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Date of source: 3 Sep 2025
Under the headline "Egypt: Guardian of Saint Catherine Monastery in Sinai," Egypt’s ambassador to Greece, ʿUmar ʿĀmir Yūsuf, said that Egypt has been protecting Saint Catherine Monastery, which has flourished for more than fifteen centuries as a prominent symbol of peaceful coexistence in Egypt.
As...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 20 Aug 2025
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī underlined Egypt's "unwavering commitment" to protecting religious sanctities on its lands, including Saint Catherine Monastery, given its historical and spiritual value.
The president made the remarks during a phone call he received on Wednesday (August 20) from...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Sep 2025
A Sufi procession was launched in front of Sīdī Sāleḥ al-Jaʿfarī Mosque towards al-Ḥusayn Mosque, celebrating the birth of Prophet Muḥammad with a huge security presence.
The security forces have closed al-Azhar Street, through which the procession passes, which includes thousands of followers of...
Reviewed by Minna al-Maʿāz
Translator Minna al-Maʿāz
Date of source: 5 Sep 2025
Ḥikmat al-Hijrī, one of the Druze spiritual leaders in al-Suwaydāʾ Governorate, called for an independent entity, emphasizing the necessity of respecting the right to self-determination. He also stressed that the Druze community would not retreat from its demand, regardless of the sacrifices.
Al-...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
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
Date of source: 31 Jul 2025
In light of the growing use of artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT and the rapid development of technology in providing information and answers, Father Theophan Shākir, priest of the Church of Saint George in al-ʿAgūza, issued a clear warning against relying on such platforms for...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 25 Jul 2025
Hundreds of Sufi followers and spiritual leaders [Shuyūkh al-Ṭuruq] gathered at the headquarters of the al-Shabrāwiyya al-Khalūtiyya order in Ṣalāḥ Sālem on Thursday in order to take part in events marking the final night of the mūlid [festival commemorating the birth of a saint or holy figure] of...
Reviewed by Georgia Stone
Translator Georgia Stone
Date of source: 3 Aug 2025
Reviewed by Moḥammed Sayyed Salāma Ibrāhīm
Translator Moḥammed Sayyed Salāma Ibrāhīm
Date of source: 29 Jul 2025
Prince Fayṣal bin Farḥān, the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, emphasized that Saudi Arabia’s leadership of the international conference for resolving the Palestinian issue, in partnership with France, is based on the Kingdom’s firm and longstanding position on the Palestinian cause. It is a...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 29 Jul 2025
Egypt’s "Cairo News" television reported on Sunday that trucks carrying aid have begun entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing, as Israel announced a "tactical pause" in its military operations in parts of the Strip.
The channel added on social media, "The entry of Egyptian aid convoys...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 31 Jul 2025
In a phone call with Syrian President Aḥmad al-Sharaʿ, French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the latest developments in Syria and ways to support pathways to stability and a political solution, in addition to regional and international issues of mutual concern.
According to the Syrian Arab...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 27 Jul 2025
Tamīm Khalāf, spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Egypt has played an important role in facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, clarifying that Cairo contributed to delivering around 70% of the aid that entered Gaza before 19 January, when Israel closed...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 27 Jul 2025
Dr. ʾUsāma al-ʿAbd, former president of al-Azhar University, stated that Islam is free from all acts of extremism. He clarified that this is not a defense of Islam, but rather a confirmation that extremism has nothing to do with the faith. He emphasized that extremism stands against both religion...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 17 Jul 2025
The Holy Family Church, belonging to the Latin Patriarchate and sheltering displaced persons in the center of the old town of Gaza, was bombed on Thursday morning. The attack resulted in multiple injuries, including the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli, who had been regularly updating the...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 18 Jul 2025
The Israeli machinery of destruction and repression, represented in the Israeli occupation and its settlers, operates without restriction, damaging both the people and the land indiscriminately, with no distinction between civilians and foreigners, hospitals and houses of worship.
In Gaza, the...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 17 Jul 2025
In a significant development in the course of the Syrian crisis, events on the ground are accelerating at a pace that signals major transformations in the regional landscape. Several Syrian cities—most notably Damascus, al-Suwaydāʾ, and Darʿā—are witnessing an unprecedented military escalation,...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 17 Jul 2025
The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine (HCC) confirmed that the repeated attacks on churches and religious institutions in the Gaza Strip represent a direct and serious threat to the Christian presence in the Holy Land, demanding an immediate halt to these violations.
In...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 18 Jul 2025
Adīb Jūda Al-Ḥusaynī, the custodian of the key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and bearer of the seal of the Holy Tomb, mourned the death and injury of several innocents as a result of the attack on the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza.
Al-Ḥusaynī added in a statement, "With...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 18 Jul 2025
The Syrian Presidency stated, "We are working on deploying a specialized force to end the clashes in the south, in parallel with political and security measures to restore stability."
The Presidency called for restraint, adding that intensive efforts are being made to stop the fighting and prevent...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 22 Jul 2025
Last week, our interns came together for a field trip around Old Cairo, led by Luka Renić, our internship coordinator. To set us up for a long, hot day of walking, we began by fueling ourselves with a traditional (baladi) street breakfast in the ʿĀbdīn neighborhood of Downtown Cairo. Eating fūl (...
Date of source: 17 Jul 2025
His Eminence Sheikh Ayman ʿAbd el-Ghanī, Head of al-Azhar Education Sector, affirmed that the scientific competitions organized by al-Azhar represent a fundamental pillar in building the integrated personality of the Azharite student. He explained that the "Azhar Spelling Bee" project in particular...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
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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.