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Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, who is also chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, said that interfaith and intercultural dialogue are no longer a luxury today, but an existential necessity to save humanity from ignorance and misunderstandings. He stressed the importance of having...
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The Dominican Fathers Monastery hosted a signing ceremony on the book “Father George Qanawātī: A Life for Interfaith & Intercultural Dialogue” authored by Dominican Father Jean-Jacques Pérennès. The event was attended by Bishop Claudio Lurati of the Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria, which...
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The relationship between Pope Cyril VI and the late leader Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer, marked by affection and warmth, is depicted by Moḥammad Ḥassaneīn Heīkal in his book Autumn of Fury. Heīkal writes, “The relationship between Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer and Cyril VI was excellent; they had mutual admiration...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
In light of successful endeavors by Egypt and Qatar to complete the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the beginning of the Christian pilgrimage season to Jerusalem, Copts are wondering about the possibility of making it this year after a ban in 2024. Greek Orthodox Patriarch...
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Security forces, in cooperation with the Coptic Archbishopric in Sūhāg Governorate, southern Egypt, brought a Christian girl who reportedly disappeared on February 24, back to her family. The father of the 19-year-old Mārīnā Khalaf had reported her missing but blamed no one for her disappearance....
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In a TV message read out by Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, the Minister of Ḥabūs and Islamic Affairs, King Muḥammad VI calls on Moroccans not to perform the ritual sacrifice of ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa. In his address, the King stated: "Dear People, We endeavor to bring together, for the benefit of our faithful people, the...
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745 civilians have been killed in Syria's coastal regions and the mountains of Latakia by security forces in three days, according to the OSDH. Syrian President Aḥmad al-Sharʿaon Sunday called for "national unity" in the country after three days of communal violence unprecedented since the fall of...
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Participants in the 4th session of the Intra-Islamic Dialogue Conference said that the convening of this meeting reflects profound interest by al-Azhar, the Muslim Council of Elders, and the Kingdom of Bahrain in rallying Muslim ranks, praising their efforts to boost values of citizenship and...
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Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said that coordination is underway with al-Azhar, the Ministry of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in order to devise a legal framework to regulate fatwas in Egypt. “Dār al-Iftā’...
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Many Moroccans warmly welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Religious Endowments, Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, about the cancellation of this year’s ‘Eid al-Aḍḥā sacrifice, especially given that it will spare a large part of the population from the soaring livestock prices that had skyrocketed last year...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, the former Grand Mufti of Egypt, responded to a question from a female student about a controversial ḥadīth which states that the majority of those in hell will be women. The Ramaḍān television program, Nūr al-Dīn wa al-Dunyā (“Light of Religion and the World”), is hosted by Dr....
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Dr. Ramzī Khūrī, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and head of the Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine (HCC), has sent a telegram to Pope Francis in which he wished him a speedy recovery. He prayed to God for his health and for...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
When Jesus Christ stood before Pontius Pilate, He clearly stated, “My kingdom is not of this world.”  (John 18:36), thus proclaiming the complete rupture between His spiritual message and any political project on earth. These words constitute the cornerstone of the separation between religious...
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President of al-Azhar University, Dr. Salāma Dāwūd, said that the Israelites have argued and disbelieved in spite of all the miracles God has supported the Prophet Moses with. “When Moses brought them together and asked them whether they would believe if the mountain was raised off the ground to...
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Egypt’s Catholic Church participated in the conclusion of the prayer week for Christian unity at the Coptic Orthodox Church in Old Cairo. Bishop Tūmā Ḥabīb of the Diocese of Sūhāg for Coptic Catholics, Bishop Claudio Lurati of the Latin Church in Egypt, Bishop Mor Ephrem Īlī Warda of the Diocese of...
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Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa said the economic predicament and political pressures should not be pushing Egyptian citizens to misjudge attitudes now that certain sides are trying to heat up emotions in their own interests. “There are groups that seek to undermine the Egyptian state and citizens. The...
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Patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem have condemned forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. In response to the recent statements made by U.S. President Donald Trump, patriarchs and church leaders in Jerusalem have called to stand against the plans for the mass...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
The Secretary-General of the Al-Azhar Council of Senior Scholars has stated that “the beauty of Arabic calligraphy reflects the uniqueness of the Arabic language, which God chose for His Noble Book (Kitābihi al-Karīm). Al-Azhar Forum for Arabic Calligraphy pursues its journey in highlighting the...
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His Grace Bishop Awlūgiyyūs (Ologios), Bishop and Abbot of the Monastery of al-Anbā Shenūda (also known as the White Monastery or Athribian Monastery) in Sūhāg (Upper Egypt, South of Asyūṭ), has issued a statement regarding the recent fire at the monastery. According to the statement, the fire...
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Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, stated that Egypt and Jordan reaffirmed their rejection of any attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause and displace Palestinians from their own lands. “The only fair solution is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state...
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Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Over the past decade many Egyptians involved in disputes have attempted settlement through what are known as 'reconciliation sessions'. These are a traditional conflict resolution tool indigenous to Egyptian culture, in which opposing parties agree to submit their grievances to a non-judicial process. Though appearing to be an effective method for
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
The recent attack on Christian worshippers exiting Coptic Christmas Eve mass in Nag Hamadi, January 6, 2010, has focused Egyptian attention on Muslim-Christian violence which has also been witnessed in other locations throughout the country. While some deny that these incidents have a religious basis or reflect declining relations between the two
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
  In all nations of the world, conflict is normal, and Egypt is no exception. Violent conflict in Egypt, however, is not. Though the Egyptian population has always been a peaceful people, many are noticing the increasing violence exhibited throughout society, much of which is along religious lines. There is a growing religiosity that imbues both
Date of Publication: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
On June 21, 2009 violent conflict broke out between Muslims, Christians, and security forces of Izbet Bushra, a small village located in the governorate of Beni Suef, approximately 120 kilometers south of Cairo. The issue at hand was Coptic prayer services being conducted in a private home, which caused offense to Muslim neighbors, who constitute
Date of Publication: Sunday, February 21, 2010
  The clashes between Muslims and Christians in Izbet Bushra on June 21, 2009 resulted from a dispute in the village over using a private residence for community prayer services. Though details from the event are hard to confirm, it appears that Christians anticipated many difficulties in gaining permission to build a traditional church structure
Date of Publication: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The aim of this study is to show how modern Arabic literature and poetry could help in the effort to understand modern Arab society and its problems. If we begin to talk about intercultural communication and use terms of linguistics we have to concede that a metalanguage is necessary if two cultures want to establish successful communication, in
Date of Publication: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
  Pope Shenouda III is the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, and it therefore goes without saying that his opinions are highly regarded and highly influential. This paper discusses the pope's reaction to a number of incidents that have been interpreted by popular media as "sectarian". In 1998, tensions arose in the Upper Egyptian
Date of Publication: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Jamāl al-Bannā is a household name in Egypt, where he is famous both in his own right, as a prominent and sometimes controversial Muslim intellectual and writer, and because of his brother Hassan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood group.Many different labels have been attached to Jamāl al-Bannā over the course of his life. At various
Date of Publication: Sunday, August 16, 2009
The 1967 Six Day War with Israel changed the face of Coptic pilgrimage to Jerusalem. With the loss of East Jerusalem from Jordanian control, pilgrimage to the Holy City rapidly came to a halt as pilgrims now would have been visiting a country with which their nation was at war, hardly offering the Israeli administration good incentive to provide a
Date of Publication: Saturday, August 1, 2009
Due to the pervasive media reporting both inside Egypt and in the international community, the violent incidents of May 31, 2008 at the Abu Fana Monastery is widely viewed as a sectarian conflict between Christians and Muslims. Though this is not without merit, especially through the subsequent escalation of the tensions, at its core the
Date of Publication: Friday, May 1, 2009
  This brief paper was written as part of the academic writing skills seminar that was held by the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translations in conjunction with the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute and the Program for Civilization Studies and Dialogue of Cultures (PCSDC) at Cairo University. Students were asked to chose a topic that
Date of Publication: Friday, May 1, 2009
This report provides an overview of different human rights organizations in Egypt and their activities in order to explore building a network with some of these organizations. This network would have to relate to the main focus area of Arab-West Report [AWR], which is fostering an understanding between peoples of different cultures and religions.
Date of Publication: Sunday, February 1, 2009
  This paper focuses on the media coverage of the Abū Fānā crisis from August 2008 to January 2009, thus it ties in with Susanne Huber's paper “Coptic activist and media reporting about the tensions related to the Monastery of Abū Fānā” (see AWR 2008, week 40, art, 2). 99 articles were found on the Internet, from different English, German and
Date of Publication: Monday, January 12, 2009
  Arab-West Report's most recent paper explores the topics of freedom of expression and censorship in relation to Egyptian media works. Egypt has seen a number of organizations and individuals arguing for the need to censor and ban material from being published. While a wide range of entities and individual activists have been active in promoting
Date of Publication: Thursday, January 1, 2009
In an attempt to approach freedom of expression in Egypt within religious spheres, this paper sheds light on the attitudes of the Coptic Orthodox Church toward censorship inside and outside the ecclesiastic community. Motivated by its interest to protect the right Orthodox faith of the Coptic community, a number of censorship cases were reported
Date of Publication: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
  Copts are often said to be part of the "national fabric of Egypt." As Samir Marqus comments in his study, "they are not an independent community" and nor are they a homogenous entity, but span all spheres of Egyptian society. Marqus first sets out to define citizenship, which is the ultimate goal, and then uses this narrative to analyze Muslim-
Date of Publication: Monday, December 1, 2008
Islamophobia literally means an exaggerated or irrational fear of Islam. In current times, Islamophobia is on the rise worldwide. This article aims to develop a negotiating strategy to manage the implications of Islamophobic discourses and to deal with related cross-cultural communication barriers through an analysis of interactions of the (SCIA)
Date of Publication: Monday, September 1, 2008
Arab-West relations have been one of the most controversial relationships in the international arena for decades. Analyzing the long and often turbulent history of the two sides' interaction sheds light on how the two parties perceive each other and may also highlight why the Arabs are angry with the West. However, it is also important to examine
Date of Publication: Monday, September 1, 2008
By: Mads Holm
  Western interference in the Middle East started long ago and has continued right up to the present day, with no apparent end in sight. From the British occupation of Iraq following the First World War and the partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel right up to the U.S-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 the Western powers have
Date of Publication: Friday, August 1, 2008
This paper is an attempt to outline and illustrate the many facets of the Arab media's reaction to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the profound emotions it stirred in so many Arabs and Arab journalists. The analysis focuses on the multitude of Egyptian and Arab newspaper articles stored in the Arab-West Report archives that dealt primarily with the

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Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2014
By: Carnegie Middle East Center
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Date of source: Thursday, August 7, 2014
By: U.S. Copts Association
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Date of source: Friday, February 1, 2013
By: Coptic Christians
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Random attacks on Egypt’s Christian Copts continue growing, including with very little motive — other than hate, that is.
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Middle East Memo
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With violent protests following the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, and calls for a new unified government amid dire comments about the stability of Egypt, the world’s attention is again on President Morsi and his country. This
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Middle East Memo
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With violent protests following the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, and calls for a new unified government amid dire comments about the stability of Egypt, the world’s attention is again on President Morsi and his country. This
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: CNN.com
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      Egyptian protesters defy curfew  
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
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These events are profoundly sad. On the second anniversary of the empowering uprising that took place in Egypt, we are now witnessing the
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: CNN.com
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      Egyptian protesters defy curfew  
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
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Egypt is commemorating the second anniversary of its “Peaceful” Revolution with the shedding of yet more blood. Violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez, Damanhour and Port Said left almost 60 dead and hundreds injured and the numbers are rising.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Reuters
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Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: MEMRI
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In a January 27, 2012 interview with the London-based Arabic daily Al-Sharq AlAwsat, Egyptian Salafi-jihadi leader Muhammad Al-Zawahiri, brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, addressed the situation in Egypt and the changes that
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
By: christianpost
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FEATURED POSTS COLUMN The Perfectly Unified Church   But the lack of unity in many churches is a serious manner. Church splits, ...
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
By: Jihad Watch
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Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2013
By: Egypt Independent
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  There are over 15 million Coptic Christians in Egypt, with another 1.5 million Egyptian Copts residing abroad, Bishop Yoannis declared on Sunday.
Date of source: Thursday, January 24, 2013
By: Ahram Online
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Representative from Egypt's Christian churches have withdrawn from President Mohamed Morsi's national dialogue.  
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2013
By: Ahram Online
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As the revolution's second anniversary approaches, Egyptians' core economic and social demands remain unfulfilled.  
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
By: Jihad Watch
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Random attacks on Egypt's Christian Copts continue growing, including with very little motive -- other than hate, that is.
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Brookings Institution
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With violent protests following the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, and calls for a new unified government amid dire comments about the stability of Egypt, the world’s attention is again on President Morsi and his country. This
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
By: Montgomeryville-Lansdale, PA Patch
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Christian Egyptians in Hatfield Township and the surrounding area will have a new gathering place for worship in 2014 on Unionville Pike at Stratford Avenue.

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