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Date of source: 7 Sep 2025
The Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, stated regarding the difficult situation in the Church of the Holy Family—similar to the situation in all of Gaza, where hundreds of people have taken refuge since the outbreak of the war—that there is great concern for them,...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 19 Aug 2025
The Muftī of Lebanon, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Darīān, said, "There will be no sectarian or confessional strife, nor a civil war in Lebanon, because none of us want this. We will stand as a strong barrier against any incitement in this regard. What we want in Lebanon is a free, independent Arab...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 30 Aug 2025
Coinciding with their preparations for the celebration of the Prophet’s Birthday, the Shabrawiyya ṭarīqa are preparing, during the first week of this September as is their custom, to celebrate the mawlid of al-ʿĀrif bi-’llāh ʿUmar Jaʿfar al-Shabrawī, known as al-Baḥr al-Rāwī, on its 212th...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 6 Sep 2025
By Friday evening, September 5, the crisis at Saint Catherine’s Monastery had entered its decisive stages, as the scene turned into a series of rapid developments that preceded Metropolitan Damyānūs’ departure for Athens.
During the sunset, the official Greek delegation arrived at the monastery...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī, Marwa Zahran
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī, Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 6 Sep 2025
On Saturday, September 6, the Saint Catherine Monastery, located in the South Sinai governorate, received hundreds of tourists and visitors after a 16-day hiatus.
Islām Nabīl, Chairman of the Egyptian Tourist Authority in South Sinai Governorate, said the site is one of the most important...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Aug 2025
Prof. Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍuwaynī, Deputy of al-Azhar, posted a video on his official account announcing the launch of the second edition of the "Yawm al-Sard al-Qurʾānī" (Qurʾānic Narration Day) initiative. The initiative is organized under the supervision of the General Administration for Qurʾānic...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 3 Feb 2018
On Saturday, Christians held their first Mass in the damaged Syriac Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary in the city of Deīr ez-Zūr, eastern Syria, after years of interruption caused by battles and the presence of the Islamic State group.
On Cinema Fūʾād Street in the city center, once controlled by...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 20 Aug 2025
On Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Bethlehem Bible College welcomed Dr. Ḥusām Zumluṭ, the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, on a consultative visit. He was received by the college president, Rev. Dr. Jack Sara, along with several faculty members, as well as national and religious figures.
At...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 22 Aug 2025
Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), strongly condemned Israel’s announced large-scale assault on Gaza City.
He stated, "Striking a densely populated area already suffering from blockade and restrictions on humanitarian aid constitutes a grave violation...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 23 Aug 2025
On a remarkable day in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs al-Thānī (Tawadros II) consecrated the Church of the Martyr Mar Mīnā in Fleming, in a joyful spiritual atmosphere attended by bishops, priests, and the faithful.
This consecration marks a new...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 21 Aug 2025
Al-Azhar al-Sharīf strongly condemns the treacherous terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in the state of Katsina, northern Nigeria, during ṣalāt al-fajr (dawn prayer), which resulted in dozens of innocent worshippers’ martyrdom and injury.
Al-Azhar confirms that targeting places of worship and...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 5 Aug 2025
A delegation of Copts and the endowments [awqāf] authorities cast their votes in the elections of the Senate, the upper house of Egypt’s parliament, on Tuesday (August 5).
The delegation comprised Archpriest [qummuṣ] Būlā ʿAṭīya, Deputy Head of the Coptic Orthodox Archbishopric in al-Fayyūm; Qummuṣ...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Aug 2025
The Ministries of Endowments [awqāf] and Education have announced a project to set up educational nurseries within mosques. The project will be implemented this summer as a pilot in the southern Egyptian governorate of Qinā. Each village or neighborhood will include one nursery within a mosque....
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Aug 2025
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Latin Patriarchate issued a joint statement yesterday, August 26, expressing their deep concern over the Israeli military escalation in the Gaza Strip, particularly the measures aimed at displacing civilians from their areas.
The two...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 30 Aug 2025
Rev. Girgis al-Qummuṣ Filbis, priest of the Cathedral of St. Girgis the Great Martyr in the 10th of Ramadan City, conducted an interview with media presenter Radwā al-Shirbīnī, in which he spoke about the status of women in Christianity and their influential role throughout history.
Rev. Girgis...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 29 Aug 2025
The Dean of the Great Mosque of Paris and the Algerian Archbishop warned in a message, published by "Le Monde," to the officials of Algeria and France about the negative consequences of the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the two countries, and they emphasized the need to spare the people from...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 27 Aug 2025
The community of monks at the Saint Catherine Monastery in Sinai is experiencing one of the most severe crises of recent decades after Archbishop of Sinai Metropolitan Damyānūs today expelled a group of rebellious monks from the monastery compound, wielding control over the monks’ synod along with...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 Jun 2025
Elections for the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders were concluded on Saturday (June 28), resulting in the election of 10 new members from 70 Sufi orders from a pool of 14 candidates vying for the council’s membership.
Sufi shaykhs had flowed into the headquarters of the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Aug 2025
Cairo is hosting over two days the 10th International Conference on Fatwa, organized by Egypt’s Dār al-Iftāʾ and the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, under the patronage of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, under the title "Shaping the Wise Mufti in the Age of Artificial...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 12 May 2025
The Egyptian Dār al-Iftāʾ has announced the completion of its organizational and logistical preparation for its tenth international conference, titled "The Making of the Wise Mufti in the Age of Artificial Intelligence." The conference is scheduled to take place in Cairo on 12–13 August, with the...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 24 Aug 2025
Bishop Aniyānūs of the Diocese of Banī Mazār and al-Bahnasā led the Vespers prayer and the Midnight Praise, followed by the Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary’s body, which concluded in the early hours of yesterday morning at her church in Banī Mazār....
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 23 Aug 2025
The current crisis in the Būdshīshiyya association [zāwiya] has raised many deep questions about the nature of administrative intervention in Ṣūfi affairs and whether some of the sides are exploiting royal directives and holy authority for commanding the faithful believers to achieve objectives...
Reviewed by Georgia Stone
Translator Georgia Stone
Date of source: 16 Aug 2025
Greek Orthodox Archbishop ʿAṭallah Ḥannā stated in a special interview with Milẖ al-Arḍ that the freezing of the bank accounts of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem is an extremely dangerous matter, and it falls within the framework of a plan aimed at pressuring the churches and Christian...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 16 Aug 2025
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to freeze the bank accounts of the Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem and to impose exorbitant taxes on its properties, with the aim of hindering its ability to carry out its...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 23 Jul 2025
He is a scholar of religion, and he is an Arab Palestinian. Palestine is his cause, and the people of Palestine are his people ever since Jesus Christ walked upon its soil, preaching and calling on his disciples: "Go and preach to the nations," breaking down the barriers between peoples, and making...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 17 Aug 2025
Al-Azhar al-Sharīf strongly condemns the provocative and unacceptable statements issued by the occupation officials regarding the illusion of the so-called "Greater Israel." Al-Azhar states that these comments show a long-standing colonial mindset, revealing the greedy and extreme goals of the...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 14 Aug 2025
The official account of the Jerusalem Association Church for Coptic Orthodox in al-Ẓāhir published a post saying:
"For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways" (Psalm 91:11).
We thank God for everyone’s safety.
The statement continued: During the celebrations of the...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 9 Aug 2025
Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍuwaynī, the Deputy of al-Azhar, inspected on Saturday the "Ahl al-Qurʾān" Complex for Qur’an memorization in the village of al-Shaʿrāwī, in Markaz Ḥūsh ʿĪsā, in al-Buḥaīra governorate. He was accompanied by Sheikh Ayman ʿAbd al-Ghanī, Head of al-Azhar Education Sector; Dr. ʿAbd al-...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 12 Aug 2025
Tomorrow, Kuwait will launch the first flights of its relief air bridge to deliver urgent humanitarian aid to Gaza, in cooperation with the Kuwaiti ministries of Social Affairs (Wizārat al-Shuʾūn al-Ijtimāʿiyya), Defense (Wizārat al-Difāʿ), and Foreign Affairs (Wizārat al-Khārijiyya), in...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 10 Aug 2025
On August 7, the Coptic Orthodox Church began the Fast of the Virgin Mary, which lasts for 15 days to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with millions of visitors from all over Egypt.
Coinciding with the Fast of the Virgin Mary, the Mawlid of the Virgin Mary begins at Jabal...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 9 Aug 2025
This morning, Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II (Mār Ighnāṭiyūs Afrām al-Thānī), Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church, paid a fraternal visit to his brother, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I (al-Kāthūlīkūs Arām al-Awwal), Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 9 Aug 2025
The spiritual leader of the Druze in al-Suwaydāʾ, Ḥamūd al-Ḥannāwī, launched a sharp attack on the Damascus government, considering that it had violated agreements, according to Sky News Arabia.
Al-Ḥannāwī stressed that al-Suwaydāʾ refuses to comply with the wishes of the Damascus government...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 6 Aug 2025
An important part of data collection for Arab-West Report/Dialogue Across Borders was through regular visits Cornelis Hulsman, founding director of CIDT (2005-2022), organized to different parts of Egypt, mostly with student interns he supervised. Through this method, education and database...
Date of source: 6 Aug 2025
Introduction
From May 21 to 25, Cornelis Hulsman, initiator and founder of the Center for Arab-West Understanding; Luka Renić, DAB editor and CAWU internship coordinator; and CAWU interns Jacob Snow and Ruben van der Vlag conducted a field trip to the Sūhāg Governorate of Egypt.
The Sūhāg...
Date of source: 2 Aug 2025
At a time of the utmost sensitivity, and days before the government session is expected to meet on Tuesday, the President of the Republic, Joseph ʿAoūn, has issued an address that seems to be a "political endorsement" to guarantee the US paper on the issue of "arms exclusivity"* and deliberately...
Reviewed by Georgia Stone
Translator Georgia Stone
Date of source: 30 Jul 2025
The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem strongly condemned the repeated attacks targeting the Christian town of Ṭaybeh (Ṭayba) in Ramallah (Rām Allāh), describing the incidents as a "systematic campaign of intimidation" aimed at a peaceful town deeply rooted in the Holy Land. This came in...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 4 Aug 2025
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava, is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria that gained its de facto autonomy in 2012 in the context of the Rojava conflict and the broader Syrian Civil War. Rojava is marked by ethnic and religious...
Date of source: 31 Jul 2025
Dr. ʾUsāma al-ʾAzharī, Minister of Awqāf, affirmed that the Awqāf digital platform represents a promising launch toward building the largest global religious platform that serves both religion and the nation and counters misguided and extremist ideologies. He noted that this step is only the...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 2 Aug 2025
Monk Father Īrīnīʾūs al-Barmūsī, the Deputy Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cyprus, as well as the other priests, has taken part in the parliamentary elections for the Senate for Egyptians living abroad, which took place today and yesterday.
The deputy head in Cyprus, along with the priests...
Reviewed by Georgia Stone
Translator Georgia Stone
Date of source: 31 Jul 2025
Prominent Islamic religious leaders in Palestine have affirmed their full support for the Arab Republic of Egypt its leadership and people in the face of the malicious campaign aimed at distorting Egypt’s steadfast and historic positions in support of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
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Date of source: Saturday, February 22, 2014
By: Reuters
Reuters) - Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Mursi on Saturday rejected the right of a court to try him and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges related to a mass jail break in 2011, security and judicial sources said.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 12, 2014
By: Reuters
A Christian college professor in India was finally acquitted of all blasphemy charges, although is still missing an arm -- cut off by a group of men, following accusations that some of his exams contained offensive questions about Islam's prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 4, 2014
By: ameinfo
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has said a presidential bid by Egypt’s Gen.
Date of source: Thursday, February 27, 2014
By: Al-Ahram Weekly
Shukrallah, the first woman, also a Copt, to chair a political party in Egypt
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
By: Foreign Affairs
Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s quick rise from obscure military bureaucrat to national idol reflects Egypt’s popular mood, which, after three-plus years of constant political tumult, desires stability in the form of a strongman.
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2014
By: Christian Today
Egyptian and Libyan authorities have been criticised over their response to the murder of Egyptian Copts in Libya earlier this week.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
By: Agence France-Presse
Hala becomes Egypt party’s first female leader
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
By: The PJ Tatler
It’s open season on Coptic Christians in Libya.
Date of source: Sunday, February 23, 2014
By: acdemocracy.org
Date of source: Wednesday, February 19, 2014
By: BBC News
Egypt is a very important story for us... We've always been there, we believe we have been very fair, we believe we have no bias”
If convicted, they could be sentenced to several years in jail.
'Breaking the law'
Date of source: Thursday, March 6, 2014
By: christianpost
A top Islamic institute in Egypt has called for a ban on Darren Aronofsky's upcoming "Noah" movie, arguing that the Hollywood film provokes people and violates Islamic law.
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2014
By: Christian Today
Egyptian and Libyan authorities have been criticised over their response to the murder of Egyptian Copts in Libya earlier this week.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 19, 2014
By: middleeastmonitor
In a letter written by Dr Salah Sultan, the former secretary-general in the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs, from his prison cell to his son Dr Mahmoud Salah, he outlines the horrific treatment he and his fellow inmates are subjected to.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
By: meforum
According to Egyptian media, during his recent speech at the Dept. of Moral Affairs for the Armed Forces, Gen.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
By: Agence France-Presse
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
By: The Commentator
It's open season on Coptic Christians in Libya. A few days after seven Egyptians were
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2014
By: aawsat
Date of source: Thursday, March 6, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Hala Shukrallah is the first woman to lead a political party in Egypt. On Feb. 21, she won the elections of the Dostour Party with 108 votes, compared to 58 votes for her closest rival, Jamila Ismail.
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2014
By: AFP
An Egyptian appeals court has postponed until Monday a request by lawyers to appoint
new judges in trials involving ousted Islamist president Mohammed Mursi, judicial
sources said.
Date of source: Sunday, February 23, 2014
By: Ahram Online
Hala Shukrallah is the most sought-after politician by the Egyptian media. On Friday 21 February, her
political party, the Constitution, held its general assembly and elected her as president. In that moment, she
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2014
By: PolicyWatch 2216
The military chief has some strong assets and likely staying power, but he will still face great pressure if he is elected as anticipated,
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2014
By: TIME.com
Radical Islamist rebels running the northern Syrian city of
Raqqa have made the Christians living in the area an offer they
can’t refuse: pay for protection, convert to Islam, or “face the
sword.”
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2014
By: European Union Institute for Security Studies
The resignation of Egypt’s government on 24
February has reignited the debate about the presidential ambitions of Defence Minister Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi. Leaving the ministerial post would have given
him the opportunity to exit the armed forces and fi-
Date of source: Wednesday, October 9, 2013
By: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is leaning toward withholding most military aid to Egypt except to
promote counter-terrorism, security in the Sinai Peninsula that borders Israel, and other such priorities, a U.S. official
said on Tuesday.
Date of source: Saturday, February 22, 2014
By: Al Arabiya News
It doesn’t figure. Or does it? In the last months of former President Mursi and the Muslim
Brotherhood’s rule, the U.S. government expressed little sympathy or even interest in the
Date of source: Friday, February 21, 2014
By: Ahram Online
Hala Shukrallah won the liberal Constitution Party's elections on Friday to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei as
the party's president.
Shukrallah won 108 out of 189 votes to become the first woman and Copt to head an Egyptian political
party.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
By: BBC News
Egypt's constitutional referendum is dominating the country's media, with most outlets urging voters not to miss the
opportunity to "shape their political future".
'Democratic ceremony'
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2014
By: ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is perhaps unsurprising that a secular center-Left party would be the first political party in Egypt to select a Coptic woman as its leader.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
The popular Arab uprisings were, at their base, national opposition movements responding to themisbehavior of the [ruling] regimes. They were neither sectarian in their demands nor in the context of
Date of source: Tuesday, June 4, 2013
By: Religion Today Blog
According to a new study, blasphemy and evangelizingaccusations are disproportionately used against members ofEgypt's Christian minority -- particularly those working ineducation, Christianity Today reports. A study to be released at
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2013
By: Memri
Essam Heggy: "The [Egyptian] revolution brought about an important change, butthis change is not complete because one important thing has not happened. Thisis not about political decisions or about the constitution. Let me tell you, I do not
Date of source: Friday, May 31, 2013
By: Copts United
Alfy K. Hermina said that lives of the Copts in Skesaka village are threatened and their lands are seized.However police were reported, they just ignored the matter asking the victims to negotiate with the thugs.
Date of source: Thursday, May 30, 2013
By: Christian news
Jihadist persecution of Christians around the world is one of the biggest under-reported stories in media circles, says a Christian activist and expert onthe issue.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
When Mona Prince opened her Facebook inbox on April 13 and saw the message from a colleague, she thought at first that it was a bad joke. She read an
Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2013
By: christianpost
Sebastian Kurz, Austrian State Secretary for Integration, said Austrians feel the suffering of Christians in Egypt, especially after the rise of the militant religious currents to power.
Date of source: Friday, May 10, 2013
By: CWN
For the embattled Christians of Egypt, “the sharing of daily suffering can become an effective instrument of unity,” Pope Francis said on May 10, as he met with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II.
Date of source: Saturday, May 18, 2013
By: FRANCE 24
A general view of a Copt Christian church is seen on December 23, 2012 in Minya, some 280 kms south of Cairo.
Date of source: Saturday, May 11, 2013
By: The Long War Journal
Egypt's interior minister announced today the arrest of three members of an al Qaeda cell who were plotting to attack a Western embassy. "The interior
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.