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Date of source: 18 Aug 2022
Ṭāyiʿ said that he was interested in this analytical study for the following reasons:-
First, the need to represent the role of religious institutions in the past 20 years, especially during the two revolutions of January 25, 2011, and June 30, 2013, that changed the course of events in Egypt and...
Reviewed by Salma AlHafi, Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Translator Salma AlHafi, Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Date of source: 5 Jul 2022
Fr. Dr. Andrea Zakī, head of the Evangelical community, said that President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī is playing an unprecedented role in the new republic; a state that is built on the foundations of law, equality and citizenship. Zakī added that the new capital has an integrated political and...
Reviewed by Salma AlHafi
Translator Salma AlHafi
Date of source: 5 Aug 2022
How accurate is it to say that the media attacks on Al-Azhar are "systematic" or "deliberate"?
Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, told BBC News Arabic that any "attack" on al-Azhar in the Egyptian media "is symbolic because the...
Reviewed by Salma AlHafi
Translator Salma AlHafi
Date of source: 7 Nov 2022
The Covenant of ʿUmar is a 9th-century document prohibiting church building, the rebuilding of destroyed churches, and displaying a cross on churches. Historically, the text has been attributed to the second Rashidun Caliph ‘Umar Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (born around 583/584 – 644 CE). This so-called...
Date of source: 15 Oct 2022
Imām Fāḍl Sulaymān: This verse cannot be abrogated though some people, Muslims and non-Muslims, would love to say that it is abrogated. The bad news for them is that it cannot be abrogated because there is a kind of lock placed at the end of the verse.
Here is the verse from my translation of the...
Date of source: 7 Nov 2022
Judge ʿĀdil Mājid, at the time Vice President of the Court of Cassation in Egypt, Judge at the Criminal Chamber, Honorary Professor of Law at Durham University (UK), Legal Advisor to the Arab League of States, refers to two important documents: the Azhar Document on the Future of Egypt of 21 June...
Date of source: 21 Oct 2022
At the “Document on Human Fraternity - A Christian Arab Reading” seminar, Dr. Assaad Elias Kattan [Asʿad Ilyās Qaṭṭān], Professor in Orthodox theology at Wilhelms-University in Münster. , confirmed that the document on Human Fraternity is among the most prominent texts produced by the dynamism of...
Reviewed by Maryam Boujarfaoui
Translator Maryam Boujarfaoui
Date of source: 22 Oct 2022
Anbā Jrījūrius held various positions, including membership of specialized national councils, member of the Arabic Language Academy, and head of the Arabic translation of the Bible committee. He authored 60 books for courses taught in the Coptic Orthodox Theological College.
According to deacon...
Reviewed by Maryam Boujarfaoui
Translator Maryam Boujarfaoui
Date of source: 21 Oct 2022
It was indicated in a statement that camping outside the monastery to begin on the first day, corresponding to the 1st of next November, stressing that the participants should abide by the specified dates. The activities are scheduled to last for seven days and will conclude on November 16,...
Reviewed by Maryam Boujarfaoui
Translator Maryam Boujarfaoui
Date of source: 21 Oct 2022
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Awqāf, the next Friday sermon will be mainly dedicated to the initiative, and will be talking about “the right of the homeland”. In addition, there will be a number of seminars in all governorates of Egypt.
Senior scholars and imams will be...
Reviewed by Maryam Boujarfaoui
Translator Maryam Boujarfaoui
Date of source: 22 Oct 2022
It was mentioned that Pope Tawāḍrūs II was interested in visiting the worshipers of the Coptic Church in the diaspora and Arab countries. It was indicated that the Pope will be accompanied on this visit by bishop Yūliyyūs of the Bishopric of Public, Ecumenical and Social Services and Fr. Kīrillus...
Reviewed by Maryam Boujarfaoui
Translator Maryam Boujarfaoui
Date of source: 20 Oct 2022
The organizers of the historic Papal visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, from the 3rd to the 6th of November, said that about 28,000 people will participate in the public mass, which will be presided over by the Supreme Pontiff, at the Bahrain National Stadium, on the morning of Saturday November 4,...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 20 Oct 2022
On Tuesday and Wednesday, October 18-19, 2022, the thirteenth convention of the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the Middle East was held, including: H.H. Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark; H.H. Mar Ignatius Abhram II, Patriarch of Antioch, All the East and...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 29 Sep 2022
The Catholic Archdiocese in Algeria announced that Algerian authorities decided to close Caritas, the international Catholic charitable foundation, which has been providing social and charitable services for six decades, and which in recent months has specifically focused on providing aid to...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 19 Oct 2022
During the meeting, a number of issues of shared interest were discussed, in the introduction of which came the topic of the Christian existence in the Middle East and theological dialogues which the Eastern Orthodox family undertook with ecclesiastical denominations, and the efforts which the...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 22 Oct 2022
Metropolitan Sirābiyūn said that members of the committee met Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia, in the Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer in Moscow, where he expressed his encouragement and support of the committee.
During the meeting, projects in effect from throughout the past years since...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 13 Oct 2022
Jarīsh believes that relations with Muslims will improve day by day; for neither the Catholic Church nor Arab countries are ignorant of the issues facing fanaticism, extremism and terrorism. He adds, speaking to Miṣr 360 , that Pope’s visit will reflect well on Catholic workers and residents in the...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 3 Oct 2022
According to the post of Archbishop Nikolas, the Monastery of St. George is owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and Africa and supervised by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. It is known as the historical Roman Monastery of St. George. It is located next to the Coptic Museum...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 26 Oct 2022
According to a statement from the public prosecution, “al-Prince al-Miṣrī” is accused of committing several crimes, including using religion in promoting extremist ideas with the intent of provoking sectarianism, contempt of the Christian religion, insulting Christian citizens, and damaging...
Reviewed by Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Translator Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Date of source: 8 Oct 2022
Egypt
Sweets shops specializing in the sale of sweets are keen every year to offer a variety of sweets for the occasion known as ḥalāwat al-mawlid, which vary between sesame, hummus, and malban with its different colors, nuts, and other types, as well as the edible sweet figurines known as the...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 8 Oct 2022
According to an official announcement by the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem, headed by Bishop Antonios [Anṭūniyyūs al-Awūrshalīm], Metropolitan of Jerusalem and the Near East, Bishop Rāfāʾīl will preside over the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher tomorrow morning, Sunday...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 14 Oct 2022
Bishop Gregory’s full name, as stated in the birth certificate, is Wahīb ʿAṭā Allāh Jirjis. He was born on October 13, 1919, in Aswan. He obtained his bachelor's degree in July 1936, and although he was one of the most successful, his strong desire for a consecrated life pushed him to join the...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 15 Oct 2022
Major General Ṭalʿat al-ʿAnānī, mayor of Saint Catherine, said that the town has witnessed a great tourist turnout since the beginning of October, and is a destination for religious tourism, especially from the Eastern Orthodox churches and countries of East Asia, who are keen to perform prayer...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 15 Oct 2022
An icon of the Pantocrator was installed in the sanctuary (Ar. al-haykal), and the icon holder and several other icons were inaugurated by the Pope and a number of bishops.
Upon his arrival at the church, Pope Tawāḍrūs removed the memorial plaque that dates to its inauguration, and memorial photos...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 15 Oct 2022
This comes within the framework of a tree-planting initiative launched by Pope Tawāḍrūs II at the end of last year for dioceses and churches as a contribution to facing climate change. The church announced financial prizes for the winning dioceses, estimated at 750 thousand pounds. In a statement,...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 16 Oct 2022
The conference will be attended by delegations from 91 countries representing senior official figures from the United Nations, the World Health Organization, senior clerics, muftis, ministers, and public figures.
Dr. Ibrāhīm Negm, Secretary General of Fatwa Authorities Worldwide and an adviser to...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 16 Oct 2022
The emergence of the veil on the streets of Europe has led to many political and social reactions, some of which amounted to physical attacks on Muslim women. Perhaps the most prominent of these attacks is the killing of the Egyptian pharmacist Marwā al-Shirbīnī at the hands of a German extremist....
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 12 Oct 2022
Extremist Islamist groups in Syria have been a major reason for the flight of more than two million Syrians from their homeland, consequently subjecting refugees to violence.
As such, what are the challenges confronting the Catholic Church in Syria? What is the impact of the Syrian crisis on...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 16 Oct 2022
A church source denied this accusation and told al-ʿArabī al-Jadīd that this visit came within the framework of “consolidating the presence of the Egyptian Coptic Church and proving its historical rights in Jerusalem and Palestine, especially with the ongoing attacks by Ethiopian monks on Deir al-...
Reviewed by Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Translator Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Date of source: 14 Oct 2022
Before the end of his pastoral visit, Pope Theodoros II met with the US President Joe Biden at the White House. He was accompanied by Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Metropolitan George of Guinea and Metropolitan Nikodimos of Memphis (Heliopolis).
According to...
Reviewed by Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Translator Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Date of source: 13 Oct 2022
Egyptian journalist Dr. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ʿAlī, director and co-founder of the Center for Middle East Studies in Paris (CEMO) and editor-in-chief of al-Bawāba News, signed a publishing agreement with Denis Pryen, director of Librairie Editions L’Harmattan in France, to publish his third French book “...
Reviewed by Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Translator Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Date of source: 21 Oct 2022
The launch ceremony began with a speech by Rev. Professor Mitri Raheb [Mitrī Rāhib], founder and president of Dār al-Kalima University, in which he welcomed the author, Xavier Abū ʿĪd and the attendees, stating that: “Dār al-Kalima University is pleased to release this book by researcher Xavier Abū...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 26 Oct 2022
The patriarch also expresses concerns about the state’s top Christian position, which is the presidency, and the current uncertainty surrounding it. Consequently, Christians may not know the position’s fate if a presidential vacuum lasts for years. Therefore, al-Rāʿī reemphasizes, on a daily basis...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 19 Oct 2022
This meeting was also joined by Archbishop George Shīḥān, Archbishop of the Maronite Diocese of Cairo for Egypt and Sudan, Apostolic Visitor to North Africa, and Supreme President of Maronite Institutions in Egypt; Archbishop Bīshūy Fawzī; and Patriarchal Vicar and Father Yūḥannā Shiḥāta, Head of...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 18 Oct 2022
Dr. ʿAyād further noted during his speech that an examiner of the Prophet’s biography and his life - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him – would find that he practiced interfaith dialogue in word and deed. The Prophet conversed with many non-Muslims and received them in his mosque. The Medina...
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Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 12 Oct 2022
“The Church and Contemporary issues” conference explored a number of interesting topics related to the church and society and involved the following 8 lectures:
1. The Church and Mental Health, by Bishop Mīkhāʾīl, General Bishop of Hadāʾiq al-Qubbah, al-Waylī, and Manshiyat al-Saḍr.
2. The Church...
Reviewed by Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Translator Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Date of source: 15 Oct 2022
This comes as part of an agreement with the authorities in Cologne, in October 2021, to allow the Friday prayer call to sound in public and last up to five minutes at limited volume. The agreement is set for a two-year trial and subject to renewal.
Cologne has one of the country’s largest Muslim...
Reviewed by Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Translator Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Date of source: 19 Oct 2022
Subsequently, al-Quṣayr praised such cooperation, with the National Alliance and CEOSS, in many agricultural initiatives, as well as in raising awareness among civil society, stating that “the Ministry always welcomes work and cooperation with civil society institutions because they are partners in...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 2 Jul 2022
Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir, said in exclusive statements to al-Dustūr: “Putting forward a dialogue in terms of ‘what do Christians want’ and ‘what do Muslims want’ will lead us to a sectarianism.” He added: “It is best to say how to reach a modern, civil Egyptian state based on citizenship, and...
Reviewed by Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Translator Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Date of source: 4 Jun 2022
Midḥat Murād, professor of law, believes that Christians are an integral part and a major component of the Egyptian society. The President referred to the concept of citizenship in many of his recent meetings, stressing the state has been working to break all forms of discrimination between Muslims...
Reviewed by Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Translator Sara ABDEL-HAMID
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Date of source: Thursday, September 3, 2015
By: MEMRI
MEMRI reports:
Date of source: Friday, October 9, 2015
By: MEMRI
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 2015
By: Egyptian Streets
Controversial television show host Ahmed Moussa, a staunch government supporter, has found hi
Date of source: Saturday, October 10, 2015
By: Gatestone Institute
Date of source: Saturday, October 10, 2015
By: Breitbart News Network
Date of source: Saturday, October 10, 2015
By: Daily News Egypt
Bassem Hashem, a detainee who was convicted of theft, died at Post Said General Hospital after struggling with a life-threatening condition in prison. He had been transferred to the intensive care unit at the hospital on 28 September to receive treatment.
Date of source: Saturday, October 10, 2015
By: Daily News Egypt
Al-Karama institute for human rights reported Friday two incidents of forced disappearances that occurred during the past two months, accusing security forces of “arresting” the men without any legal recognition.
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2015
By: Frontpage Magazine
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2015
By: Al Monitor
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2015
By: AlBawaba News
Bishoy Boulos, formerly knowns as Mohammed Hegazy, sparked controversy in 2007 when he became the first Egyptian to demand his conversion from Islam to Christianity be recognised by the state.
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2015
By: All Africa
Court upheld a five-year prison term previously handed down to controversial religious researcher Islam al-Beheiry in absentia for contempt of religion after the Azhar had accused him of broadcasting ideas against "the fundamentals of religion." T
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2015
By: Middle East Monitor
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 2015
By: Daily News Egypt
"According to Egyptian law 46/2014, 24 seats are allocated for Copts inside the upcoming parliament.
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 2015
By: Daily News Egypt
Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD believes the October War Celebrations were celebrated in a much too religious way for such a ‘national’ occasion.
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 2015
By: Geopolitical Monitor
A total of 331 detainees were released in commemoration of this year’s anniversary of the 6th of October war. Last month on the occasion of Eid el-Adha, around 100 detainees were freed under a presidential decree.
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 2015
By: Egypt Independent
Human Rights Watch recorded in Egypt 44 cases of forced disappearances from March to May 2015. Egypt still refuses to sign the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearances.
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 2015
By: Egyptian Streets
Egyptian women were given the right to run for parliament in 1956, making them the first to be granted suffrage rights in the Arab world. This article provides an overview of the number of women in parliaments since 1956.
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 2015
By: International Business Times
A court in Egypt ordered Sunday the release of Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, sons of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, according to reports.
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 2015
By: Al-Arabiya
The Nobel prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet. Egypt remembers in October the Maspiro massacre in 2011. "The calamity has been exponentially amplified by the lack of accountability for that event, four years on."
Date of source: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
By: CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America)
CAMERA, apparently a pro-Israel organization, criticizes Presbyterian Church statements on Israel.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
By: ChristianExaminer
"The Gatestone Institute, a conservative, non-profit foreign policy think tank chaired by former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, is claiming that while the Islamic State is carrying out its ruthless persecution of Christians, they aren't e
Date of source: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
By: New American
The author is listing violence against Christians in primarily the IS and in history, using Raymond Ibrahim as a major source, and then concludes "today, Islamic State and other Muslim jihadists are finishing the job of conversion by the sword their co-religionist forebears began, and there are n
Date of source: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
By: Middle East Eye
Date of source: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
By: CP 24 News
Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohammed Fahmy said that without the collective effort of many people, including human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, he would not have been freed from prison.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
By: The Cairo Post (Youm 7)
Egypt’s Coptic and Catholic Churches have instructed clergy not to support any candidates or electoral lists during the upcoming parliamentary elections, Youm7 reported. "According to the parliamentary elections law no.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
By: The Cairo Post (Youm 7)
Actresses Entissar and Heidi Karam and owner of al-Kahera wal Nas channel Tarek Nour have been ordered to be investigated for “spreading immorality and debauchery.”
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
By: EvangelicalFocus
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
By: AhramOnline
"The intellectual community had accused El-Nabawy of having no vision and mismanaging resources as well as dismissing long-standing ministry officials, but as the media pointed out, intellectuals had been expecting either the Head of the Arts Academy Sameh Mahran or the former Secretary General o
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
By: The Times of Israel
Critics say President Sissi has ‘made election completely colorless’ with ‘laws engineered to take politics out of new parliament.’ None of the key liberal figures that helped fuel the 2011 uprising, like Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei or former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, are
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
By: Winnipeg Free Press
Mohammed Fahmy is wondering what, if anything, Canada’s highest political offices did to help win his freedom. Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott won the release of Peter Greste, who was convicted alongside Mr.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
By: The Guardian
When the Egyptian government announced last month that it had
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
By: All Africa
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
By: Human Rights Watch
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 2015
By: AlBawaba News
For the fifth year in a row, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended in its 2015 report that Egypt be designated a “country of particular co
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 2015
By: The Cairo Post (Youm 7)
The Pope arrived in the United States Wednesday in his first official trip to the U.S. since his papacy began in 2012.
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 2015
By: Medafrica
The wave of arrests took place all over the country and the suspects were deemed “to pose a threat to the national security”, the security forces said.
By: Al Monitor
The Nour Party sparked controversy among voters in 2012 during the run-up to parliamentary elections, when it refused to put photos of female candidates on its campaign banners.
By: State Information Service
Full text: The US State Department's 2014 International Religious Freedoms Report stated improvements in the status of Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 2015
By: AhramOnline
The report lists a detailed account of all churches burned and the sectarian strife resulting in the death of many Copts in Upper Egypt following the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 2015
By: Reuters
The 193-member General Assembly elected Egypt with 179 votes in favor and no votes in opposition.
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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.