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Date of source: 14 Jun 2020
Who is Sārah Ḥijāzī? Sārah Ḥijāzī is an Egyptian activist and defender of gay rights. She was arrested for raising a gay rights flag during a concert for the Lebanese band “Mashrou' Leila” [Mashrūʿa Laylā] in Cairo, otherwise known in the media the “rainbow case.” Sārah was sentenced to prison...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 13 Jun 2020
“Using the spoon has been canceled due to the current extraordinary circumstance…but that will depend on the Holy Synod.” That was Pope Tawāḍrūs II’s statement, which stirred the rancor of some bishops as a change of sacred ritual! Despite Egyptian churches abroad taking precautionary measures,...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 13 Jun 2020
The head of the National Press Authority, Karīm Jabr, has called for an investigation into the magazine’s editor-in-chief. Rūz al-Yūsif will publish an apology on the front cover of the next edition.
The Press Authority published a second statement praising the Church for their cooperation in...
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Translator Rupert Walker
Date of source: 23 Jun 2020
Can you please introduce yourself?
Dr. Slomp: My contribution will have an historical impact, because most of my experience with dialogue are experiences in the past. They start already in 1960 when I visited, for the first time, the only mosque in the Hague, in the Netherlands, that happened to...
Date of source: 22 Jun 2020
GK: What is the goal of dialogue?
The goal for dialogue, Eildert Mulder says, should not in the first place be to convince; rather it should be to inform all parties involved. When you enter into dialogue, the goal should be to help each party understand what the other is experiencing, to...
Date of source: 4 May 2020
Agents from the Egyptian embassy in Kuwait showed up and informed the protesters that the embassy will begin preparing schedules for return flights to bring them home this week according to normal procedures.
Videos clips showed the moment that tear gas was shot at the camp square to disperse the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 May 2020
Immediately after the announcement of his death, Saʿīd was accused of swallowing a lump of marijuana, which caused him to suffocate instead of holding the real criminals, who beat and tortured him and who were police officers, responsible. Testimonies issued by the prison hospital and prisoners...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 May 2020
Malak al-Kāshif, a young transgender woman that challenged the world with a rare bravery, called Mahā, the author of the article, to inform her that Hishām Salīm is on TV right now saying that he has a transgender son and that he accepts him and supports him.
In an interview by Inās al-Daghaydī,...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 8 May 2020
Gayet worked for 15 years (from 1896 to 1911) in the region of Antinoe (currently al-Shaykh ʿIbāda village in al-Minya governorate), clearing the temple of Ramses II in 1896, and discovering massive amounts of textiles, amounting up to 144 pieces according to some. In 1902 he wrote the first book...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 25 Mar 2020
These Muslim and Christian religious figures include: Mufti Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Father Būlus Ḥalīm, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ʿAbbās, vice-president of al-Azhar, Reverend Dr. Andrīyya Zakī, president of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, Dr....
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 28 Mar 2020
In July of 1990, Gianni De Michelis was asked: What are the justifications for the existence of the NATO alliance after the disappearance of the conflict between the liberal West and the camp that was socialist? He answered: It’s correct that the conflict with communism no longer stands. However...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 29 Mar 2020
In a statement, the Council urged people from all over the world to prioritize confronting the crisis and exerting the necessary effort, no matter the cost, to protect people’s lives.
The Council urged churches from all corners of the world to re-examine their role in society through offering a...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 30 Mar 2020
The ministry confirmed to extend its suspension of museums and archeological sites to visitors in addition to restaurants, nightclubs, sport clubs, and swimming pools found at hotels, and all activities, ceremonies, and social occasions will continue to be suspended inside hotels until April 15th...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 30 Mar 2020
The Diocese of Shubrā al-Khayma was the first to resume pastoral activities through group chats on WhatsApp and social media. Bishop Murqus, bishop of the diocese, started group chats on WhatsApp to study the bible and discuss different topics and spiritual concepts.
Pope Tawāḍrūs II is working...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 17 Mar 2020
These steps don’t include all prisoners such as ones sentenced for threatening security, stability, and public peace. Following that, completing this step calls for safeguards and measures that don’t cause trouble for security. In support of that, politicians believe that releasing those detained...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 18 Mar 2020
According to al-Bawāba News, he said that there are some people who are trying to exploit this crisis to show a different image of God and present him as frightening as if God is taking revenge on humanity. He pointed out that this is a false image.
He followed, saying that God is Lord of the...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 18 Mar 2020
Additionally, the Egyptian Dār al-Iftāʾ has issued a new fatwa [fatwā] related to the pandemic. It confirms that it is permissible to not wash [ghusl] the deceased who were sick with any infectious pandemic diseases such as Coronavirus if the washing might harm people and cause further...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 18 Mar 2020
Dr. ʿAlī Jumaʿa, former Mufti of Egypt and current member of al-Azhar Council of Senior Scholars, said that Prophet Muḥammad had mentioned a number of facts about the Hour of the Resurrection. On his Facebook page, he explained that the senior scholars [al-ʿUlamāʾ] have divided the signs of the...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 21 Mar 2020
Father Būlus said during a phone call with media personality ʿAmrū Adīb, host of the MBC Egypt program “The Story” [al- Ḥikāya] that the Standing Council of the Holy Synod was dispatched by Pope Tawāḍrūs II to deal with the emergency. He added saying that the council has a serious challenge in...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 30 Mar 2020
The Minister of Endowments, Dr. Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumʿah, confirmed that all mosques and prayer rooms will continue to be closed to achieve the goals and objectives of the Sharīʿah which include preserving and protecting human life.
The Ministry emphasised again that all employees have to follow the...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 31 Mar 2020
According to the author the al-Sīsī regime currently commits mass murder that is as cruel as letting captured soldiers die or prisoners suffocate in a prison. In Egypt tens of thousands are serving their prison sentences right now and an equal number is imprisoned without a trial in what is called...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 31 Mar 2020
His statements received mixed responses with some accusing him of not caring about the lives of his workers while protecting himself and his family from the disease by staying at home. Others pointed out that his views represent a capitalist economic system that only seeks to maximise profit....
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 12 Mar 2020
The story began two days ago when Minister of al-Awqāf Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumaʿah stated that “The Muslim Brotherhood has become unhinged. Its criminal behavior has gone beyond human comprehension. It has become a danger that threatens the entire world. We are calling on the entire world to get to...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Minister of Endowments: Cancelation of any Celebrations Commemorating al-Isrā’ and al-Miʿrāj Journey
Date of source: 14 Mar 2020
He said the ministry is coordinating with the General Chiefdom of Sufi Orders and that they have agreed on the Friday sermon, which will focus on the hadith about al-Isrā’ and al-Miʿrāj journey, on March 20, 2020. Additionally, a seminar will be broadcasted live from Maspero and will be about the...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 10 Mar 2020
Egyptians started a campaign on social media trying to apologise to the Chinese tourist. In this context, the Chinese journalist Fayhaa Wang posted a video on her official Facebook page of an Egyptian woman apologizing to the Chinese tourist on behalf of the Egyptian people.
With the spread of the...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Church Opens its Doors to Residents of ʿIzbat al-Zarāyib and the Government Helps to Face the Crisis
Date of source: 13 Mar 2020
The Cabinet also explained that the families of the dead were provided with what is necessary for the burials. The Government pointed out that relief services in May 15 suburb and the neighbouring authorities in Ḥelwān, Maʿādī and Basātīn will be in charge of providing support and compensation to...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 18 Mar 2020
The SIS also observed tweets by a reporter working for the American newspaper “The New York Times“, that included the same incorrect and exaggerated numbers. According to the state authorities these reports and tweets clearly violate the internationally accepted rules of professional journalism and...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 31 Mar 2020
Despite the official warnings and the continued spread of the Corona virus, a large number of worshippers had gathered after the Friday prayer outside the mosque yesterday, and more people are expected to come to the mosque as the anniversary of al-Sayyida Zaynab’s birthday [mawlid] comes closer....
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 21 Mar 2020
The Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar had previously stated that al-Azhar Mosque will temporarily suspend the Friday prayer to protect the worshippers. The call to prayer (al-ʾAzān) will continue with slight alteration calling on people to pray in their homes.
The Coptic Orthodox Church, as well, suspended...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 28 Feb 2020
In light of the spread of Corona, many Copts ask if they can travel to Jerusalem to celebrate Easter next month. Some argued that it would be best to postpone travel plans to Jerusalem as the virus could spread easily in large human gatherings as will be the case during the events of the Holy...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 16 Jan 2020
Prior to migrating, a refugee thinks that he is independent and free. However, after his arrival a refugee realises that he carries with himself a personal and societal history that shaped his personality. No matter how brutal the country a refugee fled from was, he realises the importance of the...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 25 Feb 2020
Jamāl al-Dīn pointed out in a post on his Facebook page that the entry and exit roads leading to New Cairo will be closed starting from 9 o’clock in the morning in preparation of the funeral.
Egyptian legal experts confirmed that Mubārak does not deserve a military funeral despite him being a...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 20 Jan 2020
The two governments have been opposed to each other since the military coup d’état in July 2013. The Turkish government refuses the current ruling regime in Egypt and hosts the Egyptian opposition. In addition, Turkey supports Egypt’s enemies in the region such as Qatar, opposition forces in Syria...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 2 Feb 2020
This is the first time Pope Tawādrūs II draws upon a monk to help him with the work in his office. Previously the archpriests Rev. Fr. Anjīlūs Isḥaq and Rev. Fr. Ammūniyūs ʿĀdil had covered the tasks of the office.
Pope Tawādrūs II had promised not to draw upon bishops to work in his secretary as...
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Translator Marvin Mücke
International Women’s Day… An Occasion to Celebrate or Call for the Awakening of the Arab Conscience
Date of source: 8 Mar 2020
Despite the extreme difficulties that Arab women are suffering from in these wars, Arabs have yet to adopt principles and solutions that international laws, especially Resolution Number 1325 issued by the UN Security Council, include. This fact acts as a painful paradox since the Arab world is one...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 8 Jan 2020
The repetition of these incidents of harassment is pressing. In the interests of objectivity, civil society has made some efforts to call for harassers to be punished, for legislation to criminalize harassment, and to muster support for the cause of combating harassment. Some victims of violence...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 6 May 2020
Henk was born on December 15, 1923, in a Reformed (Gereformeerde) family in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He was educated as chemical analyst and technological chemist. He found in 1948 employment with the Shell refinery in Curacao, an island in the Caribbean Sea, and retired in 1973 in the position...
Date of source: 16 Feb 2020
During the grand opening of the memorial and panorama of the story of the martyrs and their journey on the fifth anniversary of their deaths. The bishop added that the church erected statures of the martyrs that embody the scene of the massacre in remembrance of that day. The memorial is located...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 4 Mar 2020
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and Dr. ʿUthmān Shaʿlān, president of al-Zaqāzīq University, signed the general framework for the protocol. In addition, Dr. Isḥāq ʿAjbān, dean of the Institute of Coptic Studies, and Dr. Hānī Ḥalmī, dean of the Faculty of...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 5 Mar 2020
He was arrested in 1993 for participating in a murder that happened in Qinā governorate and was sentenced to 25 years in prison with hard labor. Despite the end of his sentence in September of 2018, he has yet to be released. His family added that he has remained in prison for more than two years...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
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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.