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Date of source: 16 Nov 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs has stated that amidst the wars and suffering of today, humanity is driven to seek peace through Christ’s love.
“Our mission is to be witnesses of Christ and to spread His love everywhere,” said Pope Tawāḍrūs, as he met with a monastic delegation from the Russian Orthodox Church led...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Nov 2024
There is a time for something and there is a time for its opposite, the Preacher in the Book of Ecclesiastes tells us. He gives many examples of this phenomenon. There is a time to love, there is a time to hate. There is a time of war and a time of peace. If you asked this Preacher now, in these...
Date of source: 16 Nov 2024
The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC) in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan released its annual book on the world’s 500 most influential Muslims for 2024/25, with the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, ranked as 13th.
The book aims to introduce important figures in the Muslim...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 21 Oct 2024
Anbā Kyrillos was born Sīdārūs Marqus Jirjis in al-Naghāmīsh village of al-Balyanā town in the Sūhāj province of southern Egypt, but his year of birth is not accurately known. He was brought up by his father to be a devout Christian, memorized the church hymns and psalms from a young age, and would...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī, Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 24 Nov 2024
Date of source: 10 Nov 2024
The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Service (CEOSS) announced it is attending the climate summit COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 - November 22, as an official observer from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The participation represents a new...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Nov 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, went to Azerbaijan to attend the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP29, and to also participate in the Global Summit of Religious Leaders, scheduled for November 5-6, where he will deliver a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Oct 2024
On 30th October 2024, the Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Muṣṭafā Madbūlī, approved recommendations made by an ad-hoc committee on the legal status of 293 churches, and other church-affiliated buildings.
The committee was set up in 2016 based on Article 8 of Law No. 80 on the regulation of the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Oct 2024
On 29th October, during a symposium, the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA) met in the province of al-Minyā in Upper Egypt to discuss issues about the personal status law of non-Muslims in Egypt.
In a lecture, Dr. ʿĀṭif Jamāl, deputy dean of the Faculty of Law at al-Minyā...
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Date of source: 18 Sep 2024
A public opinion survey showed that the majority of inhabitants of the Gaza Strip believe the decision of Ḥamās to wage an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was “wrong,” revealing a major decline in support for the al-Aqṣā Typhoon operation.
The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Nov 2024
Upon an official invitation from the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, is attending the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit, or COP29, in Azerbaijan.
In his speech, Dr. Ṭayyeb,...
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Date of source: 27 Oct 2024
Public Prosecutor, Muḥammad Shawqī, ordered that the individual who issued a fatwā allowing for the theft of water, electricity, and gas, be referred to a criminal court on charges of disrespecting family values in Egyptian society.
The suspect will be facing charges for publishing a video clip...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 21 Aug 2024
The Archbishop of the Coptic Catholic Diocese of Ṭība (Thebes), Anbā ʿAmānūʾīl ʿAyyād, participated in the Holy Book 2024 contest for elementary, preparatory, and secondary education.
After three months of thorough analysis of the Saint Luke Gospel contest, which the Episcopal Committee started for...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 Oct 2024
The Palestinian resistance movement Ḥamās called on Russia to urge Palestinian President, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās, to start negotiations on forming a national unity government to run the Gaza Strip after the war.
Russian media reported that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, met with Mūsa Abū...
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Date of source: 29 Oct 2024
Currently, the entire world stands idle yet cannot overlook the severity of the genocide in the Gaza Strip, in which fighters, civilians, children, women, and the elderly have been targeted indiscriminately.
This reaction has provoked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attempt to...
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Date of source: 30 Oct 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church said the al-Muqaṭṭam service has many blessed priests who have offered magnificent service over the years, noting that he remembers Father Samʿān al-Kharrāz, who started his ministry to the church fifty years ago, along with a group of other priests who...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Oct 2024
Following a three-day meeting, a group of bishops and archbishops who had split from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church formed the “Tigray Orthodox Tewahedo Church Synod,” an ethnic and regional synod, based on a recently produced “Church canon.”
In a 16-point statement, the group stated that Abune...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Oct 2024
Dr. Zaynab al-Saʿīd, a fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ, said that denying women their inheritance rights is one of the worst offenses a person can commit.
“The Islamic sharīʿa has acknowledged women’s rights to inheritance. Infringement of women’s rights to receive their shares of the inheritance...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Oct 2024
Dr. Hiba ʿŪf, a professor of Qurʾān interpretation at al-Azhar University, said using divorce to get a pension or using ʿurfī (legal but informal) marriage to gain financially are flagrant violations of Islamic and Muslim ethics.
“Divorce, according to the Islamic Sharīʿa, is not just a legal...
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Date of source: 22 Oct 2024
According to a representative for the Health & Population Ministry, discussions have taken place surrounding the eradication of female circumcision as a practice in Egypt, with international organizations coming together in a bid to raise awareness on this issue and prevent violence against...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Sep 2024
On Monday, September 16, which was the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday), Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, made a speech that triggered wide-scale controversy in religious and media circles.
Delivered in the presence of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Oct 2024
A protocol of cooperation between Egypt Healthcare Authority (EHA) and Bayt al-Zakāt, also known as the Alms and Charity House, was signed during a ceremony attended by Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar. It focused on the treatment of low-income and uninsured patients at al-Azhar...
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Date of source: 20 Oct 2024
Religion, with all its official institutions, is one of the ideological organs of the state, being used as a mechanism for control, legitimacy, and justification of policies and practices, to the extent that a degree of religious sanctity is given to these institutions, which monopolize the...
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Date of source: 25 Oct 2024
According to a Health Ministry official, Egypt’s female circumcision rate has significantly decreased, especially for girls under the age of 19.
In statements on the show “Kol al-Zawāyā” (All Corners) on the ON E TV network, Dr. Amr Ḥasan, the Health Minister’s advisor for Population & Family...
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Date of source: 22 Oct 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, highlighted the role of ministries and institutions of culture in Arab nations in attaching importance to the Arabic language.
“Cultural institutions contribute to creating sources of Islamic and cultural knowledge, which are capable of attracting...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 23 Oct 2024
Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa, a well-known media personality, stated that Egypt is a civil state and that religion has no bearing on the government’s service operations.
During his talk show Ḥadīth al-Qāhira on al-Qāhira wa al-Nās TV station, ʿĪsa stated, “The government must stand against religionizing politics...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Oct 2024
According to a legislator, international accords governing refugee conditions were consulted to develop the new draft law on foreigner asylum to Egypt, which the House of Representatives Defense & National Security Committee recently adopted.
“The new law aims to provide a comprehensive legal...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Sep 2024
Renowned press and media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, made a statement rejecting any connection between the October 6, 1973 war and the Operation Al-Aqṣā Typhoon, which was carried out against Israel by Ḥamās on October 7, 2023.
During the talk show, Ḥadīth al-Qāhira, on al-Qāhira wa al-Nās TV...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Oct 2024
Whether or not you support what happened on October 7, the aftermath has changed the world in a way that guarantees that it will not be the same as it was before. National and international changes that have already taken place will affect the shape and future of the region.
The October 7 operation...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Oct 2024
Al-Azhar declared a state of mourning for the “heroic martyrs of the Palestinian resistance” after Israel announced that Yaḥyā al-Sinwār, the leader of the Ḥamās movement, had been killed during fighting in the southern Gaza city of Rafaḥ, on Thursday, October 17.
“Al-Azhar al-Sharīf mourns the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Oct 2024
As the birthplace of Jesus Christ, the Church of the Nativity in Palestine, is extremely significant to Christians, and all denominations travel there to receive its blessings, especially during the Christmas season.
According to the official website of the Bethlehem Municipality, the Church of the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Oct 2024
After a full examination of the body at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv (Abū Kabīr), the Hebrew newspaper, Ynet, announced that the Israeli occupation authorities have taken the body of Yaḥyā al-Sinwār to a classified location to keep.
According to the article, it is now unclear what...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Oct 2024
Under the patronage of Prime Minister Muṣṭafā Madbūlī, Dār al-Iftāʾ held a symposium titled, ‘Fatwā & Character Building,’ in which a documentary that reviewed efforts by al-Azhar as a source of enlightenment and moderation was screened.
The documentary confirmed that the priority of the Grand...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Oct 2024
A researcher in the Faculty of Archeology of Cairo University said the Holy Family’s journey in Egypt is considered to be one of the most important events in history as it was based on a sacred revelation and divine orders.
In an interview with Ṣadā al-Balad news website, Bīshūy Damyān Ḥilmī said...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Oct 2024
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Translator Noha Heraiba, Rajāʾ Maḥmūd Ismāʿīl
Date of source: 8 Oct 2024
During the launch of the symposium that was held in promotion of the presidential initiative titled, 'A New Beginning to Build Egyptian Humans,' under the patronage of President ʿAbd el Fattāḥ al Sīsī and hosted by Dār al-Iftāʾ, the Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād said:
“By building humans,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 20 Oct 2024
Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, Dr. Muḥammad al-Jindī, received the General Bishop and Chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center (COCC), Anbā Irmīyā, to discuss the role of religious institutions in boosting people’s awareness and the joint effort of the institutions to...
Date of source: 14 Mar 2024
Representative Nadīm Gemayel stated, “Ḥezbollah’s profanation of pre-emptive wars has proven to be a failure, as seen in the war in Syria, and the repercussions of crises, displacement, and crimes in Lebanon.”
He posted on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), “To this day, the support...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 6 Oct 2024
On Sunday, October 6, the eve of the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 incidents, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church reiterated his calls for an “immediate ceasefire” in the region of the Middle East, as well as the urgency for the release of the hostages detained in Gaza.
Addressing...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Oct 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs stressed the church’s willingness to join all activities that aim at raising citizens’ awareness on the importance of rationalizing the water consumption.
The pope made the remarks at the Papal Residence in Cairo on Monday, October 7. To address their respective duties in this regard...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Oct 2024
Osāma al-Azharī, Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) said that a distorted perception of religious discourse, which is based on fanaticism and disputes over doctrinal matters, could push some young people and adolescents to have wrong ideas about religions and gradually lead them to atheism....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Oct 2024
On Saturday, October 12, a workshop with the title ‘Religious Leaders and a New Beginning for Building Humans’ was launched as part of a presidential initiative on human development under the sponsorship of the National Council for Women (NCW). At the workshop, participants talked about the goals,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Sep 2024
In his weekly sermon, Pope Tawāḍrūs expressed his deep concern over the suffering caused by armed conflicts, emphasizing the need to end the war in the region of Lebanon and Palestine, while upholding the ideals of wisdom, humanism, and mercy.
Speaking in his sermon at the Martyr Mār Jirjis Church...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 14 Oct 2024
Background for the Mikado Library, the Katholiek Documentatie Centrum and the Historisch Documentatiecentrum voor het Nederlands Protestantisme.
This brief provides background to books and documents Cornelis Hulsman provided to the Mikado Library, Aachen, October 10, 2024.
Working in emigration...
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Translator Matthew Anderson
Date of source: 28 Sep 2024
Al-Azhar University President, Dr. Salāma Dawūd, announced that six colleges have obtained renewed accreditation. Five were accredited for the first time and thirteen academic programs were accredited at the different colleges of the university in Cairo and provinces.
“The colleges that obtained...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 14 Oct 2024
Muslim books on Christian mission for the Mikado library
Christianity In Africa: Missionaries and Change (African Society of Social Sciences: Tripoli, Libya, 1986).
Christian Missionarism and the Alienation of the African Mind (African Society of Social Sciences: Tripoli, Libya, 1986).
I bought...
Date of source: 26 Sep 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said that discussion about the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday is no longer a superfluous matter but rather an obligation and a religious duty.
“The world is suffering from a lack of conscience regarding the reality in which we live and differs completely from...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 14 Oct 2024
Farewell speech for Professor Wolfram Reiss (University of Vienna)
I was born and raised in a conservative Christian Reformed family with beliefs such as the current state of Israel is the promised land for the Jews, negative perspectives on Islam, reading the Qur’an was wrong, the Catholic church...
Date of source: 28 Sep 2024
On Saturday, September 28th, the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Ḥamās, lamented the loss of Ḥasan Naṣrallah, Secretary-General of Ḥizbullah, whom Ḥizbullah confirmed to be murdered in an Israeli attack.
“We remember his struggle, full of sacrifices for the sake of liberating Jerusalem and the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Sep 2024
Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa said the presence of Dār al-Iftāʾ clashes with the principles of a democratic state, adding: “With all due respect to all opinions, thoughts, persons, and institutions, but there is no democratic state that has an iftāʾ house.”
“The grand muftī position was established by...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Sep 2024
Professor of theology and philosophy at al-Azhar University, Dr. ʿAzza Ramaḍān, stated that addressing atheists in society requires extensive research and that there is no universally applicable solution to the problem of recognising and dealing with atheists.
“Each case should be thoroughly...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Sep 2024
In the context of Islam, jihād refers to the fight of Muslims to abstain from sin, which is the highest kind of jihād, as well as the defense of their beliefs and homeland.
However, radical organizations have misrepresented the meaning of the jihād and have even killed Muslims and defenseless...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 21 Sep 2024
Shaykh Ṣalāḥ al-Tījānī has recently came under public scrutiny after a teenage girl named Khadīja accused him of sexually harassing her, sharing screenshots of their chat.
Khadīja, an architect who is now living in Russia, published a post on her facebook page in which she accused Tījānī of sexual...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Sep 2024
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, gifted President ʿAbd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī with al-Azhar’s first edition of the interpretation of the Holy Qurʾān into English during the ceremonies of the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) to celebrate the al-Mawlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Sep 2024
Al-Azhar Fatwā Global Center posted a statement on its Facebook page regarding the controversy surrounding the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, and the speech he gave on Monday, September 16, the Prophet Muḥammad's birthday.
“Integrity is violated when remarks are taken out of context...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Sep 2024
Each time President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī speaks on the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s birthday), observers of Egyptian public events can identify the characteristics of a character-building approach in his speech.
“Our noble Prophet, Muḥammad (PBUH), once remarked, ‘I was...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Sep 2024
Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, stated that God Almighty alone is capable of making comparisons between divine messages. He further stated that those who believe in these messages should not make comparisons between one prophet or another or between one religion and another.
“God...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Sep 2024
Al-Azhar Fatwā Global Center posted a statement on its Facebook page on the debate surrounding the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, and the speech he gave on Monday, September 16, the Prophet Muḥammad’s birthday.
“Integrity is compromised when statements are taken out of context with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
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Date of source: Monday, September 29, 2014
By: mcndirect
Observers believe that the information provided by Eman Morcos, a Coptic woman who recently escaped from kidnapping, raises serious concerns about the role of the police in the diappearance of Christian Egyptians.
Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 2014
By: mcndirect
A member of the Muslim Brotherhood attacked a Coptic family on Friday at Al Ma'sarah village in Malawy, south of Minya governorate (Upper Egypt).
Date of source: Wednesday, October 1, 2014
By: mcndirect
Al-Rawdal al-Haditha private school in 6 of October City in Giza governorate is segregating Christian and Muslim students, said Rev. Refaat Fikri, pastor of the Evangelical Church in Shubra and chairman of the Evangelical Church Information and Publishing Committee.
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2014
By: fikraforum
When Abdul Fattah al-Sisi made public his intention to seek Egypt’s presidency this past March, he did so in his military uniform. While typical for the outgoing defense minister, many saw it as an affirmation that the country would be a military republic with Sisi at the helm.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 1, 2014
By: mcndirect
Security forces in Minya arrested Tuesday a new defendant among other suspects of breaking into and bombing the Evangelical Church in Mallawi, southern Minya (Upper Egypt).
Date of source: Monday, September 22, 2014
By: copticsolidarity
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- President El-Sissi addresses the UN this week.
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2014
By: DAWN.COM
WHEN protesters successfully called for the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi last year, their rhetoric played on fears that Egypt’s first democratically elected president and his Muslim Brotherhood were seeking to turn the country into a theocracy.
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2014
By: Middle East Research and Information Project
More significant than what ‘Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi says before the UN this week is what his presence signifies. His first address to the
“international community” caps a year-long effort to normalize his seizure of power on July 3, 2013 and banish the taint of putschism
Date of source: Saturday, September 13, 2014
By: Ahram Online
Tonight the Coptic Museum is celebrating Coptic New Year with a series of lectures about Coptic arts,history, the Coptic calendar, and its relation to the ancient Egyptian calendar. Afterwards, a music concert
will follow.
Date of source: Thursday, September 18, 2014
By: edmontonjournal
It’s not every day that a pope comes to Edmonton.
Edmonton’s Coptic Christians packed a Mill Woods church Wednesday night for the arrival of Pope Tawadros II.
Date of source: Thursday, September 18, 2014
By: bostonglobe
ONCE AGAIN the United States finds itself embroiled in a debate over whether or not to “go to war.” It’s a choice the country shouldn’t have to make, and it wouldn’t with a bigger, more lethal clandestine service like France or Israel has.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 27, 2014
By: Carnegie Middle East Center
The setting of a minimum and maximum wage for Egypt’s civil service will help the system
become more transparent and equal. But comprehensive reform is still needed.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
By: allafrica
Pope Tawadros II, patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday 1 September.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 13, 2013
By: allAfrica.com
Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II urged the Egyptian people on Tuesday to renounce violence and avoid bloodshed.
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By: ECFR
On Wednesday 21 August EU foreign ministers will meet in emergency session to consider their
response to the latest developments in Egypt. The EU is considering a range of measures to express
Date of source: Thursday, October 24, 2013
By: Associated Press
CAIRO — The military chief who ousted Egypt's elected president called on the public Wednesday to take to the streets to give him and the police a mandate
Date of source: Wednesday, July 3, 2013
By: New Republic
Morsi and his supporters are outnumbered, and the protestors show no sign of wavering.
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Date of source: Tuesday, July 2, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — Only a day after the June 30 protests, the army gave President Mohammed Morsi a 48-hour ultimatum to “listen to the will of the people,” after which the army will take it upon itself to announce a road map to a solution.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 2, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
Observers are shocked. They do not understand as they watch millions of Egyptians marching in protest, in every major city in Egypt, against President
Date of source: Tuesday, July 2, 2013
By: Stratfor
With less than 24
hours left before the
military's ultimatum
to Egyptian President
Mohammed Morsi
comes into effect,
various political
factions from the
Muslim Brotherhood,
members of the
Date of source: Saturday, July 13, 2013
By: Newsmax
Coptic Christians in Egypt have come under harsh attack since the overthrow
of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi — with members of the community
kidnapped, killed, and their houses of worship trashed amid charges they
Date of source: Tuesday, July 2, 2013
By: Geopolitical Diary
The Egyptian military issued an ultimatum Monday, demanding that Egyptian
President Mohammed Morsi and the ruling Muslim Brotherhood start a dialogue
with opposition members within 48 hours, or risk the military stepping in to
Date of source: Tuesday, March 11, 2014
By: Daily News Egypt
Egypt’s representative to the United Nations, Walid Mahmoud Abdel Nasser, told the 25th United Nations Council for Human Rights Monday that Egypt is determined to protect human rights, citing the newly ratified constitution as proof of the country’s dedication to “building democratic institutions
Date of source: Tuesday, November 26, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — It took only minutes for activists to witness Egypt’s controversial new protest law in action on Nov. 26.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 27, 2013
By: arabist.net
yesterday, as a who's-who of Egyptian activists and human rights workers was harassed and detained for peacefully protesting, I thought back to US Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks when he visited Egypt earlier this.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 19, 2013
By: Newser
Egypt's revolutionary activists, relatively muted since the country's July coup, showed a new vigor Tuesday, scuffling with supporters of the military-backed government in Cairo's Tahrir Square and wrecking a state memorial dedicated to protesters killed in the country's nearly three years of t
Date of source: Thursday, December 12, 2013
By: LinkedIn
"Egyptian voters might well be asked to approve the new constitution without knowing much about when their new president and parliament will be elected or what sort of system will govern the parliament.
Date of source: Monday, June 17, 2013
By: meforum
Syria and Egypt are dying. They were dying before the Syrian civil war broke out and before the Muslim Brotherhood took power in Cairo. Syria has an insoluble civil war and Egypt has an insoluble crisis because they are dying.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
By: foreignpolicyjournal
DOHA — The warm waters of the Gulf look quiet from where I am sitting, but such tranquility hardly reflects the conflicts this region continues to generate.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
By: RT
Amid the ongoing crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian authorities have arrested Essam El-Arian, the vice chairman of the Freedom and Justice party. He was one of the few Brotherhood leaders remaining free since the ouster of President Morsi.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 29, 2013
By: egyptindependent
About this time last week, the bodies were being ferried into the Virgin Mary Church where they had been shot barely 24 hours before, a grim liminal irony that - as some pointed out - turned a wedding into a funeral in the space of two days.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — Several months ago, sometime after the volcanic period that began in November, which witnessed Mohammed Morsi declaring himself Egypt's omnipotent ruler, the referendum on the constitution, the beginning of mounting violence and anger, fierce political confrontation, and a raging fire of
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2013
By: BBC
Three people, including a girl aged eight, died when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a wedding party outside a Coptic Christian church in Cairo.
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Date of source: Thursday, June 20, 2013
By: meforum
Recently, the journalist Paul Sheehan, reflecting on the Woolwich beheading of Drummer Lee Rigby, invited consideration of the view of Muslim violence in authoritative Islamic texts.
Date of source: Thursday, October 31, 2013
By: middleeastmonitor
A German expert in international communications has expressed her surprise that the Egyptian media have rejected the freedoms opened up by ousted president Mohamed Morsi and opted instead for the old, military-led authoritarianism.
Date of source: Monday, October 7, 2013
By: middle-east-online
Rights groups say more than 40 churches have been attacked since August 14, including 11 in Minya and eight in Assiut.
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Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
The trial of the deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi — postponed until Jan. 3, 2014 — became an opportunity to escalate an unfortunate further divisions among the Egyptian people.
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — Sinai novelist and activist Mosaad Abu Fajr was jailed for nearly three years under the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak for his campaign “Wedna Ne`ish” (We Want To Live), which protested issues faced in the Sinai and among the Bedouin community.
Date of source: Monday, November 11, 2013
By: soundviewmediapartners
Filmmaker Lillie Paquette follows key opposition figures and young democracy activists as they struggle against extraordinary odds and at great personal risk to remove an uncompromising U.S.-backed authoritarian regime determined to stay in power.
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2013
By: christianpost
Said Abdel Massih, head of the Egyptian Center for Development and Human Rights (ECDHR), has called on the 50-member committee tasked with amending the 2012 Egyptian constitution to allocate a quota for Copts in parliament in an effort to quell sectarian strife and provide added representation an
Date of source: Friday, November 8, 2013
By: openDemocracy
In this follow-up interview with leading member of the Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt, Sameh Naguib, we talk about Al-Sisi's Egypt, the new alliance around the general, what challenges face opposition parties and movements and the future of Tahrir Square ( long interview, October 24, 2013)
Date of source: Saturday, November 16, 2013
By: csmonitor
Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi have made their first formal proposal at negotiations with Egypt's military-backed government. Islamists leaders have called for the release of detainees, and an end to the crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Friday, November 15, 2013
By: jihadwatch
The mainstream media habitually runs interference for jihadists, obfuscating their identity and goals, and under-reporting the atrocities they commit. This article is a particularly egregious example.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
By: nytimes
CAIRO — Egyptian security forces on Wednesday captured Essam el-Erian, one of the last few prominent leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood still at large after a crackdown that began with the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, another of the group’s leaders.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 22, 2013
By: Your Middle East
One of the things that characterises Cairo is its chaotic traffic and the constant noise of horns as cars try to snake through the streets. The backseats of Cairo’s taxis is where the film‘Another Night on Earth’ takes place.
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2013
By: PRESS RELEASE
Cairo: — Beba Misdemeanor Court, in Beni Suef governorate, will consider tomorrow, 22 October, the second session of the appeal against the unfair judgment of five-year imprisonment that lodged by the author and human rights activist Karam Saber on account of the accusation of contempt of religio
Date of source: Thursday, October 24, 2013
By: smudailycampus
Who are you? What do you believe in? And what do you stand for? In America we are never faced with such inquiries nor do we have to worry about them. However in countries throughout the Middle East one’s own life depends on the answer to these very questions.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 29, 2013
By: egyptindependent
About this time last week, the bodies were being ferried into the Virgin Mary Church where they had been shot barely 24 hours before, a grim liminal irony that - as some pointed out - turned a wedding into a funeral in the space of two days.
Date of source: Monday, November 18, 2013
By: memri
Egypt's Committee of 50, charged with drafting the new Egyptian constitution, received delegations of various sectors of the population, such as war veterans, Nubians, the disabled, and Copts.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
By: christianpost
Coptic Christians have reacted with nervous relief to the Egyptian military's pushback of the Christian-persecuting Islamist rebels who had taken over Dalga.
Date of source: Saturday, November 16, 2013
By: Associated Press
There is no sign of the hundreds of thousands of Christian pilgrims who flock here every November. No tattoo artists inscribing crosses on the wrists of babies or images of saints on the arms of young men. No stalls selling crosses, icons or pillows embroidered with portraits of patriarchs.
Date of source: Thursday, November 14, 2013
By: jadaliyya
When Mohamed Salmawi, the spokesman for the committee appointed to draft Egypt’s post-coup constitution, appeared before the press on 29 October, the message was clear. There would be no place for Article 219 in the new constitution, and there would be no further discussion.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 1, 2013
By: thenation
Precious few political parties have spoken out against the military or its assault on the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Date of source: Wednesday, August 14, 2013
By: fairobserver
Anyone who thinks military rule bends toward democracy in Egypt has misread the country's history.
Date of source: Monday, November 25, 2013
By: ANS
CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) -- Three months after the Egyptian Army liberated Delga from militant Muslims, Islamists and criminals are terrorizing Christians in other towns across Egyp
Date of source: Friday, November 15, 2013
By: copts
CAIRO — Egypt’s constitution is being rewritten by a small group appointed by the military-backed government, overhauling the previous, Islamist-driven charter.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
By: lignet
Among all the ultra-orthodox Muslim organizations, the one that seemed most likely to take over many of the countries involved in the Arab Spring was the Muslim Brotherhood, due to its lengthy history and organizational skills.
Date of source: Friday, November 15, 2013
By: globalsecurity
The trial of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi that is set to begin November 4 is expected to heighten political divisions in the volatile nation and test the credibility of Egypt's judicial system.
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2013
By: Reuters.com
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Coptic Christians joyfully waited outside the Virgin Church in Cairo for the bride to arrive to join the groom for their wedding.
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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.