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Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt celebrates Nayrouz

Date of source: 24 Aug 2024

By Monica Jirjis

The Coptic Catholic Church organized a number of events and activities in preparation for the 2024 Nayrouz celebration. Anbā Būlā Shafīq, the Archbishop of the Coptic Catholic Diocese for al-Ismāʿīlīya, the cities and dependencies around the Suez Canal, presided over the Assumption of the Virgin...

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Pope Tawāḍrūs opens 4th LOGOS Youth Forum

Date of source: 25 Aug 2024

By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī

The 4th LOGOS Youth Forum was inaugurated by Pope Tawāḍrūs at the LOGOS Centre located in St. Bīshūy Monastery in Wādī al-Naṭrūn. Under the theme "Take a Step," this year’s forum brings together young men and women from the Egyptian dioceses of the See of St. Mark. Four topics will be covered at...

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Al-Azhar to modify religious curricula

Date of source: 20 May 2024

By Isrāʾ Sulaymān

The curricula development commission of Al-Azhar has decided to alter several Arabic and Islamic textbooks for students in the preparatory and secondary phases up until May 15. The commission gave instructions to use only the editions of 2024-2025. The modified textbooks included Taysīr al-Lubāb Fī...

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Head of Evangelical Church completes pastoral tour in Upper Egypt

Date of source: 23 Aug 2024

By Amīra Hishām

At the completion of his pastoral tour in Upper Egypt, Dr. Andrea Zakī, the leader of the Coptic Evangelical community, witnessed the ordination of Priest Michael Māhir as the pastor of the Evangelical Church in the Kūm Asfaḥt district on Friday, August 23. He also participated in the events that...

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Dr. al-Khusht: The new Cairo Univ. President

Date of source: 1 Aug 2017

By Samar Ṣāliḥ

The publication Al-Waṭan has learnt that Dr. Muḥammad ʿOthmān al-Khusht has succeeded Dr. Jābir Naṣṣār as the President of Cairo University. Khusht, who was born in 1964, served as Cairo University's vice president for student relations and education. He teaches modern and contemporary beliefs and...

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Anbā Buṭrus Dānyāl: Grand Imām of al-Azhar is keen on spreading justice

Date of source: 17 Aug 2024

By Ḥasan Mursī

According to the Chairman of the Egyptian Catholic Centre for Cinema, Anbā Buṭrus Dānyāl, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, is a man of kindness and moderation who is dedicated to promoting ideas of justice. In an interview with media figure Ḥamdī Rizq on Ṣada al-Balad TV station, he...

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Dār al-Iftāʾ publishes biography on Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād

Date of source: 13 Aug 2024

By ʿAlī Shibl

Following Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād’s appointment as Egypt’s next grand muftī and chairman of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Authorities Worldwide, Dār al-Iftāʾ released a biography detailing his prior posts. ʿAyyād graduated with first-rank honors from al-Azhar University in 2003 with a PhD in theology...

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Pope Tawāḍrūs meets Minister of Youth & Sports

Date of source: 16 Aug 2024

By Monica Jirjis

Following their summit in Cairo, Pope Tawāḍrūs met with the leaders of the International Association of Orthodox Christian Scouts and Dr. Ashraf Ṣubḥī, Minister of Youth and Sports, on Friday, August 16, at the Papal Residence in Cairo. Under President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī's support, the meeting...

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Annual conference for the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs begins

Date of source: 25 Aug 2024

By Lūʾaī ʿAlī

President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī presided over the 35th conference of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, which began on August 25 and 26 at the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) headquarters. Minister Osāma al-Azharī served as the conference chairman. More than 60 significant regional...

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Thousands of Copts continue Virgin Mary fast

Date of source: 9 Aug 2024

By Maryam al-Sharīf

Amidst festivities and popular celebrations glorifying the Virgin Mary, Copts began the Virgin Mary fast that is to run until August 22. Karīm Kamāl, a researcher in Coptic affairs, told al-Waṭan that some Copts start fasting one week earlier, from the first day of August, in observance of the...

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Cairo Univ. President praises new Awqāf Minister

Date of source: 4 Jul 2024

By Aḥmad Abū Ḍayf

Muḥammad al-Khusht, the president of Cairo University, announced the selection of Dr. Osāma al-Azharī as the Minister of Awqāf, or religious endowments. He stated that this move demonstrated the political leadership's faith in his effectiveness, wisdom, and breadth of expertise in managing...

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Cairo Univ. President: Media and education must cooperate for greater religious awareness

Date of source: 5 Jan 2022

By Aḥmad Abū Ḍayf

A joint lecture on “developing religious awareness” was held in the Cairo University main hall. The speakers included the editor-in-chief of the al-Wafd newspaper, Wajdī Zayn al-Dīn; the university president, Muḥammad al-Khusht; and the former chairman of religious affairs at the Ministry of Awqāf...

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Gog and Magog in the Qurʾān and the Old Testament

Date of source: 15 Jul 2024

By Aḥmad Ibrāhīm al-Sharīf

Since the narrative of Gog and Magog is included in the Holy Qurʾān, it is undeniably a part of Islamic heritage. However, opinions on its meanings are varied. Dr. Haytham al-Ḥāj ʿAlī, the former chairman of the General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO), has recently published his interpretation of...

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ʿAlī Jumʿa congratulates Osāma al-Azharī on post as Minister of Awqāf

Date of source: 7 Jul 2024

By Lūʾaī ʿAlī

Dr. ʿAlī Jumʿa, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars at al-Azhar and a former grand muftī, congratulated Dr. Osāma al-Azharī on his appointment to the position of Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments). Jumʿa made this statement at the Sufi Orders commemorating the Hijrī calendar new year....

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Renowned preacher al-Jafrī praises Grand Imām of al-Azhar

Date of source: 10 Aug 2024

By Luʾay ʿAlī‎

Al-Ḥabīb ʿAlī al-Jafrī, a well-known Muslim preacher, expressed his gratitude for having visited Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, calling him the “top Imām of the Sunni Muslims.” Al-Jafrī said that he was acquainted with Dr. Ṭayyeb when the imām served first as Egypt’s Grand Muftī, then...

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Grand Muftī praises president’s vision for religious discourse renewal

Date of source: 9 Aug 2024

By Maḥmūd Muṣṭafā Abū Ṭālib

Chairman of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Authorities Worldwide and Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, stated that President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s calls for renewing religious discourse were both correct and timely. “The president has realized that through eliminating deviant...

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Controversy sparked by media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa

Date of source: 23 Jul 2024

By Maḥmūd Majdī

In addition to being a researcher, novelist, and scenarist, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa is a well-known figure in the media and press industry. He has chaired press establishments and hosted many TV talk shows. His views on several religious matters, as well as his art productions, have sparked controversy in...

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Personal status law amendments in Iraq

Date of source: 5 Aug 2024

By ʿImād Rasan

Once again, proposed changes to the personal status law are causing a rift in parliament, uproar in the media, and heated debates on social media. The Iraqi constitution’s Article 41, which emphasizes the freedom of Iraqis to observe their personal status issues based on their religions, sects,...

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Arab-West Journal (2013-2014)

Date of source: 17 Aug 2024

By Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)

The two test issues demonstrated that students and young graduates can produce excellent work if they are able to obtain the support of a good editor which Jenna was. Each piece in the test issues contributed to intercultural and interreligious dialogue by educating our readership about elements of...

Grand Imām al-Ṭayyeb’s biography introduced to children in Luxor

Date of source: 2 Aug 2024

By Aḥmad Marʿī

One of the most renowned dignitaries, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, was the subject of a lecture from the Luxor Cultural Centre as part of their summer activities. Hāla Amīn, the person in charge of the center’s children’s library, delivered the lecture. After the lecture, the center...

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Egypt's Christians Say They Are Being Excluded From Opposition Negotiations

Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2011

By: AINA

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Egypt's 'Christian Winter'

Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013

By: Christian Post

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Egypt court orders YouTube block over anti-Islam film

Date of source: Saturday, February 9, 2013

By: AFP

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YouTube, a subsidiary of US Internet giant Google, has been blocked in Pakistan since December for refusing to heed Islamabad’s call to remove the same video.—File Photo

Fear of assassinations haunt Egypt opposition

Date of source: Saturday, February 9, 2013

By: AP

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CAIRO (AP) — Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was shot to death this past week, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are fearfully asking: Could it happen here too?

Interview: Egyptian Pastor on the Revolution, Coptic-Evangelical Unity, Muslim Relations

Date of source: Tuesday, February 5, 2013

By: Christian Post

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AP Interview: Egypt's pope criticizes Islamists

Date of source: Tuesday, February 5, 2013

By: AP

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Preacher alarms many Egyptians with calls for Islamist vice police

Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013

By: FaithWorld

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Many Egyptian viewers were horrified when preacher Hisham el-Ashry recently popped up on primetime television to say women must cover up for their own protection and advocated the introduction of religious police.

Coptic pope criticizes Islamist influence on Egypt’s constitution

Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013

By: Catholic Culture

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The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church has criticized Egypt’s new constitution, which declares that “principles of Islamic Sharia are the principal source of legislation.”

Egypt's government nearing end of the road, says ex-PM

Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2013

By: Reuters

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Reuters) - To his critics, Ahmed Shafik is a typical autocrat consigned to history's dustbin by the Arab Spring - a military man turned politician who ended his career amid corruption allegations and fled to the Gulf.

Prison sentences for two Christians in Egypt

Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2013

By: Christian Today

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The North Cairo Criminal Court sentenced two Copts, Maikel Adel Naguib Farag and Maikel Mossad Shaker, to three years imprisonment on 4 February for stealing a machine gun from the armed forces during the violence of 9 October 2011, when the Egyptian military attacked a peaceful civil rights demo

Egyptian 'Black Bloc' Is New Force in Protests

Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2014

By: Al-Monitor

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“I did not expect the idea to be disseminated this way all over Egypt in just six days.” With this statement a founder of the Black Bloc in Egypt started his conversation with me, showing his surprise at how the idea was well received by youth groups.

Egypt Conflict Alert

Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2013

By: INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP

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It is difficult to know which is most dangerous: the serious uptick in street violence; President Morsi’s and the Muslim Brotherhood’s serial inability to reach out to the rest of the political class inclusively; or the opposition clinging to the hope

The Muslim sisterhood

Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2013

By: FT Magazine

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Egypt clashes continue as curfew defied

Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2013

By: FT.com

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Egyptians defied efforts by President Mohamed Morsi to restore order around the country on Monday as demonstrators and security forces clashed for the fifth consecutive day and tension mounted between the government and its opposition rivals.

Tahrir Square sexual assaults reported during anniversary clashes

Date of source: Monday, January 28, 2013

By: The Guardian

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Campaigners in Egypt say at least 25 women have been assaulted as state of emergency is declared in three provinces

Black Bloc anarchists emerge

Date of source: Friday, February 1, 2013

By: BBC News

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he Black Bloc, a new Egyptian anarchist group, made its first appearance last week, on the eve of the second anniversary of the 25 January 2011 revolution. With a declared aim of fighting the Muslim Brotherhood, it has drawn a lot of mainstream criticism.

Frank Video of Mass Sexual Assault in Cairo Is Released by Anti-Harassment Activists

Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013

By: NYTimes.com

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Egyptian activists released a brutally frank video on Friday, using images recorded during the mass sexual assault of a woman last week in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to urge volunteers to join their campaign against attacks during demonstrations.

Preview of “Christian stores torched after Muslim girl allegedly sexually assaulted in Egypt

Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013

By: Toronto Star”.pdf

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LUXOR, EGYPT—Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Muslim protesters outside a church in southern Egypt Friday. The demonstrators were demanding an investigation into allegations that a Christian man sexually assaulted a

Egyptian opposition changes tack, issues own call for dialogue with government

Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013

By: The Washington Post

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CAIRO — Egypt’s opposition movement shifted its strategy Wednesday, calling for a national dialogue to resolve the country’s ongoing political crisis days after it had rejected an almost identical invitation from embattled President Mohamed Morsi.

Egypt's protests reveal deficit of trust in Muslim Brotherhood

Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013

By: CSMonitor.com

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Five days of protests in Egypt, with dozens of people killed and entire cities in turmoil, have revealed a whopping deficit of public trust in the