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The Mayor of Athens, Mr. Harris Doukas, awarded Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine and Jordan, the Order of the City Medal of Athens, in recognition of his global spiritual and humanitarian role, his efforts to promote peace, his unwavering commitment to the values of justice...
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His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine and Jordan, concluded his official visit to Athens with a renewed call to protect Christians in the Holy Land and the Middle East, and to preserve the Christian and Islamic Holy sites within the framework of the...
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Al-Azhar al-Sharīf held its weekly forum as part of its programs for women under the title "Preserving Honor in Islam," with the participation of Dr. Heba ʿAwf, Head of the Department of Qurʾānic Interpretation and Sciences at al-Azhar University; Dr. Azza ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Assistant Professor of...
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This paper will present a brief history of modern Egyptian-American relations to explain how the complicated relationship arrived at its present condition. Survey data will follow, detailing recent changes and attitudes towards the United States. The study’s results will be presented in the next...
In Arabic, misyār means a quick visit or refers to visitors who do not stay long with those they visit. According to contemporary jurists, misyār marriage is a legitimate marriage that meets all the legal conditions, taking one of the following forms: the husband is either not obligated to provide...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
The misyār marriage is one of the issues that always causes a great deal of controversy, as it allows the wife to waive her rights to maintenance and housing from the husband. Some claim that it is not permissible because it involves the humiliation of the woman and the loss of her rights that...
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Dr. Maḥmūd Shalabī, Secretary of Fatwa at the Egyptian Dār al-Iftā’, noted that a valid marriage is one in which all the legal conditions are fulfilled. "If the marriage takes place in the presence of witnesses, the matrimonial formula is recited, the guardian is present, the family and the...
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"Once she grows older and the hints begin, the girl starts searching for her match, convincingly navigating the advice of neighbors, friends, family and the opportunities offered by social media and apps. And woe to the woman who counts the years without a suitor knocking on her family's door,"...
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A Coptic researcher reviewed the historical roots of personal status legislation for non-Muslims, stressing that it dates back to the year 1453 AD, when Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror conquered Constantinople and declared the guarantee of freedom of the Christian religion, granting the...
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Counselor Dr. George Sāmī Nicola, Vice President of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, said that the Personal Status Regulations for Orthodox Copts issued in 1938 and its amendments in 2008 have become the only applicable regulations for Orthodox Copts’ personal status disputes, provided...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
In the Christian conscience, divorce is not a cold signature at the end of a troubled relationship nor a quick escape from a heavy responsibility. It is a wound that strikes at the very heart of the marital covenant, a painful declaration of a relationship whose legal facade is no longer sufficient...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Dr. ʿAtif Najīb, former Director General of the Coptic Museum and a professor in the Department of Archaeology at the Institute of Coptic Studies, revealed the source of the historical information outlining the Holy Family’s route in Egypt. In an exclusive statement to al-Dustūr, the source...
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Translator Bas Breet
The new draft personal status law has revived debate over the issue of polygamy, following official clarifications from the chairman of the drafting committee. He stated that the draft does not include any provision requiring the husband to obtain written consent from the first wife before marrying...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Dr. ʿAbd al-Munʿim Fū’ād, Supervisor of al-Azhar Riwāq, affirmed that Islamic Sharīʿa does not require a man to obtain his first wife's permission to marry another. He asserted that Islam requires "fair treatment" as a basic condition but does not mandate permission. Fū’ād made the remarks to the "...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
In a notable development within the draft law on personal status affairs for Christians, Article 30 revealed specific exceptions to the prohibitions on marriage, most notably allowing marriage to the wife’s sister or the brother’s wife in the event of death within some denominations. This provision...
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The new draft family law has reorganized polygamy in Egypt by establishing a set of controls and legal procedures aimed at protecting the rights of wives and children while preserving the Sharīʿa. The draft law stipulates that a man may have a maximum of four wives, while prohibiting him from...
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Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād, affirmed that Islam has granted women a high status and considered them an essential partner in life, praising women’s role in the development of homelands. Dr. ʿAyyād made the remarks during a speech at a ceremony to launch the "Women Leaders around...
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Rev. ʿEīd Ṣalāḥ, pastor of the Evangelical Church in ʿAīn Shams, published a report detailing the specific grounds for divorce within the Greek Orthodox community, as outlined in Article 47 of the draft Family Law for Christians. The article stipulates situations where either spouse may request a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Rev. ʿEīd Ṣalāḥ, Head of the Judicial & Constitutional Council of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Egypt, said that societal dialogue before approving the personal status law for Christians is a real "necessity." "Experts, the persons affected by the new law, sociologists and all parties...
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Date of Publication: Friday, June 26, 2026
This paper will present a brief history of modern Egyptian-American relations to explain how the complicated relationship arrived at its present condition. Survey data will follow, detailing recent changes and attitudes towards the United States. The study’s results will be presented in the next section, followed by an analysis presenting relevant
Date of Publication: Sunday, June 21, 2026
Misyār marriage, often translated as “passing marriage,” derives from the Arabic root sayr (to pass or move through), a term that reflects the non-cohabiting and frequently intermittent nature of such unions. Emerging in Saudi Arabia in the late twentieth century, misyār is generally understood as a legally valid Sunni marriage in which one or
Date of Publication: Sunday, June 21, 2026
ʿUmar (38) was born in Saudi Arabia and moved to Cairo when he was six years old. He has always lived in the area of al-Munīra and Sayyida Zaynab, where he also attended a madrasa,[i] followed by university, where he studied media. After his studies, he worked as an assistant director for an insurance company. The work paid well, and he enjoyed
Date of Publication: Sunday, December 31, 2023
Intercultural and interreligious dialogue brought Cornelis Hulsman from a conservative Christian Reformed bubble in the Netherlands to a deeply ecumenical attitude, refraining from absolutist statements about faith since any religion is the outcome of a human search for meaning in life. Hulsman was asked to reflect on his personal development by
Date of Publication: Saturday, December 30, 2023
 The purpose of this study is to present the most accurate data on the statistics of Christians in Egypt. The data were collected by the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) 1986 census, the last year that the CAPMAS included the number of Christians for the smallest administrative units and computed these in
Date of Publication: Friday, December 30, 2022
This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof. Jansen as a student at Leiden University, the Netherlands, but even more on the email exchanges with Hans Jansen in 2008 and between August 1, 2011, and April 5, 2014. Jansen developed a
Date of Publication: Monday, October 10, 2022
Lara Gibson participated in the CAWU-Heliopolis University summer school between June 27 and July 6, 2018, and interned with our center between July 8 and October 4, 2018. Lara studied Arabic language and culture at Durham University, UK. In her letter of motivation, she wrote “your programme appeals to me primarily because of the hands-on and
Date of Publication: Wednesday, December 22, 2021
After the publication of Be Thou There; the Holy Family’s Journey in Egypt (AUC Press, 2001), Cornelis Hulsman organized a number of ‘pilgrimages’ to locations of the Holy Family in Egypt. One of these was with the German Evangelical Church in Boulaq, Cairo, to Tal Basṭa, Bubastis in the prophecy of Ezekiel. Bubastis had been the capital of Egypt
Date of Publication: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Over the last few decades, comparisons have continuously been drawn between Israel and its policies and the system of South African apartheid. Certain events in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have given impulses to the use of this analogy, such as the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory after the Six-Day war in 1967, the
Date of Publication: Thursday, November 18, 2021
This research explores the question as to how Wasatia as an Islamist movement seeks to represent the Palestinian moderate voice in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is examined through an in-depth interview with the founder of the movement, content analysis, and the use of a theoretical framework that combines nonviolence, social movement
Date of Publication: Sunday, November 14, 2021
The Arabic or Islamic conquest of Egypt in 639-642 CE had far-reaching consequences. Discussions of this historical event play a major role in modern Muslim-Christian discussions. Christians speak of a conquest whereas Muslims tend to speak of the opening of Egypt or liberation of Egypt from its Roman/Byzantine occupiers. The shifting views of
Date of Publication: Sunday, December 27, 2020
The following text contains sensitive information and highlights various concerns from an Egyptian ambassador regarding foreign influence on political and environmental decisions and movements in Egypt. A lot of the content regards European countries, a focus on questionable Dutch decisions in the period the Muslim Brotherhood tried to come to
Date of Publication: Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Having a PhD degree is not a guarantee for good academic work. Dr. Mahmoud Omar [Maḥmūd ʿUmar] may have been a good archeologist, but he ruined his own academic reputation by interpreting medieval traditions as historical facts, as descriptions that have actually happened. “What we today understand as ‘facts’ did not exist centuries ago,”
Date of Publication: Monday, June 8, 2020
The paper aims at presenting the religious education at the German School in Cairo (DEO) as one of the very few examples of schools offering interreligious education in Egypt.  In order to give the cooperative religious education at DEO a fair examination, interviews were carried out with students and teachers at the school. The author explains
Date of Publication: Thursday, April 30, 2020
Throughout his life, AWR friend Henk Glimmerveen (1923-2020) showed that engaged citizens can make a difference. He was an extremely effective activist for Christian migrants from Turkey in the Netherlands in the 1980s (please see my in-memoriam about this remarkable man). Henk was a keen observer and a critical one, not just accepting any story
Date of Publication: Sunday, April 26, 2020
This paper begins by reviewing Egypt’s post-2011 transition prior to 2013, which includes briefs on the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections, the 2012 presidential elections, and unrest and sectarian violence during the period between Ḥusnī Mubārak’s overthrow and the summer of 2013. The paper then transitions to the period following July 2013 and
Date of Publication: Monday, December 23, 2019
For decades now, Egyptian Coptic Christians and Muslims have been citing widely diverging numbers for the percentage of Christians in Egypt. In the absence of reliable, published data, the figures vary wildly, anywhere from 6 to 24 percent of population. Typically, figures claiming high percentages of Christians in the country correlate with
Date of Publication: Sunday, December 1, 2019
As President of the Republic of Egypt, Muḥammad Anwar al-Sādāt distinguished himself for various domestic and foreign policy reforms having a long-lasting impact on the history of Egypt, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the whole region. Most notably, his 36-hour visit to Jerusalem and his speech at the Knesset represented a major pivotal event for
Date of Publication: Thursday, November 28, 2019
 Milestones (Maʿālim fī al-Tarīq, 1964), one of Sayyid Quṭb’s most prominent books, is widely renowned as a cornerstone of most of contemporary radical Islamic movements. While the book contains several references to the need for violent action in order to fight the condition of ignorance (Jāhilīyah)of the time, it equally includes a message based
Date of Publication: Monday, June 10, 2019
Abstract This paper aims to gain insight into future political scenarios of Egypt by analyzing the Islamic political and religious ideologies in conjunction with their political strategies.  It portrays the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle East in general, and Egypt in specific.  In further analysis, it explores the

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Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2013
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EGYPT,BACK TO MILITARY RULE: ''Egypt's Draft Constitution Rewards the Military and J
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2013
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By: Yasmine Saleh
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2013
By: Radio Vatican
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(Vatican Radio) Egypt’s government and religious leaders have condemned an attack outside a Coptic church in Cairo on Sunday that killed four people including an 8 year old girl.
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2013
By: World Bulletin
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Egyptian Muslims, Copts clash in Minya The violence erupted in Al-Badrman village over an alleged love affair between a Coptic man and a Muslim woman, the source said. World Bulletin / News Desk
Date of source: Tuesday, October 22, 2013
By: Your Middle East
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Does the back seat of a taxi sound like a boring set for a documentary? If so, think again. Director David Muñoz shows how the chaotic traffic scene in Cairo is full of interesting conversations.
Date of source: Friday, November 8, 2013
By: openDemocracy
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Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2013
By: The Daily Campus
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Date of source: Monday, November 25, 2013
By: Assist News Service
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By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries
Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2013
By: AINA (Assyrian Intl. News Ag.)
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The Muslim Brotherhood is practicing politics through a terrorist ideology, claims Nabil Metry, a member of the Executive Office of the Regional Association of Non-Governmental Organizations.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 26, 2013
By: Al Monitor
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CAIRO — It took only minutes for activists to witness Egypt’s controversial new protest law in action on Nov. 26.
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2013
By: Al Monitor
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CAIRO — Sinai novelist and activist Mosaad Abu Fajr was jailed for nearly three years under the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak for his campaign “Wedna Ne`ish” (We Want To Live), which protested issues faced in the Sinai and among the Bedouin community. Today, he is one of
Date of source: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
By: Washington Institute
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Conversations with senior Egyptian officials indicate that Washington should focus on preserving its strategically important geopolitical interests, not on using aid suspensions to influence the country's domestic politics.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 27, 2013
By: The Arabist
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How to recognize an Egyptian activist
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
By: Reuters
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Students belonging to the opposition Muslim Brotherhood stand in a line in front of riot police during a protest against a military court's ruling in front of Cairo University.
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2013
By: The Christian Post
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Said Abdel Massih, head of the Egyptian Center for Development and Human Rights (ECDHR), has called on the 50-member committee tasked with amending the 2012 Egyptian constitution to allocate a quota for Copts in parliament in an effort to quell sectarian strife and provide added representation an
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
By: The Washington Institute
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Clan Warfare in Egypt - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Given Egypt's brewing power struggles, the current state of relative calm should not be mistaken for progress, let alone stability.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
By: Egypt Independent
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Security forces in Minya have arrested a correspondent working for an American TV channel, accusing him of inciting sectarian strife and broadcasting false news, state-owned news agency MENA reported.
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2013
By: Adnkronos International
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Minya, 29 Nov. (AKI) - Three people were killed and several injured in clashes between minority Coptic Christians and Muslims in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya, daily Al-Ahram reported Friday.The clashes broke out late on Thursday when
Date of source: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
By: Baptist News
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CAIRO (BP) -- Islamic extremists and criminals are extorting Christians in Egyptian towns, while trouble brews over the country's new protest law and constitution.According to Morning Star News, a news service reporting on the persecuted chur
Date of source: Monday, December 2, 2013
By: Right Side News
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