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Date of source: 4 Aug 2023
Foreign ministry spokesman, Aḥmad Abū Zayd, said that Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Sāmiḥ Shukrī, received a phone call from his Danish counterpart, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, to discuss repeated incidents of the desecration of the holy Qurʾān and the crimes of contempt of religion that jeopardize peaceful...
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Date of source: 12 Aug 2023
The Muslim Council of Elders under Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, called for the need to work on developing the youths’ skills to play an active role in facing global challenges and achieving a more sustainable future.
On the occasion of World Youth Day, celebrated by the UN on August...
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Date of source: 11 Aug 2023
Al-Azhar’s Media Center announced the start of the second season of the international caricature and portraiture forum under the motto ‘Empowerment of Women’ on August 11-September 10, 2023 under the auspices of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb.
The event falls within al-Azhar’s message...
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Date of source: 5 Aug 2023
Today (Saturday, August 5), the Greek Orthodox Church is celebrating the Transfiguration of Christ. The Holy Book tells how Jesus, after announcing his Passion to his Disciples, “took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was...
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Date of source: 5 Sep 2023
The first scholarly forum on Imām al-Shāfʿī and his school of thought was held at the Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies for Girls at al-Azhar University in Banī Sūwayf, according to the faculty dean, Dr. Ḥanān ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz.
“The forum, under the auspices of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al...
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Date of source: 25 Jun 2023
Veteran journalist Muʾnis al-Zuhayrī took to social media to express his anger, writing, “You have insulted the idea, the value, the content, and Jamāl ͑Abd al-Nāṣir, who established the radio station in 1964. Stop the ads in the Holy Qurʾān Broadcast.” He was referring to the state of the Holy...
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Date of source: 11 Jul 2023
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sāmiḥ Shukrī delivered a recorded speech at a meeting held by the UN Human Rights Council at the request of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), titled “The Escalation of Religious Hatred Evident in the Repeated Violations of the Holy Qurʾān.”
In his speech,...
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Date of source: 11 Jul 2023
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is convening an urgent session on July 11, 2023, during its 53rd ordinary session in Geneva.
This session was requested by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the repeated, deliberate, and flagrant religious hatred acts and the...
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Date of source: 24 Mar 2017
“The proponents of Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) schools are no longer differing over whether the killing of apostates is a crime or not. It is a conspiracy to kill people by acting as God; a plot of men in power and autocrats who repress opposition by silencing those who fail to heap praise on them...
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Date of source: 18 Jul 2023
The concept of “freedom of belief” has been put on the shelves when someone announces a decision to convert from Christianity to Islam or vice versa. Both Muslims and Christians are promoting the concept of killing apostates, but both disregard the content of the Qurʾān and the Bible regarding this...
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Date of source: 19 Mar 2018
The former director-general of al-Azhar magazine, Shaykh al-Ṭāhrī al-Ḥāmdī, said the Prophet Muḥammad had ordered the killing of any person who insulted him, citing several examples from the Prophet’s tradition in a lengthy article in the magazine issue of March 2018.
Although any insults against...
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Date of source: 22 Oct 2020
“We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say” (Q 15:97) and “But those who abuse the Messenger [of Allāh] will have a grievous penalty” (Q 9:61). These are the rulings of the Qurʾān on any person who insults the Prophet Muḥammad in words or actions.
There is no killing,...
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Date of source: 8 Oct 2017
Former Grand Muftī, Dr.ʿAlī Jumʿa, said defectors from Islam should never be killed and that their punishment must be left to God to decide on Judgement Day, asserting that Islam allows for freedom of thought.
“Apostates are two kinds: the first are those who quit Islam and have their own beliefs,...
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Date of source: 14 Aug 2023
President of the Protestant Community of Egypt, Dr. Andrēa Zakī, said that the state has played a major role in the legalization of churches, adding that the Coptic Evangelical community has 1,500 churches, from which 500 were registered.
“In a matter of only five years, 500 churches and conference...
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Date of source: 18 Aug 2023
More than 80 houses owned by Christians and 19 churches have been damaged in acts of riot in Pakistan, as announced by the Pakistani police on Friday (August 18) according to Al Arabiya news channel.
Al-Azhar strongly condemned the assaults on several churches in eastern Pakistan, unequivocally...
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Date of source: 19 Aug 2023
More than 80 houses of Christians and 19 churches were vandalized in the state of Punjab, Pakistan, when hundreds stormed a Christian neighborhood after news of Christians allegedly desecrating the Qurʾān.
The French news agency AFP said a cleric told his followers, “You should die if you do not...
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Date of source: 31 Jul 2023
A professional professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in al-Minyā University has sculpted a statue of the Virgin Mary to decorate the route of the Holy Family in the city of Drunka in the Asyūṭ governorate.
Dr. Jirjis al-Jāwalī, a professor of field sculpting, told al-Waṭan that Anbā Yūʾānnis,...
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Date of source: 19 Aug 2023
“A Reading Family … A Rising Nation” is the motto of the summer book fair 2023 that started its cultural activities in the area of al-Raml, central Alexandria, where 50 Egyptian, Arab, and foreign publishing houses took part.
Governor Muḥammad al-Sharīf, who inaugurated the event, said Alexandria...
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Date of source: 8 Jul 2023
Prince of Believers, King Moḥammed VI of Morocco, said that scholars are required to have a positive influence on people by focusing on the privileges of moderation and discrediting the negative impacts that “ignorant extremists” can have on the minds of the vulnerable.
“There is a great...
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Date of source: 6 Jul 2023
Twelve thinkers and researchers are attending the Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd Conversations Week in an intellectual salon to start at 09:00 p.m. on Saturday (July 8).
The conversations will focus on the works of the late thinker, Dr. Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd, with particular emphasis on the ideology of the Mu...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Jun 2023
The Jordanian capital of Amman has hosted a five-day workshop for the training of fellowship on dialogue journalism, offered by the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), an international government organization that seeks to bring...
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Date of source: 7 Jul 2023
Under the leadership of Pope Tawāḍrūs II, the Coptic Orthodox Church has maintained good relations with other churches, particularly the Roman Catholic Church. According to the official site of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the relationship between Pope Tawāḍrūs and Pope Francis of the Vatican was...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Jul 2023
An Iraqi refugee in Sweden burned a copy of the Holy Qurʾān. This act has been widely condemned as it insults Muslims all over the world and goes against human values and principles.
Sweden allowed the burning of copies of the Qurʾān after it canceled a decision to reject protests that included the...
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Date of source: 3 Sep 2023
The incident of burning a copy of the Holy Qurʾān in Sweden has provoked outrage among people who call for social peace. The act, committed by an Iraqi refugee residing in Sweden named Silwān Mōmīkā, was seen as a flagrant assault on the sanctities of the Islamic religion.
Mōmīkā burned a copy...
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Date of source: 9 Jul 2023
Egyptian President ͑Abd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī has made reforming educational and religious discourse a top priority since he was elected and officially assumed office in July 2014. This was in response to concerns about terrorism and the rise to power of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.
In...
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Date of source: 7 Jul 2023
The National Center for Translation under Dr. Karma Sāmī announced the bestseller books for the month of June 2023, of which the first was Thomas Merton’s ‘An Introduction on Christian Mysticism’, translated by Karam ͑Abbās.
The second bestseller was Peter Gran’s book, ‘The Persistence of...
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Date of source: 7 Jul 2023
The Azhar Fatwā Global Center explained the rules of the zakāt (alms-giving) according to the Islamic sharī ͑a. It affirmed that the zakāt is one of the five pillars of Islam according to the Holy Qurʾān, which commanded “Take, [O, Muḥammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and...
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Date of source: 2 Jul 2023
Director of the Marriage Counseling Center at Dār al-Iftāʾ, Dr. ͑Amr al-Wardānī, said the question of family violence is a far cry from the five intents of the sharī ͑a, which works towards the preservation of religion, self, mind, offspring, and property.
“The first purpose of the sharī ͑a is the...
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Date of source: 17 Jun 2023
According to historical accounts, the Holy Family fled from Palestine to Egypt to escape the repression of King Herod, who intended to kill Jesus Christ. An angel appeared to Joseph (Yūsuf) the Carpenter and instructed him to take the boy and his mother and flee to Egypt.
The official website of...
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Date of source: 13 Dec 2022
The Secretariat of the Homeland Defenders Party (Ḥizb Ḥummāt al-Waṭan) of the Banī Sūwayf governorate has organized a national dialogue entitled: “National Dialogue for all Egyptians”, under the chairmanship of the councilor Ḥasan Jaʿfar. The economic subject of debate was the promotion of exports...
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Date of source: 28 Jul 2023
Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ͑Arabī (1165-1240) was a renowned Ṣūfī philosopher, poet, and sage. He is considered one of the world’s greatest spiritual teachers and is often referred to by his disciples and students, as well as other Ṣūfīs, as “al-Shaykh al-Akbar” (The Greatest Master). The Ṣūfī Order of al-...
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Date of source: 1 Jan 2022
A member of Al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars and the Muslim Council of Elders, Dr. Ḥasan al-Shāf ͑ī, was awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam for the year 2022, shared with the former president of Tanzania.
This is the first time Dr. Shāf ͑ī has received this...
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Date of source: 19 Oct 2020
The Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo held a session today to elect a new president. Dr. Ḥasan al-Shāf ͑ī was elected for a third four-year term.
The voting took place at 11:00 a.m. with contenders Dr. Shāf ͑ī and Dr. Ṣalāh Faḍl. Twenty-eight members of the academy board cast their ballots...
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Date of source: 23 Apr 2017
The Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) has shown interest in women’s affairs and has established a department dedicated to answering women’s questions through a team of female muftīs who are well-versed in sharī ͑a rules and provisions.
An associate professor at the Azhar University...
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Date of source: 3 Feb 2023
Pastor of the Anbā Antonius Church of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Cairo district of Shubrā, Priest Dr. Bīshūy Hilmī, spoke about the importance of fraternity as a human value.
He stated that all people are brothers in humanity, regardless of time or place, as they all come from the same...
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Date of source: 19 Jul 2023
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine (HCC) has condemned an attempt by Israeli extremists to assault the St. Eliās Church of the Greek Catholic Church in Ḥaifā.
Ramzī Khūrī, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and HCC chairman, denounced the threats...
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Date of source: 14 Jul 2023
Female circumcision causes physical and psychological damage to the lives and health of young women. It is also a crime punishable by law.
These harms include excessive bleeding as the result of the removal of tissues composed of blood vessels and severe pain and inflammation of the vagina as the...
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Date of source: 29 Mar 2023
A TV series called ‘Ḥaḍrat al-͑ Umda’ (The Distinguished Mayor) has worked to address social problems, including female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). FGM is a cultural tradition that leaves deep psychological and physical scars and has been known to violate girls’ rights.
The...
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Date of source: 15 Jul 2023
The National Council for Women (NCW) confirmed that the rate of female circumcision in Egypt has plummeted thanks to growing awareness that the practice is a crime and has nothing to do with religion or medicine. They added that credit for this goes to the state, the NCW, and the National Council...
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Date of source: 28 Jul 2023
Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments) Muḥammad Mukhtār Jum ͑a and Governor of al-Jīza General Aḥmad Rāshid met leading preachers in the governorate of al-Jīza on Friday to discuss issues related to the regulation of the adhān (Muslim call for prayers).
Jum ͑a said his ministry will work on...
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Date of source: Saturday, December 21, 2013
By: guardianlv
Christians, women and Baha’i people are the among the largest groups of Egyptians that face racial discrimination on a daily basis. Sometimes it is not even intentional but racial slurs and aggressions have passed into Egyptians’ daily dialogue from generation to generation.
Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: MEMRI
In a recent interview, Egyptian poet and journalist Abdul Rahman Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, the son of
prominent Sunni Scholar Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, said: "In my view, the current rule is illegitimate...
Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: Reuters
CAIRO/ANSHAS (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside an Egyptian army building north of Cairo on Sunday, wounding four soldiers, the army said, in the second bomb attack on security forces in the Nile Delta in less than a week.
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — Immediately after Egypt's decision to brand the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, the Ministry of Interior announced a hotline for citizens to report suspected members of the outlawed organization. The act was reminiscent of a budget Malta hostel I lived at in 1998.
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
The sight of blood and charred debris, the screams of loss and pain and the rising death toll often leave people speechless, unable to comprehend a thought.
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2013
By: stratfor
The Egyptian government dealt
the Muslim Brotherhood another
significant blow Monday, when a
court issued a ban on the group's
activities. Historically the
Brotherhood thrived under its
outlaw status; it curried sympathy
Date of source: Saturday, December 28, 2013
By: christianpost
Copts in the village of Tarshoub, Beni Suef, Upper Egypt, are experiencing intimidation after extremists attacked them on Monday. Aggressors threw stones at Coptic homes, burned a tuk-tuk truck owned by a Copt named Magdy Fathi Rizk and a store owned by Badr Maher.
Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: themuslimtimes
don’t want to sound alarmist, but are Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his fellow generals in Egypt planning to hang ex-President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood colleagues? Impossible you might say.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 31, 2013
By: themuslimtimes
It’s a unique mystical spot in the Egyptian capital where the Qur’an, the Bible, and the Torah are continuously recited. It’s the multi-religious compound, which has ancient churches from the pre-Islamic conquest era.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
By: weekly.ahram
The vast majority of Egypt’s Coptic Christian community cast their votes in favour of Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, and so did many more Muslims. This should not be surprising. Not just Copts, but the country itself, is at the crossroads.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
By: washingtonpost
CAIRO — A former army chief who defended conducting invasive “virginity tests” on female protesters is expected to be elected Egypt’s president this week — with a large constituency of women voters.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
The first day of Egypt’s presidential elections saw turnout lower than expected.
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2014
By: fikraforum
Egypt's presidential election earlier this week was a pro-forma face-off between former defense minister Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and his lone challenger Hamdeen Sabahi. Given the widespread support that Sisi enjoys, his reportedly decisive electoral victory is not surprising.
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2014
By: foreignaffairs
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s victory in Egypt’s presidential election will deal yet another blow to the Muslim Brotherhood, whose once formidable political machine has been in shambles since the Egyptian military ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last July.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has achieved an overwhelming victory in the early (preliminary) results of the presidential election’s expat vote.
Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2014
By: memri
As expected, Field Marshal 'Abd Al-Fatah Al-Sisi won the May 28, 2014 Egyptian presidential election with a landslide 96.9% of the vote.
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
The election of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was the latest dizzying installment in Egypt’s post-revolutionary era. As Sisi is sworn in June 8 for Egypt’s top job, it might be worth taking stock of winners and losers.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
By: juancole
CAIRO — Egypt’s police arrested half a dozen men for sexually assaulting women during celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt’s newly-elected president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, as public outrage mounted over an online video appearing to show a sexually…
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2014
By: Ahram Online
Article 98 of Egypt's penal code says anyone convicted of offending religion in any form can face up to six years in prison
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Date of source: Thursday, June 5, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — As Egypt's military strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was declared president with a landslide 96.9% of the vote, and as the ailing nation prepares an inauguration ceremony that will cost millions, the revolutionary youth are contemplating a grim political future wherever they are — in jail,
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
By: isn.ethz
n this audio presentation, Cairo University's Shreen Abou el-Naga discusses Egypt's current political status.
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Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2014
By: yourmiddleeast
A few days ago during an English class, I moderated a student who recalled a recent visit to the US. He was stunned at the fact that the sales assistants not only greeted him upon entering a store, but would also bid him adieu upon leaving.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
By: fairobserver
By sending election observers to Egypt, the European Union has sided with repression and lost influence.
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Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
FAYOUM, Egypt — Tucked away in the idyllic Egyptian countryside 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Cairo, the village of Mansheyet Tantawy couldn’t have been further from the pomp and fanfare that engulfed the capital and other major hubs throughout the Egyptian presidential race.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
By: ucanews
A recently released infographic from The Huffington Post underscores how deadly the plight of Christians in the Middle East has become in the last decade.
Date of source: Monday, June 16, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Egyptian security forces seized supermarket chains on Sunday, Seoudi and Zad, owned by Muslim Brotherhood affiliated figures.
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Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
The ceremonies celebrating the election of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as Egyptian president were elegant and represented Egypt's first peaceful transfer of power from an acting president to a new, elected one. While this is a welcome development, it does not obscure some outcomes of the election itself
Date of source: Monday, June 3, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — The spotlight is on Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after his landslide victory in last week's presidential elections.
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2014
By: dailynewsegypt
Daily News Egypt interviews former Muslim Brotherhood member Kamal Helbawy to discuss his history with the group, reasons for his departure, and the future of the now outlawed group
Date of source: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
By: jpost
The result of the Egyptian presidential election is a forgone conclusion; it was the style that was supposed to count.
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Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2014
By: vosizneias
Cairo - Wearing sporting gear including cycling gloves, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked Egyptians on Friday to cycle and walk more to help the cash-strapped government that spends tens of billions of dollars a year on fuel subsidies.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — There are different ways to look at the preliminary results of Egypt’s presidential elections. One way is to view the turnout figures of 47.7% as a defeat to the regime.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: huffingtonpost
Pope Francis' visit to the Holy Land on May 24 has highlighted an increasing exodus of Christians from the Middle East, the very region that gave birth to the religion.
Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Activists have launched a number of websites under the name "SisiMeter" to measure the success of Egyptian President-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in implementing his promises.
Date of source: Sunday, June 1, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb announced that the Egyptian national agenda includes an urgent package which will earmark about 29.7 billion Egyptian pounds [$4.15 billion] to implement economic reform and stimulate development in Egypt during the next stage.
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2014
By: washingtoninstitute
Instead of careening between short-term objectives, U.S. policy toward Egypt should take a long-term, multilateral view that focuses on advancing security cooperation and political and economic reform simultaneously.
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2014
By: nationalinterest
It is more than likely that few of Egypt’s 54 million eligible voters were very concerned about the foreign policy of their presidential pick when they cast their ballots last week.
Date of source: Monday, June 9, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — “Our party is being subjected to widespread criticism aimed at undermining the party and its members," Nader Bakkar, the deputy chairman for media affairs of Egypt's Nour Party, told Al-Monitor in an exclusive interview at its headquarters in Cairo.
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: recordedfuture
On May 26 and 27, Egypt will hold its second presidential election in two years. In 2012, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi was elected president. This year, the man responsible for deposing Mr. Morsi, General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, is primed to take his predecessor’s spot.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 3, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Scenes of Egyptian women voters dancing at the doors of polling stations was one of the most attention-grabbing features of the presidential elections held from May 26-28, which ended with former Field Marshal Abdel Fattah
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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.