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Undersecretary of al-Azhar Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī received a delegation from the Vienna Group for Religion & Diplomacy, a gathering that includes official representatives from 14 European nations and seeks to support interfaith dialogue and spread the culture of coexistence and freedom of...
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Before his death, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile clinic to assist the children of Gaza, one of the communities most affected by the war and humanitarian crisis in that region. It is the popemobile the pontiff used during his visit to Bethlehem in May 2014...
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With deep sadness and sorrow, President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī profoundly mourns the passing of the Head of the Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Francis. His departure leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of compassion and humanity that will forever remain etched in the conscience of mankind....
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Social media platforms were filled with posts mourning the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church, who passed away on Monday at the age of 88 after suffering from various illnesses during the twelve years of his papacy. Many Christian figures in Jordan and...
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Following the murder of a young Muslim in a mosque in the Gard region of southern France, the French Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, has been accused of stirring up hatred against Muslims, particularly by the left, which has protested against the minister's "double standards." The...
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Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb mourned Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, who passed away on Monday (April 21), praising him as a man who "dedicated his life to serving humanity, advocating for the oppressed, and supporting interfaith and intercultural dialogues." "Today, the...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church said extremism was no longer confined to misunderstanding of religion, adding, "We live in a complicated time marked by widening secularism, rigid ideologies, and isolation." "We are witnessing new forms of secularist extremism that are eschewing faith...
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Dr. Andrea Zakī, Head of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, said the call made by Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church to unify festivities was a good step for closer ties between Eastern and Western churches. "I support this call. It was a coincidence this year that all churches around...
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On a Sunday morning, the Resurrection of Jesus was a new proclamation of God's vision for humanity: life, not death; hope, not despair; reconciliation, not estrangement. In our contemporary world, groaning under wars, conflicts, and religious, intellectual, and political divisions, the world is in...
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President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī on Sunday (April 20) congratulated Coptic Christians on the occasion of Easter. "Coptic sons of Egypt, I offer sincerest congratulations and best wishes for the glorious Easter, praying to God Almighty to protect Egypt and its people and keep it always as a beacon...
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Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is running the affairs of the Holy See in the Vatican, announced in a statement the death of Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church on Monday (April 21). "At 7:35 (0535 GMT) this morning the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life...
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Palestinian minister of state for foreign affairs and expatriates, Dr. Varsen Aghabekian Shāhīn, praised Pope Francis, describing him as one of the greatest symbols of the nation who was truly committed to the cause of justice worldwide. She said, "In these difficult and unprecedented circumstances...
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His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of Saint Mark, said, "We offer our condolences to the entire world following the death of this man who served all of humanity, Pope Francis. His 12 years on the pontifical throne in Rome were filled with work, activity...
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Lebanese President Joseph ʿAoūn mourned the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday. He dedicated himself to peace and humanity, calling for love and confronting hate. "This is a loss for all of humanity. He was a powerful voice for justice and peace, a champion of the poor...
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President ʿAbd el-Fattāḥ el-Sīsī has delivered a number of messages conveying the state’s vision for raising moderate and responsible individuals who are capable of making positive contributions to our society, highlighting the importance of emulating Imam al-Sayūṭī as a role model, as he made an...
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Dr. Muḥammad Abū Hāshim, a member of the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders, said the Shāzlī order is one of the most prominent Sufi schools that have been founded on the Holy Qur’ān and the Sunna, asserting that the right Sufism is not about renouncing the world. "The founder, Imām Abu al-Ḥasan al-...
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Christian denominations around the world will celebrate Palm Sunday tomorrow, April 13. This day marks the seventh Sunday of Great Lent, a 55-day fasting period that concludes with the celebration of Easter Sunday on April 20, 2025. Churches worldwide are getting ready for Hosanna Sunday, popularly...
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The former Israeli ambassador to Italy, Dror Eydar, sharply criticized Pope Francis the day after the announcement of his death, calling on the Jewish state not to attend his funeral. Pope Francis, a central figure in the Vatican since 2013, died on Monday at the age of 88, prompting a...
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Date of Publication: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
The Center for Arab-West Understanding had faced numerous obstacles from the moment the founders wanted to establish the organization in 2004, despite its lofty goal of facilitating understanding between communities in Egypt and the Arab World and the West, through producing material for Arab-West Report, and hosting interns from Egypt and around
Date of Publication: Monday, September 17, 2018
  ABSTRACT This report is an outline of the brief discussion on August 5, 2018, between Libyan representatives (Mr. Abdulmajid Zuwama Alothmani [ʿAbd al-Majīd Zūwāmah al-ʿUthmānī], former Minister of Agriculture and current PDG of Libyan Petrol and Gas), Mr Ahmed Shawki Mansour [Aḥmad Shawqī Manṣūr], the GM at the International Marketing
Date of Publication: Thursday, August 30, 2018
This paper was prepared by the two interns from India: Riya Garg, pursuing BA LLB, and Vishesh Anand, pursuing BBA (Oil and Gas Marketing) from University of Petroleum & Energy Studies Dehradun, who interned with the Center for Arab-West Understanding in Egypt between June 6 and July 15, 2018, under the guidance of Drs. Cornelis Hulsman (
Date of Publication: Sunday, August 5, 2018
In the changing dynamics of the power structure in the Middle East, Egypt undeniably has been one of the most important actors. The geographic position of the country makes it a vital location in the region and the country controls the Suez Canal that links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. This is the shortest link connecting the East and the
Date of Publication: Monday, April 16, 2018
The 2014 Egyptian Constitution; Perspectives from Egypt Diana Serôdio/Cornelis Hulsman (ed.) Foreword by H.E. Amr Moussa, Chairman of the Constitutional Assembly of 2013 Published in: Anwendungsorientierte Religionswissenschaft Herausgegeben von Ulrike Bechmann und Wolfram Reiss @Tectum Verlag Marburg, 2017 After President Hosni Mubarak was
Date of Publication: Monday, April 16, 2018
From Ruling to Opposition Islamist Movements and Non-Islamist Groups in Egypt 2011-2013 Cornelis Hulsman (ed.) Foreword: Ambassador Mona Omar Published in: Anwendungsorientierte Religionswissenschaft Herausgegeben von Ulrike Bechmann und Wolfram Reiss @Tectum Verlag Marburg, 2017 After the deposition of President Husni Mubarak in the year 2011,
Date of Publication: Sunday, March 20, 2016
China’s Muslims, a diverse minority of approximately 23 million people, have played an influential role in Chinese foreign policy throughout the past century. Since the 1930s, Chinese governments have employed the transnational ties of the Muslim minority, as a diplomatic tool to establish and strengthen  its ties with Islamic countries As one
Date of Publication: Monday, December 14, 2015
During the writing of this paper, after the holy month of Ramadan (June 18-July 17) in 2015, the season of crossing the Mediterranean Sea by hundreds if not thousands of refugees is approaching its peak. All over the European media it can be read and seen that the countries on the borders of the European Union are facing high arrival numbers of
Date of Publication: Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The following study aims to explain the process of racism by defining both the biological and social concept of race. The author subsequently builds on this to describe the question of racism of Somalis in Cairo, Egypt. Somali migrants started to come to Egypt in the 1960's. The author interviewed both Somalis in Egypt as well as Egyptians for
Date of Publication: Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Christianity in the Arab World was flourishing in relative terms prior to the First World War and consequent break-up of the Ottoman Empire. Since the 1920s, and particularly since the Second World War, Arab Christianity has seen an ongoing demographic decline and, in several parts of the Arab world, a disappearance from which it is unlikely to
Date of Publication: Tuesday, September 1, 2015
[The text was written as a chapter for Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission, Edited by Hans Aage Gravaas, Christof Sauer, Tormod Engelsviken, Maqsood Kamil and Knud Jørgensen. Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series, Vol. 28, Regnum Books International, Oxford, 2015. This chapter was edited by Prof. Knud Jørgensen]. Muslim-Christian relations in
Date of Publication: Wednesday, July 1, 2015
During the European –Arab Conference, “The Contribution of Religious Minorities to Society”; launching event of the academic exchange program between the University of Vienna and higher education institutions in Lebanon and the Arab World, July 1-3, 2013, Vienna, Austria I presented a paper of the political use of statistics of Christian
Date of Publication: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Abstract This paper provides examples of a Western discourse about Egypt, which is critical about Muslim-Christian relations and human rights in Egypt and is largely focused on incidents, but is also insufficiently aware of the wider context which is presented in this paper.  Three abrupt political changes in Egypt in the past four years are
Date of Publication: Monday, June 30, 2014
  Fabian Weinert wrote an extended review of the thesis of German Protestant theologian Matthias Gillé about the life and work of Pope Shenouda III, the late but still influential, and beloved pope of the Coptic-Orthodox church who is widely recognized as the most important Egyptian church leader in the second half of the 20th century. Gillé  used
Date of Publication: Tuesday, June 17, 2014
The identity of Muslim women in post-colonial Egypt has largely been marginalized in the transition to modernity. A subalternized position of women that remains highly underrepresented in the nationalist/fundamentalist discourse of post-colonial politics coincides with a Western-oriented conceptualization of Muslim femininity that fails to
Date of Publication: Friday, May 2, 2014
Statistics about Christians in Egypt has been a problematic topic for many years. While literature uses a number of six percent at the lowest, other sources also state the percentage of Copts in Egypt at twelve, fifteen, or even as high as twenty percent. In this research patterns in the use of statistics in English and French literature from the
Date of Publication: Wednesday, September 11, 2013
This report by Arab-West Report explains the context of the massive destruction of churches and Christian institutions in Egypt in August 2013. Very often media describe tensions between Muslims and Christians in Egypt in generalized terms, but this report prepared for the German organization, Missio, shows that tensions are primarily between
Date of Publication: Thursday, August 1, 2013
  This report was commissioned by the German organization, Missio, in 2004. It was never published because we encountered difficulties in obtaining additional information on various legal issues and application of the law due to insufficient funding for quality legal experts. We have a strong network and have also used this in our efforts to
Date of Publication: Sunday, June 9, 2013
We often hear about the radical statements and fatwás of Muslims and about uncompromising Christian or secular activists who can appeal to populist sentiments and mistrust of the ‘other’. A major problem is that they also often refer to religious texts, which pours oil on the fire of the feelings of those who believe that particular religions are
Date of Publication: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
One of the distinguishing sub-themes of the Egyptian revolution which began on January 25, 2011, has been the proliferation of Coptic movements. Largely, though not entirely, contained in the church during the Mubarak era, Christian Egyptians joined their Muslim counterparts as ‘one hand’ to challenge the authority for the sake of ‘freedom, bread

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Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: MEMRI
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Egyptian Poet Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradhawi, Son Of Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi:
Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
By: Al Monitor
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CAIRO — In his second letter penned from an Egyptian prison, Australian journalist Peter Greste wrote, “Journalists are never supposed to become the story.” But due to unrelenting pressure by family members and supporters, he and colleagues netted in the state’s crackdown on the media have become
Date of source: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
By: Al Monitor
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The Working Group on Egypt (WGE), a nonpartisan US-based group of scholars and experts on Egypt co-chaired by Michele Dunne of the Carnegie Endowment for
Date of source: Monday, February 3, 2014
By: Al Monitor
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Sexual harassment in Egypt is on the rise.
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2014
By: Al Monitor
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As security restrictions clamp down on means of freedom of speech, humor has emerged as the only weapon of resistance. Humor is common across all cultures over time.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
By: The Telegraph
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IT IS an unlikely setting from which to launch a fightback against Egypt's new military rulers.
Date of source: Friday, January 31, 2014
By: UPI
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Friday he was frustrated by reports of an Egyptian crackdown on the media.
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2014
By: Persecution
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01/23/2014 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Coptic Christians in Upper Egypt continue to be targeted for kidnapping and extortion on a weekly basis.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2014
By: Al Monitor
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Alaa Saad left work at Shorouk News on the evening of Jan.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
By: Al Monitor
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On Jan. 27, two important developments took place in Cairo.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 28, 2014
By: MEMRI
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On November 24, 2013, Egyptian Interim President 'Adly Mansour approved a bill for a protest law submitted to him about a month previously by the government.
Date of source: Saturday, January 18, 2014
By: Al Jazeera
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Last summer, as unrest raged in Cairo, Egypt’s small Anglican community started looking for a way out. One family made for Canada, another went to Australia, and several emigrated to the United States.
Date of source: Monday, January 20, 2014
By: Canada Free Press
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Egyptians, passionate and elated, leap for joy in the aftermath of a major victory sealing the death of Morsi’s autocratic regime and his Muslim Brotherhood backers as Egypt’s new draft constitution is approved by a huge margin. A woman exiting a poll opens her heart and cries ou
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2014
By: European Council on Foreign Relations
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The Egyptian authorities hoped that the constitutional referendum would draw a line under the question of the legitimacy of the 3 July regime, and they are showing all the signs of believing that the 98 percent “Yes” vote means they have achieved that.
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2014
By: Baptist News
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CAIRO, Egypt (BP) -- Egyptian voters have approved a new constitution, leaving Christians a bit more hopeful, though it does not secure basic rights for religious minorities.One Egyptian Christian leader said the difference in attitudes he ob
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2014
By: UPI
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CAIRO, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday it was calling on Egyptians to display a sense of unity and devotion to the spirit of the 2011 revolution.
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2014
By: The Washington Institute
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Given the limitations and internal divisions of Egypt's various power centers, neither the military nor any other single institution is solely in charge at the moment.
Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2014
By: UPI
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STRASBOURG, France, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Egyptian democracy needs to be supported by different political views in a future government, the Greek foreign minister told the European Parliament.
Date of source: Friday, November 15, 2013
By: International Security Observer
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This artic
Date of source: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
By: CNN
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(CNN) -- A revolution squeezed into its margins -- but that's where it started.

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