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Date of source: 18 Feb 2025
Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa said the economic predicament and political pressures should not be pushing Egyptian citizens to misjudge attitudes now that certain sides are trying to heat up emotions in their own interests.
“There are groups that seek to undermine the Egyptian state and citizens. The...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Feb 2025
Patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem have condemned forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. In response to the recent statements made by U.S. President Donald Trump, patriarchs and church leaders in Jerusalem have called to stand against the plans for the mass...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 16 Feb 2025
The Secretary-General of the Al-Azhar Council of Senior Scholars has stated that “the beauty of Arabic calligraphy reflects the uniqueness of the Arabic language, which God chose for His Noble Book (Kitābihi al-Karīm). Al-Azhar Forum for Arabic Calligraphy pursues its journey in highlighting the...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Bishop Awlūgiyyūs (Ologios) issues statement regarding fire at the Bishop Shenūda Monastery in Sūhāg
Date of source: 17 Feb 2025
His Grace Bishop Awlūgiyyūs (Ologios), Bishop and Abbot of the Monastery of al-Anbā Shenūda (also known as the White Monastery or Athribian Monastery) in Sūhāg (Upper Egypt, South of Asyūṭ), has issued a statement regarding the recent fire at the monastery.
According to the statement, the fire...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 17 Feb 2025
Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, stated that Egypt and Jordan reaffirmed their rejection of any attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause and displace Palestinians from their own lands.
“The only fair solution is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Feb 2025
Al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars commemorated the death anniversary of Dr. Aḥmad Ṭaḥa Rayyān, a prominent Mālikī fundamentalist cleric, who passed away on February 17, 2021.
Born on the 12th of Dhū al-Ḥijja in 1357 AH (February 10, 1939 AD) in the village of Al-Rayyāna, Al-Gharbī Qamula, Al-...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Feb 2025
Adoption in Christianity is a valued human bond between the adopted and the adopting family, as the child becomes an integral part of the family and is given a new opportunity to pursue happiness and liberty. The adopting family is expected to provide considerable support and care for the adopted...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Jan 2025
The Centre of Christian-Muslim Understanding & Partnership (CCMUP), affiliated with the Anglican Episcopal Church in Egypt, witnessed today, Thursday, (January 30), a ceremony to hand the Dr. ʿAlī al-Sammān Awards for Interfaith Dialogue, for which the center received applications last November...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Jan 2025
Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) Osāma al-Azharī said his ministry surveyed nearly 40 takfīrī groups, including the Ikhwān (Muslim Brotherhood) and jihādist organizations.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Takfīrīis an Arabic and Islamic term denoting a Muslim who excommunicates one of his/her coreligionists...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Feb 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church inaugurated the Coptic Monasticism Seminar, taking place on February 15-21 at the LOGOS Papal Center in Saint Anbā Bīshūy in Wādī al-Naṭrūn.
The event was attended by Anbā Danyāl, the rapporteur of the synod committee on monasticism and monasteries’...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Feb 2025
Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Province of Alexandria for the Episcopal/Anglican Church in Egypt, said the Epistle of Saint Paul to Timothy emphasized the importance that all education be standardized in the light of the Bible as the only source for sound teachings.
Dr. Fawzī made the remarks...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Feb 2025
Al-Azhar launched a daʿwah (call) convoy to the al-ʿĀshir min Ramaḍān city in al-Sharqīya governorate, upon directives from Grand Imām Dr. Aḥmad Al-Ṭayyīb and in coordination with Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd Al-Dāyīm Al-Jindī, Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy.
The convoy aims to promote...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Feb 2025
A member of Egypt’s Senate’s Cultural Committee stated that scientific research can help address societal challenges such atheism, extremism and homosexuality, in addition to contributing to sectors like agriculture and industry.
“The budget for scientific research is 1.2% of the gross national...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Feb 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church described atheism as the abandonment of faith in divine religions, adding that the Church also offers awareness-raising lectures on confronting atheism. “In the age of science we are in now, the power of the mind may dominate human beings in a way that...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Feb 2025
The Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism stated in an article published in Italian that global awareness of Israeli crimes in Palestine is growing, as peoples around the world reject violations targeting unarmed civilians, particularly women and children.
The observatory noted that fourteen...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Feb 2025
Al-Sirāj Publishing House decided to withdraw the book ‘Kāmilāt ʿAql wa Dīn’ (Complete in Reason & Religion) by author Asmā’ ʿOthmān al-Sharqāwī from the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2025.
The decision was taken after the book had been severely criticized, as some considered it clashing...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Author of a controversial book withdrawn from CIBF says al-Azhar had nothing to do with the decision
Date of source: 4 Feb 2025
The author of a controversial book that was taken down from the Cairo International Book Fair 2025 denied that al-Azhar or the General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO) had anything to do with the decision, noting her publication has come under a “fierce campaign.”
“The book ‘Kāmilāt ʿAql wa Dīn’ (...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Feb 2025
Al-Azhar continues its pioneering role in preserving and publishing Islamic heritage through its distinguished participation at the 56th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF).
The Manuscripts Museum inside al-Azhar’s pavilion has been attracting visitors’ attention and offering a unique opportunity...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Feb 2025
Religious institutions are participating in the 56th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) through pavilions of the Azhar, Dār al-Iftā’, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in a bid to spread moderate thought, boost the values of moderation and tolerance, and introduce...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Feb 2025
Egypt’s Dār al-Kutub wa al-Waṯā’iq al-Qawmīya (National Library and Archives) announced offering a limited number of coppies of the Egypt Mosques encyclopedia at the Dār’s booth in the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF).
It indicated that the book has an appendix of the Islamic antiquities...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Feb 2025
The Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center is taking part in the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) from January 23 to February 5 at Egypt International Exhibition Center (EIEC) in New Cairo.
Among the most prominent publications of the COCC at the fair are the book of the saint Pope Kīryllos VI, the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Feb 2025
The 3rd session of the cultural salon in the 56th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) saw a rich discussion under the title ‘Philosophy and Sufism in Egypt,’ as a host of intellectuals and researchers exchanged views on the influence of philosophy and Sufism in shaping religious and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Jan 2025
Al-Azhar’s pavilion will host a series of anticipated seminars at the 56th annual session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), fostering dialogue and promoting Islamic scholarship. One such seminar, “Towards an Islamic-Islamic Dialogue,” will take place of Tuesday, January 28, as part of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 Jan 2025
At the 56th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), the Azhar’s pavilion hosted its second seminar on Friday, January 2, titled, ‘Sound Nature and Reason in the Face of Atheism.’ The session was led in lecture by Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Dāyīm Al-Jindī, Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Jan 2025
Former Grand Muftī of Egypt Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām has stated that extremist groups distort religious texts and Islamic jurisprudence to serve their own agendas, further adding that these groups adopt their own interpretations, whether based in the Qur’ān or the ḥadīth, with the aim of manipulating them...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Jan 2025
The Iraqi parliament announced on Tuesday, the 21st, the approval of amendments to personal status law in the country following several re-drafts due to criticism that the new amendments could allow child marriages.
Despite this success, lawmakers have stated that the session was marred by...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Jan 2025
Patriarch Mār Bishāra Buṭrus Al-Rāʿī led a delegation of Maronite bishops to visit Lebanese President General Joseph Khalīl ʿAoūn at Baabda (Baʿbdā) Palace to offer congratulations for the country’s new president.
In statements following the visit, Patriarch Rāʿī spoke in support of the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 23 Jan 2025
Minister of Culture Aḥmad Fū’ād Hannū opened the 56th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), one of the largest book fairs across the globe, in the presence of the Minister for Religious Endowments (awqāf), Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, as well as the Chair of the General Egyptian Book...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Jan 2025
Preparations are taking place in the Coptic Orthodox Church for Great Lent, one of the most significant periods of holiness and repentance and one of the longest and most prominent fasts, lasting for 55 days.
Lent is a great opportunity for believers to prepare spiritually, as the fasting focuses...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Jan 2025
Dr. Muḥammad Mhannā, a professor at Al-Azhar University, has stated that the awrād (prayers and litanies in Sufism) are acts of worship that a Muslim commits to performing at specific times, as it is a means of drawing closer to God Almighty.
“The awrād includes both obligatory and voluntary acts...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Oct 2021
Grand Imām of Al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb and Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church reaffirmed their commitments to “reinforce and consolidate the values of dialogue.”
Both leaders emphasized that “returning to the teachings of religions is the path to salvation from extremism and division...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Jan 2025
Grand Imām of Al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad El-Ṭayyeb, has continued to defend the honorable Sunnah of the Prophet in episodes on the Egyptian Satellite Channel, emphasizing the extent to which it has been proven to be a source of legislation. He asserted that the denial of the Sunnah’s credibility and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Jan 2025
Maronite Patriarch of Lebanon Cardinal Mār Bishāra Buṭrus al-Rāʿī has said that the content of the speech delivered by Lebanese President General Joseph ʿAoūn when he was sworn into the Lebanese parliament on Thursday (January 9) is a “roadmap for the salvation of Lebanon.”
Cardinal Rāʿī made the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Jan 2025
The 50th Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayīb, known as the Imām of Peace and Father of Expatriate Students, turned 79 years old on January 6, 2025.
Imām Aḥmad Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Ṭayīb al-Ḥassānī is the current chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders and formerly served as the Grand Muftī of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Jan 2025
Date of source: 7 Jan 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church has stressed the unity of Egyptians as “one family,” asserting that “Egyptians can never be divided.”
“Egyptians have been united throughout history, from the ages of the Pharaohs to the Coptic and Islamic periods, and even today the Nile remains a key...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Jan 2025
Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Bayyūmī, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, convened a meeting to outline the council’s participation in the 56th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2025, scheduled to run from January 24 to February 5.
During the meeting, the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Jan 2025
Anbā Būlā, Archbishop of Ṭanṭā and its dependencies, has stated that the draft law on personal status for Christians is a “historic turning point” as it represents the first ever integrated code on personal status for Copts in Egypt.
“The current Statute of 1938 on personal status clashes with the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 20 Dec 2024
Yūsuf Ṭalʿat, a legal advisor for the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, described the new personal status law for Christians as a series of historical rights for Christian citizens. He added that the law consists of 160 articles divided into 10 chapters.
“The new personal status law for...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Dec 2024
Counselor Munṣif Najīb Sulaymān, the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Personal Status Law Panel, revealed that the five Christian denominations in Egypt have reached a consensus on the first law regulating the personal status affairs of Christian families.
“The denominations have...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Dec 2024
Amendments expected to be added to the Moroccan Family Code have sparked large-scale controversy, with many considering the country’s personal status law, known as the Family Code, as a “major reform in regulating family affairs and protecting the rights of individuals.”
According to the Maghreb...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 23 Dec 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād has stated that Dār al-Iftā’ approves of many of the issues raised within the draft law on personal status affairs.
“The draft law on personal status affairs works to overcome differences in traditions and habits,” ʿAyyād said in statements to Ṣada al-Balad TV...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Jan 2025
“All state affairs are handled with honor and integrity,” President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī stated when wishing Coptic Orthodox Christians a peaceful new year when he visited the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ on Eastern Christmas, situated in the New Administrative Capital, 45 kilometers east...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2024
Since the overthrow of Bashār al-Assad and the Syrian Baʿath Party, many people have been feeling joyful and optimistic – not just in Syria, but across the Middle East and the rest of the world. However, this optimism has been closely followed by feelings of uncertainty about a future under new...
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Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 11 Dec 2024
It is important to pay attention to the minority in Lebanon since the main effects of the events in Syria are about a shift in the political weight of power, and maybe a change in geography as well, given the discussion of division in Syria.
There must be some reflection on the future of Lebanon...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Dec 2024
Armenian Catholic Bishop of Damascus George Asʿadūryān said he met with officials from the “new authority” in Syria and received assurances about Christians, asserting “there are no threats posted to Christians at present as the situation is currently quiet.”
“We have been assured that the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Nov 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs attended the official celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Coptic Studies (1954 – 2024), hosted in the Papal Residence in Cairo.
Pope Tawāḍrūs made an address at the event, saying, “This is an occasion that is not only about the church but rather the homeland...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Nov 2024
The Evangelical Synod of the Nile’s Media and Publishing Council, in association with the Ibrahīmīa Media Center, held a symposium titled ‘Women’s Message in the Church’ at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo (ESC) in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāsīya.
According to Father Būlus Ḥalīm, a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Nov 2024
Twelve years have passed since writer and thinker Mīlād Ḥannā passed away on November 26, 2012, leaving behind a powerful legacy as one of the most prominent political writers.
He began his political involvement in the 1950s when he joined the Vanguard Organization, a secret group affiliated with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Nov 2024
The Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) and the Ministry of Health successfully held a symposium on the issue of smoking, which ended with the Grand Muftī of the Kingdom of Jordan formally banning smoking by issuing a fatwa designating it as ḥarām (religiously prohibited).
However, we can...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Dec 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said cooperation was in progress between al-Azhar and the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) to obtain a law criminalizing fatwās issued by unaccredited scholars.
ʿAyyād made statements to al-Miṣrī al-Yawm newspaper, “Social media is one of the most...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, announced Dār al-Iftāʾ will, for the first time, hold an international symposium marking the International Day for Iftāʾ, under the patronage of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī.
On Monday, December 4, he stated, “Dār al-Iftāʾ will soon be upgrading, with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2024
Dr. Ibrāhīm Najm, an advisor to the Grand Muftī of Egypt, stated that in contemporary society, many are issuing fatwās (religious edicts) without referring to scholars before.
In a phone-in with Ṣadā al-Balad TV station, Najm stated, “Fatwās in this age are rising in an unprecedented manner,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Oct 2024
The former president of Cairo University, Dr. Muḥammad ʿOthmān al-Khusht has called for improvements to the means through which religious texts are interpreted and more generally the way in which religious education is organized to keep up with the modern era.
“The use of digital technology could...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Oct 2024
On Wednesday, 16th October, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune accused “extremist circles in France” of “attempting to distort collective memory and consign it to oblivion.”
“The question of memory demands a new breath of boldness and integrity in order rid itself of historical issues of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Nov 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs warned against assaults on the various religious sanctities in Palestine, which are the property of Christian and Muslim owners.
The Pope also praised the “fine system of rights under President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, which resulted in the issuance of the law on the construction of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Nov 2024
According to the Ṭība Archbishopric for Coptic Catholics, a Christian man, along with other individuals, disconnected the power to a church in the village of al-Marīs, destroyed its gate, and stole items within.
The archbishopric stated, “During the early hours of Wednesday, November 13, a man with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Nov 2024
An expert on the affairs of Political Islam movements has praised Egypt’s efforts to refute rumors sparked by the “terrorist” organization, al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Muslim Brotherhood).
“The terrorist movement is spreading lies and controversy, looking to pressurize the Egyptian people into...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Nov 2024
Jewish attempts to enter and disrupt al-Aqṣā Mosque are only part of the continuous tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. Both parties struggle to control the sacred sites in al-Quds (Jerusalem); while the mosque is Islam’s third holiest shrine, it is also Judaism’s holy Temple Mount, and...
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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.