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Date of source: 15 Jul 2025
The Syrian city of al-Suwaīdāʾ has returned to media attention during recent hours as a result of violent and bloody clashes that have broken out between Bedouin tribes backed by security and military forces belonging to the government in Damascus on the one side and the Druze, who make up the...
Reviewed by Georgia Stone
Translator Georgia Stone
Date of source: 14 Jul 2025
In a worrying escalation, Christian leaders have accused Israeli settlers of launching attacks on Christian religious sites in the West Bank. They describe these attacks as systematic violence, which is pushing some Christians to seriously consider emigrating from the occupied territory.
The Greek...
Reviewed by Georgia Stone
Translator Georgia Stone
Date of source: 18 Jul 2025
Introduction
This paper analyzes three episodes taken from series produced for the month of Ramaḍān in Egypt in the years 2024 and 2025. Every year during Ramaḍān, a variety of programs are broadcast on national television that explain passages taken from the Qurʾān, explore Islamic beliefs, and...
Date of source: 13 Jul 2025
Under the directives of the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Ṭayyib, and in response to the high demand following the success of the first session, al-Azhar Mosque has launched the second training course aimed at preparing al-Azhar graduates and boosting their academic and professional...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 9 Jul 2025
The Syrian government stressed that the Kurdish component is an inseparable part of the Syrian societal fabric and that its rights are safeguarded and respected within state institutions, not outside them.
On Wednesday, the Syrian government affirmed its support for any path that enhances the unity...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 13 Jul 2025
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī is participating today in the mid-year coordination summit of the African Union, which is holding its seventh session in the city of Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, with the participation of a limited number of African leaders.
Muḥammad al-Shinnāwī, the...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 13 Jul 2025
Dr. ʾUsāma Hāshim al-Ḥadīdī, General Director of the Al-Azhar Global Center for Electronic Fatwa, delivered the opening speech at the international symposium held in London. The event was organized by the Al-Azhar Global Center for Electronic Fatwa, in cooperation with the Fatwa and Sharīʿa Affairs...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 12 Jul 2025
Ambassador ʿAlāʾ Yūsuf, Egypt's Ambassador to France and its Permanent Delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), confirmed that the World Heritage Committee of the organization has adopted a decision to remove the archaeological site of Abū Mīnā from...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 7 Jul 2025
On the tenth anniversary of the signing of the comprehensive agreement between the State of Palestine and the Holy See, discussion has taken place anew about the political and diplomatic dimensions of this historical event, which marked the culmination of the deep-rooted relationship between the...
Reviewed by Georgia Stone, Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Georgia Stone, Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 8 Jul 2025
The House of Representatives, headed by Dr. Ḥanafī al-Jibālī, has approved in principle the proposed amendments to the Education Law, commonly referred to in the media as the "Baccalaureate" system.
Dr. Sāmī Hāshim, Chairman of the Education and Scientific Research Committee in Parliament,...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 23 Jun 2025
Christian officials and religious figures and institutions in Jordan, Palestine, and Syria condemned the terrorist attack on the Church of Mār Eliās, which resulted in a violent explosion in the church located in al-Duwaylaʾ neighborhood, east of the capital Damascus. The attack, which occurred on...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 2 Jul 2025
Dr. Nāẓir Muḥammad ʿAyyād, the Grand Muftī of Egypt and Secretary-General of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Bodies and Institutions Worldwide, affirmed that al-Azhar al-Sharīf is a divine gift and a destination for knowledge seekers from all over the world. It remains an enduring sanctuary to...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 7 Jul 2025
On Monday, His Eminence Prof. Dr. Muḥammad al-Jindī, the Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy of Al-Azhar, and Prof. Dr. Aḥmad ʿAbd Allāh Zayd Ḥijāb, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, inaugurated Al-Azhar’s pavilion at the 20th edition of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 3 Jul 2025
In an exclusive interview with CNN Arabic on the twelfth anniversary of the July 3 Revolution, Pope Tawāḍrus described the event as "a revolution to correct the course and restore Egypt to the Egyptians." He emphasized that this stage was crucial in restoring the state's identity and the role of...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 3 Jul 2025
Archbishop ʿAṭallah Ḥannā emphasized that love is the foundation of building nations, while racism, takfīrī ideology, and religious fanaticism bring only destruction and division. His remarks came as part of his strong condemnation of the terrorist attack that targeted the Church of Mār Eliās in...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 2 Jul 2025
On Wednesday, Archbishop Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Province of Alexandria of the Anglican Episcopal Church, paid a fraternal visit to His Grace Bishop Makāriyūs, Bishop of Minya for the Coptic Orthodox Church. The visit reflected a spirit of love, cooperation, and mutual respect between the...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 8 Jul 2025
Date of source: 21 Jun 2025
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād, said Dār al-Iftā’ has been playing a pivotal role and became an accredited frame of reference in the efforts to combat extremist ideologies.
ʿAyyād, who is also chairman of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, made the remarks...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Jun 2025
Thirty-five people were killed or injured in a terrorist bombing that targeted Mar Elias Church in the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to the Syrian media.
They indicated that a "terrorist" blew himself up inside the church while Syrians were praying.
The Syrian Democratic Observatory published...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 May 2025
Will Algeria become a "pilgrimage destination" for Catholic Christians around the world?
Shortly after assuming the role of Supreme Pontiff of the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV sent a "special" letter to Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, expressing his "sincere desire" to visit Algeria.
So, what...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny, Marwa Zahran
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny, Marwa Zahran
Tweeting in Persian for the first time, Grand Imām of al-Azhar condemns "Zionist" aggression on Iran
Date of source: 20 Jun 2025
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
Date of source: 3 Jun 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Jun 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Jun 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Jun 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 May 2014
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Jun 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Jun 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Apr 2014
[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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Jun 2025
Date of source: 8 Jun 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
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...
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
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...
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
Date of source: 11 Jun 2025
Date of source: 8 Jun 2025
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...
Date of source: 27 May 2025
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
Date of source: 31 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Jun 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Jun 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 May 2025
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
Date of source: 12 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 May 2025
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
Date of source: 14 May 2025
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
Date of source: 18 May 2025
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
Date of source: 10 May 2025
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
Date of source: 8 May 2025
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
Date of source: 8 May 2025
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
Date of source: 5 May 2025
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
Date of source: 6 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 May 2025
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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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 May 2025
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...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 21 Apr 2025
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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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
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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.