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Religious discourse in President Sīsī’s era
Date of source: 7 Sep 2023
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmedī
Secretary-general of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), Priest Rifʿat Fikrī, said that President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī was transparent in his words and actions before and after he began his term. He explained that this could be seen in his repeated interest in the construction of churches...
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Minūfīya Episcopal School opens languages department
Date of source: 4 Sep 2023
By Maryam Sharīf
On Monday (September 4), Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Province of Alexandria for the Episcopal/Anglican Church in Egypt, inaugurated the languages department at the Minūfīya Episcopal School. Dr. Fawzī toured the eight languages department classes, in addition to science and computer labs. The...
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Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d.1505): an imām of his time
Date of source: 4 Sep 2023
By Muḥammad al-Gharīb
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī was one of the greatest imāms of Egypt, known for his scholarly contributions to Islam, such as Tafsīr al-Jalālayn , in addition to other books related to the rules of the Qurʾān. Suyūṭī was born in the southern Egyptian province of Asyūṭ in September 1445, corresponding with...
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Followers of historic Ṣūfī figure Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī (d.1258) celebrate anniversary of his death
Date of source: 16 Jun 2023
By ʿImād ʿArafa
Followers of the top Ṣūfī cleric, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī, went in great numbers into the mountainous valley of Ḥumaythira, in the city of Marsā ʿAlam, to visit his mausoleum. The celebrations are usually held annually at the end of the hijrī calendar month of Dhī al-Qiʿda or the beginning of Dhī...
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Ṣūfī Orders celebrate al-Sayyid al-Badawī’s (d.1276) birthday in Ṭanṭā
Date of source: 11 May 2023
By Muḥammad Mabrūk
Hundreds of followers of the different Ṣūfī Orders celebrated the mūlid (birthday anniversary) of the al-ʿĀrif Billāh al-Sayyid Aḥmed al-Badawī in squares near al-Aḥmedī Mosque in the city of Ṭanṭā, the capital of al-Gharbīya province. The celebrations of the al-Mūlid al-Rajabī (the minor mūlid),...
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Reflections on historic conference to discuss Arab-Christian challenges
Date of source: 7 Sep 2023
By Father Rifʿat Badr
On September 3, 2013, Amman hosted dozens of guests from all over the world upon an invitation from King ʿAbdullāh II of Jordan to attend the conference on challenges facing Arab Christians, in which the monarch stressed that, “Defending the Arab Christian identity is not a luxury, but a duty.” In...
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Palestine’s churches seek international support to confront threats to Christian presence
Date of source: 16 Aug 2023
By Taken from MENA
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine (HCC) urged the representatives and heads of churches, as well as the international community, to take whatever measures necessary to condemn Israel’s crimes and encroachments on the Christians’ sanctities and properties in...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs II defines Christian ascetism
Date of source: 31 Aug 2023
By Māriā Rūmānī
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church resumed a series of short mass prayers that handled part of Chapter 30 of the Book of Deuteronomy and Chapters 11-20 from the Book of Numbers, referring to the short prayers the church performs after the Gregorian Mass, which are called “Asceticism for...
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Confronting the crime of contempt of religion
Date of source: 31 Aug 2023
By Muḥammad Quṭb
Some Western nations, like Sweden and Denmark, consider the insult to the Prophet Muḥammad and the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān as a sign of freedom of expression to boast about as a democratic pattern, but would strongly criminalize any media or channels of expression attacking...
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Denmark takes actions to curb contempt of religion
Date of source: 29 Aug 2023
By Yāsir ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
What freedoms of opinion and expression were gained in Europe, and the West in general, since the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published cartoons insulting the Prophet Muḥammad in 2005? Was their freedom enhanced? Was Islam damaged? Did thousands of Muslims quit their faith to embrace new...
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Statistics of Christians in Iraq
Date of source: 2 Sep 2023
By Sulaymān Shafīq
In Iraq, Christianity is the second largest religion in the number of followers after Islam, and is followed by other religions like the Sabians, or Sabaeans, Shabaks, Yazidis, Kakais, Bahais, Shikhis, and Zoroastrians. Christianity is acknowledged as a religion in the Iraqi constitution, which...
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Episcopal/Anglican Church offers services for people with special needs
Date of source: 2 Sep 2023
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
Under the supervision of the church’s media and culture sector, the Episcopal/Anglican Church in Egypt launched electronic services for people with hearing and speech problems. The project was carried out over six months, and the service was made available at the Jesus Light of the World Church in...
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CEOSS hosts intercultural dialogue forum
Date of source: 30 Aug 2023
By Miṣbāḥ Qutb
Whether North European countries stopped licensing the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān, or any other holy book, or not, or whether the UN adopted an agreement banning contempt of others’ sanctities and beliefs, or not, this disgraceful act is a shame on the authorities that protect it! The act...
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Muslim Council of Elders rejects attack on Pakistan churches
Date of source: 17 Aug 2023
By Unknown
The Muslim Council of Elders, chaired by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, rejected the desecration of copies of the Holy Qurʾān by “some extremists” and the following assaults on churches in Pakistan,  which were also committed by “some extremists.” The council’s secretary-general,...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs attends official inauguration of al-Tilmīdh movie
Date of source: 29 Aug 2023
By Wāʾil ʿAlī
On Tuesday (August 29), Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church attended the official inauguration of the movie al-Tilmīdh, screened at the theater of Anbā Rūwīs at the St. Mark Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāsīya. The movie focuses on the biography of St. Tādrus, the student of Anbā Bākhūmyūs, who...
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Muslim adhān to broadcast in mosques in New York
Date of source: 30 Aug 2023
By Unknown
New York Mayor, Eric Adams, officially announced that Muslims can now broadcast the adhān (calls to prayer) in the city through loudspeakers on Fridays and at sunset during the holy month of Ramadan, without having to seek permission from the city's local authorities. In a press conference, Adams...
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Increased cost of ʿUmra in 2023
Date of source: 28 Aug 2023
By Hamsa Hishām
The prices of ʿUmra (lesser pilgrimage) of al-Mūlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday) of the year 2023 range between EGP25,000 to EGP28,000 (roughly $809 to $609) as the most affordable rates, revealed Ḥusām Muḥammad, a travel agent. “A higher level of the ʿUmra could go up to EGP40,000-...
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Coptic Catholic Church attends canon law conference in Jordan
Date of source: 24 Jul 2023
By Māriā Rūmānī
The Coptic Catholic Church took part in the 10th annual canon law conference of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Jordanian resort area of the Dead Sea. The Coptic Catholic Church was represented by a delegation of priests who attended the inaugural mass led by His Beatitude, Cardinal...
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Dār al-Iftāʾ says working for tobacco company is ḥarām
Date of source: 30 Nov 2022
By Wāʾil Muḥammad
A senior scholar at Dār al-Iftāʾ, Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Samīʿ, said that smoking is ḥarām (religiously impermissible) and that working for companies selling cigarettes and tobacco is a sin. “If it is possible for someone working in a tobacco company to find another job that would bring an income for...
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Azhar’s Fatwā Center says smoking is ḥarām
Date of source: 4 Jul 2023
By Luʾaī ʿAlī
Al-Azhar Fatwā Global Center released a sharīʿa perspective study on smoking and its harms, asserting that the rules of pure Islam had recommended everything useful and banned everything harmful. It was clearly proven that smoking was harmful when the World Health Organization (WHO) published a...
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Copts Need Full Rights Under Egyptian Law After 'Centuries of Persecution,' Says Egyptian Journalist
Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2013
By: christianpost
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Dr. Abdel Halim Kandil, a prominent Egyptian journalist, expressed his rejection of a quota system for Copts and other religious minorities to ensure their representation in parliament that is being considered in the new draft of the country's constitution.
Fourteen arrested for violence in Minya
Date of source: Saturday, November 30, 2013
By: egyptindependent
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Minya Security Director Osama Metwally ordered the arrest of 14 people accused of violent acts in clashes between Muslims and Copts in the villages of Badraman, Ebeid and Hawarta.
Egypt: 3 Christians Sentenced for Killing a Muslim
Date of source: Thursday, December 19, 2013
By: ABC News
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An Egyptian criminal court convicted three Christians Saturday of killing a Muslim man, a judicial official and the state news agency said, in a dispute that that left nine people dead in some of this year's worst sectarian violence.
Graffiti boom in Cairo reflects the mood on the Egyptian street
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
By: euronews
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In the Egyptian capital Cairo, the mood of the city is written on its walls. Egypt’s street-art movement has enjoyed a new lease of life since the 2011 Revolution. Mystical, angry, hopeful or irreverent – many of these works draw inspiration from the art of ancient Egypt.
The crisis facing Christians in Egypt
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2013
By: catholicherald
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Writing in the late 1960s, Aziz Atiya begins his magisterial account of the Coptic Church, in A History of Eastern Christianity with this reassuring assertion: “In our day, the Copts live everywhere side by side with their Muslim neighbours without discrimination, either political or rac
The crisis facing Christians in Egypt
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
By: cathnews
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Atiya continued: 'They enjoy their religious freedom, and their churches increase throughout Egypt.
Two die in Cairo clashes between Morsi backers, opponents
Date of source: Friday, November 8, 2013
By: nation.co.ke
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The 12-year-old boy and a man died in Cairo's southern Giza neighbourhood, MENA quoted emergency services as saying.
Violence Against Copts in Egypt
Date of source: Thursday, November 14, 2013
By: carnegieendowment
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The Egyptian Orthodox Christian community—the Copts—has been the target of violence and discrimination since the 1970s and especially following the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak.
The 'New' Draft Constitution Part I: A Flawed Beginning
Date of source: Friday, December 6, 2013
By: atlanticcouncil
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As the fifty-member committee tasked with amending the suspended 2012 Constitution has finished its work, criticism of the committee, its formation and its amended text have continued.
Top News: Activist Ahmed Douma Arrested, April 6’s Ahmed Maher to Remain in Detention
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
By: atlanticcouncil
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Prominent activist Ahmed Douma was arrested at his home in Cairo and taken to a police station on Tuesday morning, he said via Twitter.
Egypt: four die in Christian-Muslim clashes
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2013
By: ansamed
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(ANSAmed) - CAIRO, NOVEMBER 29 - Four people died Friday in clashes between Christians and Muslims in a village in the Minya region in upper Egypt. 
After retaking of Delga, Christians terrorized in other towns in Egypt
Date of source: Wednesday, November 27, 2013
By: christiantoday
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Three months after the Egyptian Army liberated Delga from militant Muslims, Islamists and criminals are terrorizing Christians in other towns across Egypt, human rights activists said.
Copt gets life term over sectarian killings
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2013
By: gulfnews
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Cairo: An Egyptian Copt was sentenced Saturday to life in prison as 10 others got jail terms from six months to 15 years over sectarian deaths in April, judicial sources said.
Egypt's Latest Fatwas from Salafis and Brotherhood
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
By: meforum
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As the full ramification of the Muslim Brotherhood's year in power continues to be exposed, a new study by Al Azhar's Fatwa Committee dedicated to exploring the fatwas, or Islamic decrees, issued by the Brotherhood and Salafis -- the Islamists -- was recently published.
Egypt’s Brotherhood takes fight to universities
Date of source: Thursday, December 12, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
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The Muslim Brotherhood is targeting Egyptian universities by creating chaos, which the Brotherhood failed to spread on Egypt’s streets. Yesterday [Dec.
The Coming Elections: Parliamentary or Presidential First?
Date of source: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
By: atlanticcouncil
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With the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi on July 3, Egypt entered a new transitional phase, the country’s third in recent years.
A Christian Pogrom in Egypt
Date of source: Wednesday, November 13, 2013
By: frontpagemag
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The attacks on Egypt’s Coptic Christians and their churches that began in July on the heels of the popular June 30 Revolution — which saw the ousting of President Morsi and prompted the Muslim Brotherhood to scapegoat and incite violence against the Copts — became even more brutal in mid-August a
Egypt detains senior Brotherhood leader in Cairo
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
By: capitalfm
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Cairo, Egypt October 30- Egyptian authorities on Wednesday detained senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Essam al Erian, one of the last few leaders of the Islamist movement to have escaped a security crackdown, the interior ministry said.
Egyptian Copt gets life over sectarian killings
Date of source: Saturday, December 14, 2013
By: AFP
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Cairo — An Egyptian Copt was sentenced Saturday to life in prison as 10 others got jail terms from six months to 15 years over sectarian deaths in April, judicial sources said.
Independence in Egypt…For Whom?
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2013
By: yourmiddleeast
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To be clear, the Egyptian military does not aspire towards total control of the state, with all of the responsibilities entailed thereby—what they want, what they have always wanted, is to be beyond accountability to the civilian population, to have their budget immune to external oversight or

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