentieth century, would approve for the sake of making this...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 15 Dec 2023
The Maronite denomination emerged in Egypt in 1745, when the Aleppo monk, Mūsa Hilāna, consecrated al-Bārija, the first Maronite church in Damietta (Dumyāṭ), as well as in Egypt and Africa.
Archbishop George Shīḥān of the Maronite denomination in Egypt made a statement to al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ, saying...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Dec 2023
Coptic Christians are awaiting the president’s decisions to resolve their issues, which have remained unsolved over the years under successive governments.
The official spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church of Egypt, Anbā Bakhūm, emphasized that the concerns of Copts are not exclusive to them...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Dec 2023
On December 17, 1273, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī, a poet, Ṣūfī mystic, and scholar of the Ḥanafī doctrine, passed away.
The shift in the life of al-Rūmī took place in the year 1244, when he met a wandering Ṣūfī named Shams al-Tabrīzī. At the time, Rūmī was 37 years old and a traditionalist Islamic...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Dec 2023
The Ṣūfī Council in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan held a scholarly symposium on interpretation of the Holy Qurʾān, moderated by the council’s secretary-general, Dr. Muḥammad al-ʿĀydī.
The event discussed the means of interpreting the Qurʾān and examined the historical role played by Ṣūfī scholars...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2023
Today, December 13, marks the death anniversary of Shaykh Maḥmūd Shaltūt, an imām who was responsible for some of the largest religious discourse renewals in the 20th century, with illuminating and unprecedented contributions made in the service of the Islamic sharīʿa.
Born in 1893 in al-Buḥayra...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Dec 2023
The province of al-Ismāʿīlīya, situated approximately 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo, received a daʿwa (call) convoy, launched by al-Azhar under the auspices of Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb. The primary objective of this initiative was to propagate the accurate concepts of Islam by...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Dec 2023
A preacher from al-Azhar highlighted Egypt’s pioneering role in helping those in Gaza, as the leadership, government, and people have steadfastly supported the Palestinians by providing over 70% of the necessary aid.
“As Egyptians, we bear a huge responsibility towards this homeland maintaining its...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Dec 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, emphasized the profound responsibility of religious leaders, scholars, and preachers in enhancing the ethical and spiritual values as advocated by divine religions. This, he asserted, is crucial to stopping violence, wars, and attacks on the vulnerable...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2023
The Coptic Orthodox Church, through its public and social services archbishopric, continues to prepare aid comprising medicine, medical supplies, food, garments, and blankets to send to the Gaza Strip.
The church appealed to its congregation to participate in this humanitarian support activity as...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Dec 2023
Amidst intense shelling raids on civilians’ houses in the Gaza Strip during the early hours of December 3, Dr. Sofyān Tāyīh, President of the Islamic University in Gaza, was killed, along with his family members and numerous displaced Palestinians, in the al-Fallūja area of Jabālyā, northern Gaza....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2023
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad el-Ṭayyīb, has allowed for the immediate provision of full scholarships to students from Palestine, including exemption from tuition fees and housing costs within the institution, in addition to an allowance that will be provided on a monthly basis to all...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 1 Nov 2023
Millions of citizens in Egypt and around the world have been following the events of violence, killing, and destruction that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip have been exposed to since the events of October 7th, which could be seen as the Palestinian people attempting to defend their land...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 9 Dec 2023
Studying a course of American law for religious freedom in early 1995 allowed me to see the role played by the religious right-wing trinity in partnership with the Jewish and Zionist lobby and its various manifestations, which can be religious, political, social, or economic —and include Christian...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 16 Dec 2023
Near the end of the 1980’s, the Middle East Council of Churches formed a working group to examine Christian Zionism, and issued a focused booklet that was published in both the Arabic and English languages. In this booklet, the research team refuted the starting premises of Christian Zionism that...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 29 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs praises the organization of the elections: “There is nothing more beautiful than this”
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II called on all Egyptians to participate in the presidential elections, stressing that voting is a constitutional right for everyone.
After casting his own vote in the presidential elections of 2024, Pope Tawāḍrūs told Extra News, “As Egyptians, we are accustomed to not giving up our...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
This morning (Sunday), the undersecretary of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī, cast his vote for the presidential elections at the committee of al-Ṭabrī school in the area of Shurūq city.
After casting his vote, Dr. Al-Ḍūwaynī made a statement saying that participation in the presidential election...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 13 Dec 2023
The activities of the monthly symposium of al-Azhar magazine, held by the Islamic Research Academy, have been launched under the title: “The Reality of the Palestinian Issue: Between Displacement and Liquidation.” The symposium will be under the leadership of the Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad el-Ṭayyīb,...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 11 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that participating in the elections is a duty for all citizens in the building the nation.
He stressed that choice is both a personal freedom and a responsibility because everyone is free to choose what they wish, but whoever makes a choice must know that he or she will bear...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 17 Dec 2023
On this day, the 17th of December, in the year of 1267, the Friday prayers were held for the first time in al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo during the reign of Sulṭān al-Ẓāher Beybers, after nearly a century of the mosque being closed. Al-Azhar Mosque had been neglected during the reign of the Ayyubid...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Dec 2023
Pope Francis denounced the IDF for the killing of two Christian women who had sought refuge in a church in Gaza, once again indicating that Israel is using tactics of “terrorism” in the Gaza Strip.
In his weekly sermon, the Pope referred to a statement made by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem,...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Talāʿ al-ʿAlī, located in the Jordanian capital of Amman, recently hosted a musical event in anticipation of Christmas to enhance hope for an end to the aggression in Gaza.
The event was attended by the Latin Patriarchal Vicar of Jordan, Bishop Jamāl Diʿības, and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Dec 2023
On Thursday, December 7th, Denmark’s parliament adopted a law prohibiting the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān in response to a series of incidents where Islam's holy book was desecrated, which sparked outrage in Muslim countries.
The new legislation will extend beyond the Qurʾān and also ban...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Dec 2023
On Monday, December 4th, the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, Anbā Ibrāhīm Isḥaq Sidrāk, welcomed a delegation of archbishops of Catholic churches in Africa at the patriarchate’s headquarters in the Cairo district of Kūbrī al-Qubba.
The meeting was attended by the Patriarch Deputy for...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Dec 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, asserted that verification is the first step in the sound extrapolation of legal rulings in Islam, particularly concerning the Prophet Muḥammad’s Sunna (tradition). However, in the case of the Qurʾān, there is absolute definitive sourcing and meaning...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Dec 2023
The Sharīʿa & Law Faculty at al-Azhar University in the city of Ṭanṭā recently hosted a symposium focused on raising awareness among students regarding the importance of participating in the forthcoming presidential election.
Dr. Ḥamdī Saʿd, the dean of the faculty, said that participation in...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
The former Grand Muftī, Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, remarked that there is no clear indication in the Sharīʿa specifying a particular type of prayer through which Muslims can witness the Prophet Muḥammad in their dreams. He added that if someone claims to have prayed two rakʿas (prostrations) and afterwards...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Dec 2023
On the first day of the Coptic calendar month of Kiahk, which marks the beginning of the countdown for the Eastern Christmas scheduled for January 7, the Coptic Orthodox Church experiences intense activity.
The Jirjā Parish organized its monthly Parish Servants conference under the title "...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Dec 2023
Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ṣūfī Orders, Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Qaṣabī, expressed his support for the presidential candidate, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, in the upcoming presidential election.
Dr. Qaṣabī emphasized that while the people of Ṣūfī orders are not inherently involved in politics, their...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Nov 2023
Geert Wilders, the controversial Dutch politician known for his extremist views, recently expressed his anger towards the Palestinians, calling for their expulsion from their own country or their relocation to Jordan.
This inciteful political figure has always been known for his animosity towards...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Dec 2023
The Minister of Water Resources & Irrigation, Hānī Sūwaylam, emphasized that climate change has had a harmful impact on the water sector in many countries of the world, particularly in Egypt, where the per capita share is nearing a state of water scarcity.
“These impacts also affect countries...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Dec 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar and the Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, sent a message to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, wishing him good health and a speedy recovery. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb also expressed great respect for the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Nov 2023
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sāmiḥ Shukrī, emphasized the importance of developing countries to actively participate in addressing the challenges of climate change, drawing attention to the need for intensified efforts in decarbonization. Shukrī delivered these remarks during his speech at the 2023...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2023
Although unable to attend the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates due to lung inflammation, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church urged the conference to pursue a breakthrough to stop the phenomenon of global warming, emphasizing the urgency of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Dec 2023
King ʿAbdullāh II of Jordan stated that climate change is exacerbating the challenges faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where hostilities between Israel and Ḥamās resumed on Friday after the expiry of a weeklong truce.
“We cannot discuss climate change without considering the human tragedies...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Nov 2023
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism said in an article that when one takes a simple look at the current global incidents and makes a comparison between the terrorist activities around the world and the activities of the Israeli army, one can detect a great similarity between Zionist...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Nov 2023
The Egypt Council of Churches dedicated a day to pray for world peace, as the Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria, Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, said the word of God fills men’s hearts with peace at all times.
Dr. Fawzī cited a verse from the Holy Book, saying “Come to Me, all you who...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2023
Today (Saturday), the governor of Alexandria, Major General Muḥammad al-Sharīf, and Pope Tawāḍrūs opened the new Anbā Tiklā Hospital.
During the opening, the governor praised all the services that the hospital provides, explaining that since the hospital’s establishment, it has been keen to provide...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 4 Dec 2023
The deputy imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī, said that it is strange for us to talk about human beings in an era that is lacking in humanity, or to talk about structure in a time when gangs are spreading sabotage and destruction, adding that, “The humanity that is claimed by Western...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 6 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs said that before Egypt was discovered, it was on the land in which churches were built in the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th centuries. He said that Egypt possessed authenticity, civilization, and the great expansion of churches throughout history, praising the Copts for the coming of the...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 4 Dec 2023
Since its establishment in 1974, the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) has been preoccupied with the Palestinian cause, and not a single one of its meetings has passed without addressing this issue. Over the course of half a century, the council has held many meetings and seminars that have...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 5 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II organized the second edition of Coptic Press Day celebration under the title 'Stations of Coptic Journalist in Our Egyptian Country.' This was done under the leadership of Anbā Mārkōs, who is the Bishop of Dumyāṭ, Kafr el-Shaykh, and al-Barārī, as well as the supervisor of al-...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 13 Nov 2023
In a recent statement, media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, remarked that the perspective offered to the West regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip has become pivotal in shaping global sympathy either towards the Israeli people or the Palestinian people. According to ʿĪsā, Western sympathy is...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Nov 2023
Veteran journalist and media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, continued to criticize Ḥamās for the justifications of its crimes when the Islamist movement killed civilians, including children, women, and elderly people. This was precedent to the deaths of numerous innocent Palestinian civilians during...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Nov 2023
On Friday, November 17, Orthodox Copts commemorated the consecration anniversary of Martyr Mār Jirjis (Saint George) Church in al-Lod city, Palestine, through special prayers in their churches, as documented in the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Synaxarium.
Saint Mār Jirjis suffered martyrdom at the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Nov 2023
In my recent article, I highlighted how Israel’s brutal aggression on the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip has raised important questions about the establishment of Israel in 1948 and the historical justifications behind its creation.
In response to this, my friend Mr. Munīr Fakhrī ʿAbd al-...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Nov 2023
Media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, remarked that the global community, Western governments, and Arab armies had exhibited no support for al-Shifāʾ Hospital, nor had Iran, Hezbollāh (Party of God), or Turkey come to its defense.
In his show, Ḥadīth al-Qāhira (Cairo’s Talk) on the TV station al-Qāhira...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Nov 2023
Veteran media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, said that mainstream political Islam ideology revolves around the concepts of jihād (holy war) and martyrdom (shahāda). He highlighted that any sermon by a Salafist references historical Muslim conquerors, such as ʿUqba Ibn Nāfiʿ and Khālid Ibn al-Walīd.
In...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Nov 2023
A Palestinian thinker and theological writer, Priest Dr. Mitrī al-Rāhib, said that attacks on religious sites in occupied Palestine were not a new development, and that they did not occur in Gaza alone, but in fact happened in all the lands of historical Palestine.
As the pastor of the Evangelical...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Nov 2023
The Egyptian Family House (Bayt al ʿĀʾila) in the southern Egyptian province of Asyūṭ held a conference to express support for the political leadership’s decision regarding the Palestinian issue and to also back the candidacy of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī for another term in office.
Secretary...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Nov 2023
In a recent article titled “Christians and Their Attitude Towards Palestine,” by prominent young researcher, Isẖāq Ibrāhīm, the author analyzes Christian responses to the war in Gaza. The article evaluates press releases and statements from the church, shedding light on the perspective of the late...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Nov 2023
In association with the Centre of Christian-Muslim Understanding & Partnership (CCMUP), the Egyptian Family House (Bayt al ʿĀʾila) held a concluding ceremony for the “It’s Our Planet, Let’s Preserve It” initiative.
The Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria, Dr. Sāmī Fawzī...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 Nov 2023
Managers of travel agents in Egypt said that there was a pressing need to cancel this year’s Christian pilgrimage visit to the holy lands in Palestine due to the war in the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in the death of thousands of Palestinians due to attacks by the occupation forces.
Heads of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Oct 2023
The 8th international fatwā conference will shed light on fatwā institutions’ role in handling major global challenges, including climate change. It is to be held under the auspices of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī with participation from 90 countries.
The event, to be convened under the title ‘...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Oct 2023
Dār al-Iftāʾ announced that it has finalized preparations for its eighth international conference on ‘Fatwā and the Challenges of the Third Millennium,’ to be held from October 18-19 in Cairo.
The meeting is held under the umbrella of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Authorities Worldwide, with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Oct 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, requested participants of a conference held by Dār al-Iftāʾ to stand and observe a minute’s silence over the souls of the martyrs of the attack that targeted al-Ahlī Arab Baptist Hospital and the Palestinian martyrs in the Gaza Strip.
This came during...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Oct 2023
An official of Dār al-Iftāʾ said that rigidness in religious texts regarding rules on transactions and contracts would compromise people’s rights regarding these matters.
“The end purpose of the sharīʿa (Muslim law) is to preserve the interests of the people and their happiness in life and the...
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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.