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Date of source: 24 Oct 2023
On Monday afternoon, al-Azhar, in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, launched the initiative titled “A Homeland Unites Us,” in the presence of the Undersecretary of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī, Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Ashraf Ṣubḥī, and Egyptian university graduates....
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 23 Oct 2023
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II mourned the death of Bishop Athnāsīus, Bishop of the Diocese of Marseille and Toulon in France, who died today (Monday, 23 October) after reaching an age of over 90 years. He was a father and a shepherd of the Coptic Orthodox Church for nearly half a century, and set...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Oct 2023
Al-Azhar Center for Electronic Fatwās issued a statement saying, “For nearly a century, the Palestinian people have been suffering from the systematic terrorism, persecution, displacement, subjugation, and brutal extermination at the hands of an occupying force, which breaks all international and...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Oct 2023
Al-Azhar issued a firm statement and an appeal to Arab and Islamic nations on Wednesday morning (October 18) after mass protests were held as a result of the targeting of al-Ahlī Baptist hospital in the Gaza Strip.
In its statement it said, “The Arab and Islamic nations must radically reconsider...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 25 Oct 2023
Under the auspices of the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, the Council of the Islamic Research Academy at al-Azhar made a statement saying, “Teach the youth that the Palestinian cause will not die, and that tolerance and coexistence cannot exist whilst civilians and institutions are...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 25 Oct 2023
In conjunction with the brutal attack has been launched by the state of Israel on the Gaza Strip since October 7th, the Islamic Religious Endowments (awqāf) Department in Jerusalem also reported that the blessed al-Aqṣā was closed this morning (October 25), with worshippers forbidden from entering...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 22 Oct 2023
On November 12-13, the Faculty of Arabic Language at al-Azhar University will hold its sixth international scientific conference called “Contributions of the Handicapped in Building Human Civilization in the Past and Present.” This will be under the auspices of the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 21 Oct 2023
Al-Azhar Center for Electronic Fatwās stated that donating blood for the benefit of the injured of Palestine is one of the most important ways of supporting their cause and ensuring that they remain steadfast, as well as saving the lives of a people in need. For Allāh Almighty has said, “Whoever...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 21 Oct 2023
The Advisor to the President of the Republic for Financial Affairs, Major General Muḥammad Amīn, has recently passed away.
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib mourned the deceased and wrote, “With God’s will and destiny, Major General Muḥammad Amīn, Advisor to the President of the...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 21 Oct 2023
Vice President of Al-Azhar University in Upper Egypt, Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd el-Mālek, said that a march was launched today from inside the Asyūṭ campus of al-Azhar University, with thousands of protesters participating including the university’s employees, such as deans, faculty members and workers, as...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 20 Oct 2023
Dr. Fānia Mabādi ʿAbd al-Raḥīm has passed away. He was a professor at the Islamic University, and spent many years of his life teaching the Arabic language to non-native speakers. He was also a researcher and investigator. He passed away after sunset today (October 20) in Medina.
Dr. Fānia, more...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 20 Oct 2023
The joint convoy of preaching activities between al-Azhar, al-Awqāf (religious endowments) Ministry and Dār al-Iftāʾ has set off today in the mosques of Rafaḥ al-Māsōra, al-Shaykh Zōwayd, and al-Jōra, in the north of Sinai. This is the eighth week in a row of religious and cultural activities, in...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 20 Oct 2023
Under the auspices of the Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, al-Azhar called upon the people of Egypt to hold a protest after the Friday prayers, and to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine against Israeli aggression.
The Director of Al-Azhar Mosque, Dr. Hānī ʿAwda, confirmed that the...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 15 Oct 2023
On Sunday (October 15), Pope Francis called upon the opening of humanitarian corridors to help those trapped in the Gaza Strip, and renewed his call for the release of hostages. In his weekly sermon at St. Peters square, the Pope asked that “all children, ill persons, elderly persons and women, as...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 21 Oct 2023
Al-Azhar Observatory warned of the consequences of Israel attacking al-Quds hospital after the Israeli army asked for the evacuation of 12,000 displaced people, most of whom are women and children, and more than 400 patients. The Observatory confirmed that the evacuation is the equivalent of...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 19 Oct 2023
At the papal headquarters in Cairo this Thursday evening, Pope Tawāḍrūs II, accompanied by Bishop Rāfāʾēl, the General Bishop of the sector, met with the priests of the churches of the central Cairo sector and their families.
This meeting comes as part of the Pope’s follow-up of service work in the...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 13 Oct 2023
The funeral of Father Simʿān Ibrāhīm, the founder of the Monastery of Saint Simʿān (Simon) al-Kharāz in Moqaṭam, was held on Friday (October 13), where he was laid to rest inside the monastery. The funeral prayers were attended by thousands of Copts and Muslims in the Cathedral of the Virgin Saint...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 9 Oct 2023
The Israeli occupation forces bombed the Church of St. Porphyrius (Birphīrīōs) on Monday (October 9). This church dates back about 1,600 years, according to Palestinian activists who have been circulating this incident on social media.
The Church of Saint Porphyrius is an Eastern Orthodox Church in...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 17 Oct 2023
The youth of the Diocese of Milano presented Pope Tawāḍrūs II with a book titled “The Power of Love,” which was presented in a short film during his meeting in the Church of Annunciation in Milan last Friday (October 13).
The book tells a true story about a young Milanese man named Marco, who would...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Oct 2023
The Coptic Orthodox Church, under the leadership of Pope Tawāḍrūs II, condemned the unjustified Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians, which reached a tipping point when the Baptist Hospital in Gaza was bombed, killing hundred of innocents.
The Church stated that it “condemns this attack...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 16 Oct 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, launched the “Help Gaza” campaign under the slogan “Strive with your money…and save Palestine.” This was launched in support of Palestinians, who are currently under heavy military attack from their Zionist counterpart, and have been so for the past...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Oct 2023
Al-Azhar stated that Arab and Islamic nations must reconsider their dependance on the West, and that the Palestinian people must know that the West, with all its military capabilities and weapons of destruction, is weak and afraid when it comes to confrontation because it kills on land that is not...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 19 Oct 2023
Dr. Walāʾ Jād al-Karīm, a member of the National Council for Human Rights, confirmed that Israel is violating both human rights and international law, pointing out that the United Nations has not been able to enter the occupied territories and follow up on human rights because Israel is refusing to...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Oct 2023
President ʿAbd el-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī addressed the nation and told them that the idea of transferring Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Sinai is the same as transferring the idea of resistance and of fighting from the Gaza Strip to Sinai, thus making Sinai a base for launching operations against...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Oct 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II expressed his extreme disapproval at the events unfolding in Palestine, where bombing, devastation, and killing are taking place. He stated that “Our hearts are in pain at what is happening in Gaza, and at the large numbers of deaths and victims, as well as the wounded and the...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Oct 2023
The Coptic Orthodox Church, under the leadership of Pope Tawāḍrūs II, condemned the unjustified aggression against the innocent citizens of Gaza.
In solidarity with the people of Gaza, and under the direction of His Holiness the Pope, the Diocese of Public and Social Services is preparing aid that...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 16 Oct 2023
Over the course of yesterday and today, the bishops of Europe concluded the seminar held in the Cathedral of Saint Mark the Apostle in Venice under the leadership of Pope Tawāḍrūs II and in the presence of the Secretariat of the Holy Synod.
During the seminar, the topic of “The Service of the...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 15 Oct 2023
This Saturday evening (October 14), Pope Tawāḍrūs II received the Bishop of Turin and Rome, Bishop Barnaba, and the Bishop of the Netherlands, Bishop Arsani, at his residence in Venice, as part of his current visit to Venice and Milan.
The bishops presented a report to the Pope about the Monastery...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Oct 2023
The Grand Muftī of the Republic, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, called for a minute of silence for the souls of the martyrs of the Baptist Hospital that was bombed earlier in the Gaza Strip, and for the souls of the martyrs of Palestine.
This occurred during his speech at the open session of the conference of...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 15 Oct 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II prayed the evening prayers in the Cathedral of St. Mark the Apostle in the city of Venice, which he opened yesterday afternoon in preparation for its inauguration on Sunday morning. The delegation that accompanied him was 11 European bishops who participated in the prayers. Several...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 8 Oct 2023
Under Pope Tawāḍrūs II, the Coptic Orthodox Church expressed rejection and denunciation of the current developments between the Palestinians and Israelis.
“These incidents have caused — and unfortunately are still causing — the loss of hundreds of lives and the injury of thousands, including many...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Oct 2023
Al-Azhar said it is offering condolences to a “silent world” over the victims of Palestine. It hailed the bravery of the Palestinian people and prayed for God to grant them determination in the face of “Zionist tyranny and the shameful silence of the international community.”
It also released a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Oct 2023
The world’s top Sunni Muslim institution, al-Azhar, called on Arab and Islamic governments to unite and stand firm against the “Western support for Zionists and their violation of the rights of innocent Palestinian civilians.” It also demanded an international investigation into “Israel's war...
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Date of source: 27 Sep 2023
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, said the message of the Prophet Muḥammad is different from all previous messages on two things.
“The first feature is that the message is generally for all mankind and goes beyond time and place until Judgment Day. Its other general feature is that...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Sep 2023
Secretary-General of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU), Mekkaoui Benaissa, strongly condemned the incident where a copy of the Holy Qurʾān was torn apart in the Netherlands.
“The extremist group’s tearing of a copy of the Holy Qurʾān outside several embassies in The Hague was a despicable, irresponsible...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Oct 2023
On Monday (October 2), the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, received Egypt’s ambassador to the Vatican, Maḥmūd Ṭalʿat, and gave him a message to send to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church.
In his message, Shaykh Ṭayyīb praised the joint efforts in the service of humanity, and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Oct 2023
Al-Azhar has announced the acceptance of a new batch of students at the al-Qurʾān al-Karīm Recitation and tajwīd (intonation) hall as part of its interest in the memorization and education of the holy Muslim book.
There will be a program for the Holy Qurʾān for children, which will receive 45,000...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 23 Sep 2023
Grand Muftī, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, said that seeking the knowledge of specialists in each field of activity is the optimal way to build sound awareness, adding that the first of these ways is education.
“When God Almighty wanted to get Adam to land on Earth to mark the beginning of mankind there, the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Oct 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church attended a ceremony to graduate the 7th batch of the Ecumenical Council for the Middle East, hosted at the Papal Residence in Cairo.
“The Ecumenical studies are growing in all churches,” said the pope in a speech on the occasion, adding that ecumenical...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Oct 2023
On Thursday (October 5), Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church visited the Monastery of Saint Maqāryūs the Grand (Abū Maqqār) in the Shīhīt wilderness as part of the pope’s follow-up of the work and activities in the monastery.
According to a statement, the pope performed the thanksgiving...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Jun 2023
Today marks a pivotal incident that occurred during the early 1990s: the assassination of writer Faraj Fūda by extremists in Cairo. The first episode of the sad tale begins with Fūda attending a debate at the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) on January 7, 1992, under the title ‘Egypt: Between a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Jun 2023
Faraj Fūda was a renowned thinker whose books sparked large-scale controversy in the circles of intellectuals, clerics, and politicians, as well as the members of the al-Jamāʿa al-Islāmīya (The Islamic Group.)
He championed the cause of separating religions from the state. Opinions differed over...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Jun 2023
Today is the 28th anniversary of the assassination of Egyptian thinker, Dr. Faraj Fūda. He was killed on June 8, 1992 over his opinions and studies, in which he refuted the ideologies of the extremist organizations and the Muslim Brotherhood group, and exposed their efforts to reach power in the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Aug 2023
A post on social media revealed that the books and works of late writer Nawāl al-Saʿdāwī were put on sale at a bookshop, which sparked a controversy over the rights of her heirs: a son and a daughter.
Dr. Mona Ḥilmī, the daughter of the late writer, said on her Facebook page that she was shocked by...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Oct 2023
The Muslim Council of Elders, led by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, warned that the continued violations by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people and the blessed al-Aqṣā Mosque could have grave consequences.
In a statement, the council urged the international...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Sep 2023
On Saturday (September 30), the Heliopolis Evangelical Church celebrated its 100th anniversary in the presence of the President of the Evangelical Churches in Egypt, Andrēā Zakī, Chairman of the Synod of the Nile, Rāḍī ʿAṭallāh, and the church pastor, Yūsuf Samīr, as well as dignitaries of Egyptian...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Sep 2023
As part of Egypt’s interest in building houses of worship in the New Republic and President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s keenness on strengthening the bonds of citizenship and coexistence, the Greek Orthodox Church has announced that a plot of land was appropriated for it in the New Administrative...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Sep 2023
Political Islam groups never stop their fact-twisting, which can be seen in their claim that banning the ʿabāʾa (loose female Muslim gown) in primary and secondary schools in France is a kind of war on Islam!
The measures taken in France were with aim of prohibiting all religious aspects or signs...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Oct 2023
Social media in Egypt has been rife with nonsense after a decision by the Ministry of Education to ban the niqāb (face veil) in schools at the beginning of the new academic year.
The decision also made the hijāb (Muslim headscarf) as optional for female students under the condition that it is...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Oct 2023
A report titled ‘Story of a Homeland: Between Vision and Achievement’ reviewed Egypt’s efforts in the religious sphere during the past nine years.
As part of the quest for interfaith dialogue, al-Azhar and Egyptian churches continue to work together under the umbrella of the Egyptian Family House...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Sep 2023
The U.S. State Department said in a new report that religious tolerance was a “hallmark of Morocco’s history.”
According to a report by the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, “Religious tolerance is a hallmark of Morocco’s history – from its welcoming of refugees...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Oct 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that participation in the forthcoming presidential election is a “strong and important patriotic act for all Egyptians,” adding that “The Holy Book taught us that ‘The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore, we his servants will arise and build...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Oct 2023
Egypt has experienced security and stability during the past ten years, and the Copts of Egypt have experienced this first-hand as they have lived through a period of consolidation of rules of citizenship with the power of the law.
The 2014 Constitution has promoted citizenship in a very clear...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Oct 2023
Bāqī Zakī Yūsuf, one of the most renowned major generals in the October 1973 war, was the mastermind behind opening loopholes within the earthen embankment known as the Bar Lev Line with the use of water pressure.
He worked on the High Dam from 1964 until 1967 in Aswān, where they used pressed...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Oct 2023
Conference on Palestinian Detainees – Madrid (September 30 - October 1)
Remarks by Cornelis Hulsman, founding editor-in-chief of Arab-West Report, 1997-2022. Egypt.
I am grateful to Jozef Eltawil for introducing me to you and for the invitation to come to your conference in Madrid in support of...
Date of source: 29 Sep 2023
The Muslim Council of Elders is hosting a conference in Indonesia, chaired by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, to discuss the role of religions in confronting the negative impacts of climate change.
The event will be attended by 150 representatives of different faiths in Southeast...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Sep 2023
Minister of Justice, ʿUmar Marwān, said that the new personal status law for both Muslims and Christians has been finalized, adding that the law for Christians is a “historic” one as it is the first of its kind in Egypt.
“In order to avoid any discrepancies or ambiguities about the Christians’...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Oct 2023
On Sunday (October 1), Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church received Ambassador Nadā Darrāz, Egypt’s new consul in Chicago, and Ambassador Ḥosām al-Dīn ʿAlī, Egypt's new consul in Los Angeles, at the Papal Residence.
During the meeting, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark underlined...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Sep 2023
In association with the Masār al-Khayr (Path of Benevolence) foundation for sustainable development, the Bible Society of Jordan announced the start of a campaign to hand out packages of stationery to more than 2,000 government school pupils in the provinces of al-Karak, Mādabā and Maʿān.
The first...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Sep 2023
Qummus (Archpriest) ʿAbd al-Masīḥ Basīṭ of the Virgin Mary Church in Musṭurud said that Lord Jesus Christ did not make alcohol, but turned water into a wine that was not intoxicating.
Basīṭ was commenting on businessman Najīb Sāwīris’ reply to one of his followers on the X platform (formerly...
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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.