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Tweeting in Persian for the first time, Grand Imām of al-Azhar condemns "Zionist" aggression on Iran
Date of source: 20 Jun 2025
By No Author Mentioned
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, published a tweet in Persian for the first time, condemning the ongoing Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran. He warned against the "Zionist entity's attempts to spread chaos in the region and transform it into an arena for conflict...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Political researcher says French report warned against the Muslim Brotherhood group
Date of source: 3 Jun 2025
By Hānī Ḥusayn
Aḥmed Kāmil al-Bahīrī, a political Islam and terrorist groups’ affairs researcher, said a recent French report has warned against the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood group on the coherence of France. "Some analyses suggested that after the incidents in Syria, a meeting was held by the Muslim...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Ḥalāl certificate exemption causes controversy in Egypt
Date of source: 25 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
The Egyptian Cabinet revealed details regarding the controversial exemption from the "ḥalāl certificate" for dairy imports, as Prime Minister Moṣṭafa Madbūlī’s remarks that the ability to obtain the certificate would be made easier have caused public uproar. Cabinet spokesman Muḥammad al-Ḥumuṣānī...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Palestinian representatives underscore national unity and reject division
Date of source: 12 Jun 2025
By No Author Mentioned
A meeting that brought together political, national, Muslim, Christian, and tribal leaders stressed Palestinian unity and loyalty to the land, rejecting any attempts to spark strife among Palestinian Muslims and Christians. The remarks came during a meeting sponsored by the Higher Presidential...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar congratulates Muslims over ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa, urges an "immediate" end to the aggression on Gaza
Date of source: 4 Jun 2025
By No Author Mentioned
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, congratulated President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, as well as kings, presidents, princes, and peoples of the Arab and Muslim nations, on ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa. He prays to the Lord Almighty to bring this occasion to the Islamic nation and all of humanity with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Challenges to the legitimacy of fatwas posed by artificial intelligence and contemporary technologies
Date of source: 10 Jun 2025
By Lū’aī ʿAlī
Dr. Ibrāhīm Nijm, the head of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, stressed that producing rational muftīs is not a luxury, but an existential necessity in the age of artificial intelligence. "We are facing unprecedented transformations that threaten the legitimacy of fatwas if...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Dr. Mostafa El-Feki about St. Catherine Monastery crisis: The presence of a foreign colony in the Sinai pleases nobody
Date of source: 6 May 2014
By Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī
In a meeting at the well-known Downtown Café Riche, hosted by our friend Magdī ʿAbd al-Malāk, the café’s owner and a former military pilot, Major General Aḥmad Rajā’ī ʿAṭīya, an October War hero and education expert, spoke to us about expansions made by the Greek community in Egypt, which has...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Is Religion the Only Source of Morality?
Date of source: 4 Jun 2025
By Khālid Muntaṣir
Is religion or the power of reason the only source of ethics? In just one decisive word, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar settles in favor of religion, stating that the power of the mind is a source of ethics on the grounds that the latter is changing and human. With all due respect for His Eminence the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Pope Tawāḍrūs discusses St. Catherine Monastery crisis with Catholic Pope Leo XIV
Date of source: 8 Jun 2025
By Wā’il ʿAlī
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church called Pope Leo XIV, Pope of the Vatican, to congratulate him on his election to lead the Roman Catholic Church. The call, which took place the night before last, emphasized the continuation of amicable relations between the two churches and the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Major General ʿAṭīya: St. Catherine’s Monastery gains $500m annually at the expense of the state’s authority
Date of source: 27 Apr 2014
By Māysa Nūḥ
[DAB editorial note: This article from over a decade ago was translated in order to provide background on the ongoing crisis related to the Saint Catherine monastery. Dialogue Across Borders does not take any positions on the matter.] The case of Saint Catherine’s Monastery encroachments on the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Sufism, Islamic Feminism, and Comparative Literature at Cairo University (An Interview with Professor Omaima Abu Bakr)
Date of source: 22 Jun 2025
By Dr. Omaima Abou Bakr (Professor at Cairo University)
The First Month of Pope Leo XIV’s Pontificate
Date of source: 8 Jun 2025
By Ashraf Nājiḥ Ibrāhīm ʿAbd al-Malāk
On May 8, 2025, Father Robert Francis Prevost, formerly Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago and Cardinal of the Catholic Church since 2023, was elected Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first Pope from North America and the second in succession from the American...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Christian Zionism: addressing the ideological roots of Israel’s supporters
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
By Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
The articles in this project are all related to the beliefs of US Christian national Karin Anderson, who asked for my help to visit archeological sites in Egypt that have Biblical relevance. Karin Anderson’s beliefs can be categorized as Christian Zionist, although she does not call herself...
Karin Anderson Trip Report
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
By Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
Karin Anderson’s views and those of Christian Zionism in general align with Orthodox Jewish nationalism that sees contemporary Israel as the successor state to ancient Israel and that sees the current states and peoples surrounding Israel as successors to the ancient nations surrounding Israel. On...
Interview with Karin Anderson conducted by Rev. Dr. Matthew Anderson
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
By Matthew Anderson
Karin Anderson on Psalm 83 War
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
By Karin Anderson
Reflections of Mrs. Karin Anderson on her trip and DAB trip report
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
By Karin Anderson
The legal controversy surrounding St. Catherine's Monastery (May-June, 2025)
Date of source: 8 Jun 2025
By Eleanor Bridge
On May 28th, 2025, the Ismāʿīliya appellate court in northern Egypt issued a controversial judgment related to a property dispute concerning St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula. The judgment triggered strong reactions across the Greek Orthodox community and broader Christian world and...
Pope Tawāḍrūs describes Coptic churches worldwide as branches of a tree that exists on the land of Egypt
Date of source: 27 May 2025
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that a Central European diocese was established, encompassing five countries and headquartered in Hungary, due to the small number of Copts in the region, most of whom were workers and students in various colleges. The diocese lacked resources,...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Sufi foundation launches scholarly sessions with participation of clerics from al-Azhar
Date of source: 31 May 2025
By ʿAmr Rushdī
Al-Bayt al-Muḥammadī Sufi foundation announced that scholarly sessions kicked off on Saturday (May 31) at the al-Bayt al-Muḥammadī court in the Cairo district of al-Muqaṭṭam. The foundation said the invitation is open to everyone, including women, adding that the Muḥammadan scholarly sessions are...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Grand Muftī of Egypt says that environment-related issues are no longer "intellectual luxury"
Date of source: 3 Jun 2025
By Ibrāhīm Majdī Ṣāliḥ
Grand Muftī of Egypt Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād said environment-related issues are no longer an "intellectual luxury or elite interest" but rather are at the heart of human security topics. "The growing environmental disasters like the vanishing of rivers and dryness of seas are not a universal...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
British court fines man $325 for burning a copy of the Qur’ān
Date of source: 3 Jun 2025
By No Author Mentioned
A man of Turkish descent who burned a copy of the Holy Qur’ān outside the Turkish consulate in London was convicted of a "religiously aggravated public order offense." The British court on Monday (June 2) fined 50-year-old Hamit Coskun the sum of £240 (roughly $325) for shouting offensive insults...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Foreign Minister of Egypt reiterates the commitment to protect the Saint Catherine Monastery's status at a meeting with European ambassadors
Date of source: 31 May 2025
By Hājar Dīyāb
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī reiterated on Friday (May 30) Egypt’s full commitment to preserving Saint Catherine Monastery's unique and sacred religious status, stressing that this status will remain unchanged. Speaking at a meeting with European ambassadors in Cairo, ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
The court delivers a final verdict over disputed lands of Saint Catherine Monastery in South Sinai
Date of source: 28 May 2025
By Ṣabrī Ghānim
The Ismāʿīlīya Court of Appeal, an affiliate of the Ṭūr Sinai Department, handed down a verdict on Wednesday (May 28) in the lawsuit filed over disputed land plots in the South Sinai governorate, granting the monks of Saint Catherine Monastery the right to use it and the archeological and religious...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
The truth about Saint Catherine Monastery crisis
Date of source: 30 May 2025
By Hishām al-Mayānī
Following a wave of controversy over reports that authorities in Egypt's South Sinai governorate were seeking to confiscate the historic Saint Catherine Monastery, administratively affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Church, and seize its lands, President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī assured Greek Prime...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Egypt’s parliament passes a law regulating fatwas in the face of difference of opinions between al-Awqāf and al-Azhar
Date of source: 12 May 2025
By May ʿAbd al-Munʿim
As differences emerged between the Ministry of al-Awqāf (Religious Endowments) and al-Azhar, the Egyptian House of Representatives approved on Sunday (May 11) the draft law on regulating the issuance of fatwas (religious edicts), which aims to confront fatwas issued without a legal framework. The...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Dispute on authority of different bodies to issue fatwas sparks religious and legislative row in Egypt
Date of source: 5 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
A dispute over the bodies with powers to issue fatwas (religious opinions in Islam) caused a religious and legislative controversy in Egypt as the House of Representatives’ Religious Affairs & Awqāf Committee approved in principle a draft law regulating the issuance of fatwas. The parliament...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Grand Imām of al-Azhar gives condolences to a Palestinian doctor over the death of her 9 children
Date of source: 25 May 2025
By Lū’aī ʿAlī
Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib offered sincerest condolences to Palestinian physician Dr. Ālā’ al-Najjār, a mother of nine children killed in a brutal Zionist attack on their house in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Najjār’s husband and her only remaining son were injured in the heinous crime that...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
"A journey into the land of Coptic Martyrs" - Pope Tawāḍrūs documents an incident that shook lands and peoples
Date of source: 22 May 2025
By Niḍāl Mamdūḥ
The Coptic Orthodox Church recently released a book that documented the incident of the martyrdom of 21 Egyptians in Libya, where they were slain by members of the terrorist Daesh organization in 2015. The book, titled "The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs" – a Western vision of a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Hear and Speak Forum’s final statement: The systematic integration of the Palestinian cause in educational curricula at all levels
Date of source: 6 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
In its recommendations, the forum’s final statement emphasized the importance of developing training programs specifically for young people, focusing on community engagement and leadership skills. It also stressed the need to provide financial and technical support to civil society organizations...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar and the Pope Agree to Continue on the Path of Dialogue and Human Fraternity
Date of source: 14 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
His Eminence, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmed el-Ṭayyib, Sheikh of al-Azhar, congratulated Pope Leo XIV during a phone call on Wednesday on his election as Pope of the Catholic Church. During the call, the Grand Imam expressed his best wishes to the newly elected Pope for success in promoting...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
ʿAmr Mūsa: "Trump’s Gulf tour was not only for economic reasons."
Date of source: 18 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
ʿAmr Mūsa, former Foreign Minister and former Secretary-General of the Arab League, has said that US President Donald Trump’s tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, was not only for economic reasons. In a phone call to Al-Ḥekāya program on MBC Misr on Saturday evening, Mūsa added that the visit...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Sheikh Khaled Bentounès: A leading Sufi figure and advocate of intercultural dialogue
Date of source: 10 May 2025
By Brahim Saci
Sheikh Khālid b. Tūnis (Khaled Bentounès) is a respected figure in contemporary Sufism and a fervent advocate of peace. Born in Mustaghānim, Algeria, he is the spiritual guide of the ʿAlawiyya Sufi brotherhood, founded by his ancestor Sheikh Aḥmad al-ʿAlāwī. This movement is renowned for its...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
New Pope thanks everyone who voted for him to succeed Pope Francis
Date of source: 8 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
The new Pope, American Cardinal Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, delivered his first address from the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica, broadcast on Cairo News Channel. Pope Leo XIV opened his first address with a call to peace for all people, thanking all those who voted to elect him as...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Pope Tawāḍrūs II’s extensive European tour: lectures, meetings with heads of states, and church inaugurations
Date of source: 8 May 2025
By Ṣada al-Balad
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II arrived at Cairo International Airport this evening, returning from the Czech Republic following his tour of four countries within the Diocese of Central Europe: Poland, Romania, Serbia, and the Czech Republic. His Holiness the Pope was received at the airport by His...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Pope Tawāḍrūs II: 15 million Copts live in Egypt alongside 90 million of our Muslim brothers
Date of source: 5 May 2025
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
Two Serbian TV channels and a news agency conducted interviews with Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church on Monday (May 5), during his current visit to Serbia, which is part of his pastoral visit of the Diocese of Central Europe. Pope Tawāḍrūs expressed joy for visiting Serbia, stressing...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Al-Azhar’s 4th forum on combating extremism publishes recommendations
Date of source: 6 May 2025
By Maḥmūd Muṣṭafā Abū Ṭālib
Dr. Rihām Salāma, the executive director of al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism, announced the recommendations of the 4th edition of the "Listen & Speak" Forum held on Tuesday (May 6) at al-Azhar’s conference center. "The event represented a vital platform for exchanging insights and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Al-Azhar Undersecretary stresses the importance of the Human Fraternity Document to Vienna Group for Religion & Diplomacy
Date of source: 6 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
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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Pope Francis donates his papal vehicle to become the mobile clinic for children in Gaza
Date of source: 6 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
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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President Sīsī mourns Pope Francis of the Vatican
Date of source: 21 Apr 2025
By No Author Mentioned
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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