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Date of source: 17 Oct 2020
At the beginning of the year, the churches had submitted the same law to the minister of justice after six years of discussions between churches.
The personal status law is composed of ten sections:
1. Marriage and Related Matters
2. Alimony
3. Child Obligations to Parents and Parental...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 23 Aug 2020
Among the prominent points of disagreement between the president and the grand imām is that the new law withdraws al-Azhar’s special status to issue fatwās and awards the Dār al-Iftāʾ the exclusive right to issue fatwās, making it an institution equivalent to al-Azhar and reducing al-Azhar’s role...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 28 Aug 2020
Al-ʿAlī drew several characters of his own creation including “Handala” [Ḥanẓalah], a ten-year-old boy; the character first appeared in the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Siyāsa in 1969. However, since 1973, he has had his back turned to the audience while holding his hands behind his back. “Handala” became...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 28 Aug 2020
The security bureau of al-Daqahliyyah prevented large gatherings and setting up tents this year out of fear of spreading the Coronavirus. It has imposed tough security measures such as placing metal detectors at church entrances. There are also fire trucks, police officers, and security guards...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 29 Aug 2020
The Islamic festivals canceled last year include the festivals of al-Sayyida Zaynab, al-Imām al-Shāfīʿī, al-Sayyida ʿĀʾisha, Sayyidnā Ḥussayn, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī, Sayyidī Aḥmad al-Badawī, and Sayyidī Ibrāhīm al-Disūqī.
Most of the Islamic festivals are connected to Egypt’s Sufi Orders with...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 30 Aug 2020
Regarding the controversy after the demolition of 30 illegally built mosques for the sake of establishing al-Maḥmūdiyya Axis, al-Sīsī indicated that as of now there are 77 illegally built mosques on the al-Maḥmūdiyya Canal grounds. He confirmed that the Egyptian state will continue to demolish...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 6 Sep 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church is distinguished by its religious rituals in ordaining nuns, whose rituals resemble the monk’s ordination ones. Nuns go through three stages in the monastery: reluctance, request for monastic life, and finally ordination into the monastic life. They also commit to...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 Sep 2020
This plan is based on developing and raising the capacity of monasteries, caves, and all points that the Holy Family passed through in Egypt by establishing a new infrastructure to connect the entire path together.
The relevant authorities began preparing to present its portfolio to UNESCO to...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 Sep 2020
Major General Usāma al-Qāḍī, governor of al-Minyā, called on everyone to vet the accuracy of what is published on social media and to not get carried away with rumors intending to spread chaos.
The governorate confirmed that al-Fatḥ Mosque was established over 35 years ago, and has been undergoing...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 Oct 2020
One main reason is the films’ portrayal of modern Coptic life.
In 2004, Egyptian TV backed off on showing the series Girl from Shubra [Bint Min Shubrā], starring Laylā ʿIlwī, during Ramadan, because the Christian heroine of the show professes her faith in Islam. That same year, the film I Love...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 Oct 2020
ʿAllām said that the Dār al-Iftāʾ was established in 2014 as the Observatory of Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Views, and has been working around the clock to gather all fatwas and views issued by extremist group and dismantle, refute, and respond to them with a precise methodology and various...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 Oct 2020
In 2016, controversy erupted when the El Adl Group [al-ʿAdl Group] announced that it would be producing a TV show about the life of Pope Shinūda. The role of Pope Shinūda would be played by Ḥassan Yūssuf, who previously played Shaykh Muḥammad Mitwallī al-Shaʿrāwī. The Coptic Orthodox Church,...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 8 Oct 2020
During its most recent meeting, the NCHR reviewed some cases where defendants face new accusations that were not brought up immediately after their arrest. Pre-trial detention is then renewed after the completion of the legally stipulated time limit, which is two years according to the code of...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 27 Aug 2020
The Minyā Criminal Court Authority originally dropped her case in March 2019.
In 2016, three men in the village of al-Karam, Abū Qurqāṣ, al-Minyā, responded to rumors that Thābit’s son, Ashraf, was having an affair with a married Muslim woman by going to his house. When they did not find him, they...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 26 Jul 2020
Often research papers were suspended for political reasons. In one example a researcher at al-Azhar University in the department of Islamic Studies was forced to change her thesis subject after she had written about Islamic jurisprudential characterization of revolutions. In addition, the...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 9 Aug 2020
The official spokesperson of the Church, Būlus Ḥalīm, said that new page will offer the teachings series of Pope Tawāḍrūs II, in addition to episodes presented by bishops and priests of the Coptic Orthodox Church, as well as awareness campaigns and the sermons of the Pope.
While the Coptic Orthodox...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 6 Jul 2020
While the police has started an official investigation and arrested the accused, more needs to be done to prevent similar acts from happening again. We need to correct our false understanding of female honour.
First, we teach our daughters that honour is defined by their virginity. Any sexual...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 11 Jul 2020
The Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem described the Turkish president’s decision as an attack on their Christian history and inheritance. Archbishop Ḥannā considers political reasons to be behind Erdogan’s decree.
“As we reject the aggressions against al-Aqṣā Mosque and targeting...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 18 Jul 2020
The Coptic woman published on social media a testimony about a sexual assault against her during childhood (at the age of eight); she explained how she was sexually harassed when Coptic priest Ruways allegedly visited her family at the time. This case has caused widespread controversy among the...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 14 Mar 2020
The Trump administration’s announcement of its peace deal on January 28th revealed all the sticking points that have undermined previous peace efforts such as the distrust between the relevant parties and enduring political intransigence. In spite of the strong criticism from both sides, the deal...
Reviewed by Rupert Walker
Translator Rupert Walker
Date of source: 6 Jul 2020
According to Egyptian media sources, the story begins with a Facebook page called “Assault Police” that a group of young Egyptian women founded. The page accused a young man by name of harassing a number of women. The page has posted over 100 testimonials accusing this person of not just sexual...
Reviewed by Rupert Walker
Translator Rupert Walker
Date of source: 9 May 2020
As the activist ʿAlāʾ ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ entered the 27th day of his hunger strike, his family attempted for the 16th time to bring some basic necessities to him, including a rehydration solution, medicine and vitamins.
Their previous 15 attempts to deliver the essentials and get a letter in his...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 16 May 2020
Bishop Peter, bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky and the papal Exarch of the Coptic Orthodox churches of Virginia in the USA, released a statement saying that masses will be held again beginning on Saturday, May 16 except for churches in Kentucky which will open...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 21 May 2020
Ibrāhīm added that the church built two floors, according to the church’s lawyer, and that this caused tensions which resulted in the city council issuing a decision to demolish the church and the mosque for operating without a license. The church then resorted to the administrative courts, but the...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 24 Oct 2020
The ICESCO condemns the murder saying it was not religiously motivated. Murdering a teacher goes against the Islamic view that a crime against one person is a crime against all people. They expressed their surprise that French officials are stoking the fires of islamophobia by encroaching on...
Reviewed by Anna Mareschal
Translator Anna Mareschal
Date of source: 2 Nov 2020
The spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church Father Būlus Ḥalīm said that the book and the film have been translated and dubbed into “English, Italian, French, Russian, German and Spanish”.
Ḥalīm added that a ceremony will be held at the Ruways Theatre at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church...
Reviewed by Anna Mareschal
Translator Anna Mareschal
Date of source: 11 Nov 2020
A shocking account from a visiting Eritrean bishop was given to Rev. Cokkie van’t Leven of Kerk in Actie, in November 2019. Young boys and girls are being rounded up to provide cheap forced labor to the government. The government is dictatorial. On June 12, 2019, they ordered the seizure of some 40...
Date of source: 29 Oct 2020
Dr. Kamāl Burīqaʿ, general coordinator for the al-Azhar Interreligious Dialogue Center, said that while there have been plenty of official conferences over the past three decades, these conferences were just formal meetings. He added that there has not been an interactive dialogue in terms of...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Church leaders send Eid al-Fitr greetings to leaders of Egyptian government and Islamic institutions
Date of source: 22 May 2020
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, extended his wishes to President ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī for his work to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the Egyptian people. The pope also praised the president’s management of the coronavirus pandemic.
The pope also wished Prime...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 11 Sep 2020
Pope Tawāḍrūs made the statement in response to a question about his position on Bishop Aghāthūn’s lawsuit against journalist Sāra ʿAllām, whom he has accused of insulting the church and its leadership.
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that this is an individual action of the bishop and does not represent the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 12 Sep 2020
In a recent comment, however, Pope Tawāḍrūs said that the bishop’s lawsuit does not represent the Coptic Orthodox Church, and that the bishop did not consult anyone before doing this and did not take the opinion of the Holy Synod.
Bishop Aghāthūn emphasized that he is not acting outside of the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 12 Sep 2020
Bahrain accepted President Trump's invitation to attend the signing ceremony with both Israel and the UAE on September 15, 2020, at the White House, where the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister, Abdullatif Al Zayani [ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Zayānī], will attend and...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 Oct 2020
Barsa said he was keen to meet the Grand Imam despite the fact that the visit lasted only one day, due to the important works carried out by the Shaykh and the al-Azhar Foundation to sow seeds of goodness and peace among people and fight all forms of violence, intolerance and hate speech. Both...
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Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 13 Sep 2020
In a letter to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, al-ʿArīsh Copts made a plea for his help. They said that they appreciate the work the president has done towards building Egypt, fighting terrorism, and returning security and stability to Sinai. However, they asked for his intervention to resolve...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 14 Sep 2020
It also mentioned that international public opinion knows the truth about what Egypt is experiencing from that vicious media conspiracies and wars being waged from abroad through media personalities that are being used to distort the truth and spread rumors.
The order described the evil media as...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 11 Oct 2020
He expressed his dissatisfaction with the Interior Ministry’s failure to take necessary measures to arrest gangs for the Islamization of Christian girls, especially after the appearance of several videos with two girls “Rāniyyā and Mājida”appearing veiled and declaring their conversion to Islam.
In...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 13 Jun 2020
As member of the General Congregation Council of the Coptic Church, Mohsen George [Muḥsin Jūrj] said that all Copts condemn these evil acts which are perpetrated by people who do not love their country, but instead want to create sectarian strife. Jūrj added that the Congregation Council supports...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 10 Jul 2020
Those who signed the statement expressed their disappointment at the dubious content some pages on social media had shared in relation to the Church and the Pope. The intellectuals and public figures confirmed that they hold Pope Tawāḍrūs in high esteem and remain loyal to him.
The perpetrators of...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 10 Jul 2020
Pope Tawāḍrūs had tasked a delegation of church officials to travel to Australia and hold meetings with the church chiefs (اراخنة), the church community, and the diocese’s commission and report back to him. The committee included Bishop Daniel, bishop of Maadi and Secretary of the Holy Synod;...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 12 Jul 2020
The rules which bishop Daniel should abide by are:-
To consult specialized lawyers if he or the diocese faces any problems.
To not interfere with the financial matters of the diocese.
To cooperate with the new commission that Fr. Tādrus had set up.
To cooperate with Fr. Tādrus in matters related...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.