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Date of source: 24 Mar 2025
The former Grand Mufti of Egypt and member of the Council of Senior Scholars at Al-Azhar, Sheikh ‘Alī Gomʿa, answered a question from one of the youths: "If a Christian dies as a martyr for the country, does he go to Heaven?" Gomʿa said, "This is something that should be discussed within the...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 26 Mar 2025
Date of source: 15 Mar 2025
The Patriarchal Vicar of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Al-Quds), Bishop William al-Shomali (William al-Shūmalī), refuted in a scholarly and theological manner the justification of Jewish claims to Palestine by saying that the Bible is not a land registry that grants land to one people over...
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Translator Khadija Quadri al-Jilani
Date of source: 18 Mar 2025
More than 150 personalities from different backgrounds came together to celebrate Ramaḍān in a spirit of sharing and diversity.
On Sunday evening in Casablanca, representatives of the three monotheistic religions, as well as athletes, cultural figures, and diplomats from some twenty countries, took...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 21 Mar 2025
In this interview with TSA Algérie, Shams al-Dīn Ḥafīẓ, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, talks about the role of the institution in bringing peace between Algeria and France, whose relations are going through a serious crisis.
He discusses the absence of the Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 7 Mar 2025
Morocco’s permanent representative at the UN Office in Geneva, ʿUmar Znīber, has highlighted the Moroccan model of religious coexistence and its efforts to boost values of tolerance, mutual respect, and interfaith dialogue.
“Morocco is a land of diversity and tolerance and portrays a harmonious...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Mar 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church received at the Papal Residence in Cairo a delegation of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) led by Secretary-General Dr. Maximos Charakopoulos, and discussed a proposal on unifying the date of Easter celebrations among all Christians...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Mar 2025
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, who is also chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, said that interfaith and intercultural dialogue are no longer a luxury today, but an existential necessity to save humanity from ignorance and misunderstandings.
He stressed the importance of having...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Mar 2025
The Dominican Fathers Monastery hosted a signing ceremony on the book “Father George Qanawātī: A Life for Interfaith & Intercultural Dialogue” authored by Dominican Father Jean-Jacques Pérennès.
The event was attended by Bishop Claudio Lurati of the Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria, which...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Mar 2025
The relationship between Pope Cyril VI and the late leader Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer, marked by affection and warmth, is depicted by Moḥammad Ḥassaneīn Heīkal in his book Autumn of Fury. Heīkal writes, “The relationship between Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer and Cyril VI was excellent; they had mutual admiration...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 13 Feb 2025
In light of successful endeavors by Egypt and Qatar to complete the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the beginning of the Christian pilgrimage season to Jerusalem, Copts are wondering about the possibility of making it this year after a ban in 2024.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Mar 2025
Security forces, in cooperation with the Coptic Archbishopric in Sūhāg Governorate, southern Egypt, brought a Christian girl who reportedly disappeared on February 24, back to her family.
The father of the 19-year-old Mārīnā Khalaf had reported her missing but blamed no one for her disappearance....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Feb 2025
In a TV message read out by Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, the Minister of Ḥabūs and Islamic Affairs, King Muḥammad VI calls on Moroccans not to perform the ritual sacrifice of ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa.
In his address, the King stated:
"Dear People, We endeavor to bring together, for the benefit of our faithful people, the...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 9 Mar 2025
745 civilians have been killed in Syria's coastal regions and the mountains of Latakia by security forces in three days, according to the OSDH.
Syrian President Aḥmad al-Sharʿaon Sunday called for "national unity" in the country after three days of communal violence unprecedented since the fall of...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 20 Feb 2025
Participants in the 4th session of the Intra-Islamic Dialogue Conference said that the convening of this meeting reflects profound interest by al-Azhar, the Muslim Council of Elders, and the Kingdom of Bahrain in rallying Muslim ranks, praising their efforts to boost values of citizenship and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Mar 2025
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said that coordination is underway with al-Azhar, the Ministry of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in order to devise a legal framework to regulate fatwas in Egypt.
“Dār al-Iftā’...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Mar 2025
Many Moroccans warmly welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Religious Endowments, Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, about the cancellation of this year’s ‘Eid al-Aḍḥā sacrifice, especially given that it will spare a large part of the population from the soaring livestock prices that had skyrocketed last year...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 2 Mar 2025
Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, the former Grand Mufti of Egypt, responded to a question from a female student about a controversial ḥadīth which states that the majority of those in hell will be women.
The Ramaḍān television program, Nūr al-Dīn wa al-Dunyā (“Light of Religion and the World”), is hosted by Dr....
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Translator Jack Heron, ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Feb 2025
Dr. Ramzī Khūrī, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and head of the Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine (HCC), has sent a telegram to Pope Francis in which he wished him a speedy recovery. He prayed to God for his health and for...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 24 Feb 2025
When Jesus Christ stood before Pontius Pilate, He clearly stated, “My kingdom is not of this world.” (John 18:36), thus proclaiming the complete rupture between His spiritual message and any political project on earth. These words constitute the cornerstone of the separation between religious...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
President of al-Azhar University says that the Israelites failed to believe despite all the miracles
Date of source: 21 Feb 2025
President of al-Azhar University, Dr. Salāma Dāwūd, said that the Israelites have argued and disbelieved in spite of all the miracles God has supported the Prophet Moses with.
“When Moses brought them together and asked them whether they would believe if the mountain was raised off the ground to...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 23 Feb 2025
Egypt’s Catholic Church participated in the conclusion of the prayer week for Christian unity at the Coptic Orthodox Church in Old Cairo.
Bishop Tūmā Ḥabīb of the Diocese of Sūhāg for Coptic Catholics, Bishop Claudio Lurati of the Latin Church in Egypt, Bishop Mor Ephrem Īlī Warda of the Diocese of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
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...
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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: 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: 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: 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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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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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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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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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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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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Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Over the past decade many Egyptians involved in disputes have attempted settlement through what are known as 'reconciliation sessions'. These are a traditional conflict resolution tool indigenous to Egyptian culture, in which opposing parties agree to submit their grievances to a non-judicial process. Though appearing to be an effective method for
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
The recent attack on Christian worshippers exiting Coptic Christmas Eve mass in Nag Hamadi, January 6, 2010, has focused Egyptian attention on Muslim-Christian violence which has also been witnessed in other locations throughout the country. While some deny that these incidents have a religious basis or reflect declining relations between the two
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
In all nations of the world, conflict is normal, and Egypt is no exception. Violent conflict in Egypt, however, is not. Though the Egyptian population has always been a peaceful people, many are noticing the increasing violence exhibited throughout society, much of which is along religious lines. There is a growing religiosity that imbues both
Date of Publication: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
On June 21, 2009 violent conflict broke out between Muslims, Christians, and security forces of Izbet Bushra, a small village located in the governorate of Beni Suef, approximately 120 kilometers south of Cairo. The issue at hand was Coptic prayer services being conducted in a private home, which caused offense to Muslim neighbors, who constitute
Date of Publication: Sunday, February 21, 2010
The clashes between Muslims and Christians in Izbet Bushra on June 21, 2009 resulted from a dispute in the village over using a private residence for community prayer services. Though details from the event are hard to confirm, it appears that Christians anticipated many difficulties in gaining permission to build a traditional church structure
Date of Publication: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The aim of this study is to show how modern Arabic literature and poetry could help in the effort to understand modern Arab society and its problems. If we begin to talk about intercultural communication and use terms of linguistics we have to concede that a metalanguage is necessary if two cultures want to establish successful communication, in
Date of Publication: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Pope Shenouda III is the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, and it therefore goes without saying that his opinions are highly regarded and highly influential. This paper discusses the pope's reaction to a number of incidents that have been interpreted by popular media as "sectarian". In 1998, tensions arose in the Upper Egyptian
Date of Publication: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Jamāl al-Bannā is a household name in Egypt, where he is famous both in his own right, as a prominent and sometimes controversial Muslim intellectual and writer, and because of his brother Hassan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood group.Many different labels have been attached to Jamāl al-Bannā over the course of his life. At various
Date of Publication: Sunday, August 16, 2009
The 1967 Six Day War with Israel changed the face of Coptic pilgrimage to Jerusalem. With the loss of East Jerusalem from Jordanian control, pilgrimage to the Holy City rapidly came to a halt as pilgrims now would have been visiting a country with which their nation was at war, hardly offering the Israeli administration good incentive to provide a
Date of Publication: Saturday, August 1, 2009
Due to the pervasive media reporting both inside Egypt and in the international community, the violent incidents of May 31, 2008 at the Abu Fana Monastery is widely viewed as a sectarian conflict between Christians and Muslims. Though this is not without merit, especially through the subsequent escalation of the tensions, at its core the
Date of Publication: Friday, May 1, 2009
This brief paper was written as part of the academic writing skills seminar that was held by the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translations in conjunction with the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute and the Program for Civilization Studies and Dialogue of Cultures (PCSDC) at Cairo University. Students were asked to chose a topic that
Date of Publication: Friday, May 1, 2009
This report provides an overview of different human rights organizations in Egypt and their activities in order to explore building a network with some of these organizations. This network would have to relate to the main focus area of Arab-West Report [AWR], which is fostering an understanding between peoples of different cultures and religions.
Date of Publication: Sunday, February 1, 2009
This paper focuses on the media coverage of the Abū Fānā crisis from August 2008 to January 2009, thus it ties in with Susanne Huber's paper “Coptic activist and media reporting about the tensions related to the Monastery of Abū Fānā” (see AWR 2008, week 40, art, 2). 99 articles were found on the Internet, from different English, German and
Date of Publication: Monday, January 12, 2009
Arab-West Report's most recent paper explores the topics of freedom of expression and censorship in relation to Egyptian media works. Egypt has seen a number of organizations and individuals arguing for the need to censor and ban material from being published. While a wide range of entities and individual activists have been active in promoting
Date of Publication: Thursday, January 1, 2009
In an attempt to approach freedom of expression in Egypt within religious spheres, this paper sheds light on the attitudes of the Coptic Orthodox Church toward censorship inside and outside the ecclesiastic community. Motivated by its interest to protect the right Orthodox faith of the Coptic community, a number of censorship cases were reported
Date of Publication: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Copts are often said to be part of the "national fabric of Egypt." As Samir Marqus comments in his study, "they are not an independent community" and nor are they a homogenous entity, but span all spheres of Egyptian society. Marqus first sets out to define citizenship, which is the ultimate goal, and then uses this narrative to analyze Muslim-
Date of Publication: Monday, December 1, 2008
Islamophobia literally means an exaggerated or irrational fear of Islam. In current times, Islamophobia is on the rise worldwide. This article aims to develop a negotiating strategy to manage the implications of Islamophobic discourses and to deal with related cross-cultural communication barriers through an analysis of interactions of the (SCIA)
Date of Publication: Monday, September 1, 2008
Arab-West relations have been one of the most controversial relationships in the international arena for decades. Analyzing the long and often turbulent history of the two sides' interaction sheds light on how the two parties perceive each other and may also highlight why the Arabs are angry with the West. However, it is also important to examine
Date of Publication: Monday, September 1, 2008
Western interference in the Middle East started long ago and has continued right up to the present day, with no apparent end in sight. From the British occupation of Iraq following the First World War and the partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel right up to the U.S-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 the Western powers have
Date of Publication: Friday, August 1, 2008
This paper is an attempt to outline and illustrate the many facets of the Arab media's reaction to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the profound emotions it stirred in so many Arabs and Arab journalists. The analysis focuses on the multitude of Egyptian and Arab newspaper articles stored in the Arab-West Report archives that dealt primarily with the
Date of Publication: Tuesday, April 1, 2008
The issue of church building in Egypt is among the most misunderstood and misreported subjects affecting Muslim-Christian relations. Reporting on the subject, regardless of who is doing the reporting, both in Egypt and the West, is highly one-sided. A lot of reporting is focused on building problems, difficulties in obtaining building permits and
Date of Publication: Saturday, March 1, 2008
Conversion in Egypt is a complicated and thorny issue. There is a great deal of secrecy regarding the numbers of conversions that take place each year with newspapers and religious figures offering up radically different figures. Only the Egyptian Ministry of Interior has a clear view of exact numbers and it does not disclose its information.
Date of Publication: Saturday, December 1, 2007
The concept of jihād is a controversial topic of discussion among both Muslim and Western scholars, but it also a widely misused and misinterpreted term that needs to be carefully analyzed. Linguistically, the term jihād derives from the Arabic verb “jāhada” which is classically defined as exerting one’s utmost power, efforts, endeavors, or
Date of Publication: Wednesday, August 1, 2007
In March 2007, a referendum changed several articles of the Egyptian Constitution. Despite the fact that no amendments were proposed for article two, which stipulates that Islamic Sharīcah is the main source of legislation, it became a topic of fierce debate. This research paper analyzes the discussions about article two of the Egyptian
Date of Publication: Thursday, March 1, 2007
Article two of the Egyptian Constitution, which stipulates that Islamic Shariah is the main source of legislation, has attracted a great deal of international speculation due to its controversial nature. But does the application of Shariah really hinder the development of justice and welfare in Egypt as is often alleged in the West? This
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Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2014
By: Carnegie Middle East Center
Date of source: Thursday, August 7, 2014
By: U.S. Copts Association
Date of source: Friday, February 1, 2013
By: Coptic Christians
Random attacks on Egypt’s Christian Copts continue growing, including with very little motive — other than hate, that is.
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Middle East Memo
With violent protests following the second anniversary of the
Egyptian revolution, and calls for a new unified government
amid dire comments about the stability of Egypt, the world’s
attention is again on President Morsi and his country. This
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Middle East Memo
With violent protests following the second anniversary of the
Egyptian revolution, and calls for a new unified government
amid dire comments about the stability of Egypt, the world’s
attention is again on President Morsi and his country. This
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: CNN.com
Egyptian protesters defy curfew
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
These events are profoundly sad. On the second anniversary of the empowering uprising that took place in Egypt, we are now witnessing the
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: CNN.com
Egyptian protesters defy curfew
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
Egypt is commemorating the second anniversary of its “Peaceful” Revolution with the shedding of yet
more blood. Violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez, Damanhour and Port Said left almost 60 dead
and hundreds injured and the numbers are rising.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Reuters
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: MEMRI
In a January 27, 2012 interview with the London-based Arabic daily Al-Sharq AlAwsat, Egyptian Salafi-jihadi leader Muhammad Al-Zawahiri, brother of Al-Qaeda
leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, addressed the situation in Egypt and the changes that
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
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Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
By: Jihad Watch
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2013
By: Egypt Independent
There are over 15 million Coptic Christians in Egypt, with another 1.5 million Egyptian Copts residing abroad, Bishop Yoannis declared on Sunday.
Date of source: Thursday, January 24, 2013
By: Ahram Online
Representative from Egypt's Christian churches have withdrawn from President Mohamed Morsi's national dialogue.
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2013
By: Ahram Online
As the revolution's second anniversary approaches, Egyptians' core economic and social demands remain unfulfilled.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
By: Jihad Watch
Random attacks on Egypt's Christian Copts continue growing, including with very little motive -- other than hate, that is.
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Brookings Institution
With violent protests following the second anniversary of the
Egyptian revolution, and calls for a new unified government
amid dire comments about the stability of Egypt, the world’s
attention is again on President Morsi and his country. This
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
By: Montgomeryville-Lansdale, PA Patch
Christian Egyptians in Hatfield Township and the surrounding area will have a new gathering place for worship in 2014 on Unionville Pike at Stratford Avenue.
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Montgomeryville-LansdalePatch
Christian Egyptians in Hatfield Township and the surrounding area will have a new gathering place for worship in 2014 on Unionville Pike at Stratford
Avenue.
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: CNN.com
Egyptian protesters defy curfew
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2013
By: al-masry-al-youm
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Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2013
By: Al-Masry Al-Youm
Virginie Nguyen
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2013
By: Ahram Online
Security forces arrest 10 in Al-Marashda, Qena, after accusations against Coptic shop owner turn sectarian Friday
Ahram Online, Saturday 19 Jan 2013
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
By: Ahram Online
Despite instances of sectarian incitement by certain radical Islamist preachers, Egypt's Christians celebrate Coptic Christmas this year amid 'unprecedented' warmth on the part of their Muslim compatriots
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Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
By: Ahram Online
One of the two cars found behind the church (photo from The official Facebook Page of the Egyptian armed forces spokesperson)
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2013
By: Ahram Online
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi delivers a speech to the Shura Council, or upper house of parliament, in December 29, 2012. (Photo by Reuters)
Date of source: Tuesday, January 8, 2013
By: Ahram Online
President Morsi did not call Copts a 'minority' in an interview with CNN, but said that all Egyptian citizens are equal, according to a presidential spokesperson
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
By: Ahram Online
Younes Makhioun, newly-elected chairman of Salafist party, stresses Muslim and Christians are partners; Copts will live 'in accordance with own religious teachings'
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2013
By: Ahram Online
An Egyptian resident leaves a house in Manshiyet Nasser shanty town in eastern Cairo (Photo:Reuters)
Date of source: Friday, January 18, 2013
By: Reuters
US administration calls for more religious tolerance in Egypt especially after the ciculation of Morsi's earlier remarks about Jews
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi (Photo: Reuters)r
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
By: npr
The audio version of this story, as did a previous Web version, incorrectly says
that St. Mary and St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church has more than 1,000
members. The church's membership is actually more than 1,000 families.
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Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: AAP
A CAIRO tribunal has upheld death sentences passed on seven Egyptian Coptic Christians
in absentia for their involvement in a movie that ridiculed the Prophet Mohammed, a
judicial source says.
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
By: investigativeproject
An Egyptian magazine claims that six American Islamist activists who work with the Obama
administration are Muslim Brotherhood operatives who enjoy strong influence over U.S. policy.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
By: Reuters
Many Egyptian viewers were horrified when preacher Hisham el-Ashry recently popped up on prime-time television to say women must cover up for their own protection and advocated the introduction of religious police.
Date of source: Thursday, January 10, 2013
By: Christian Post
A radical Salafist preacher who is a proponent of anti-vice police recently shocked Egyptians when he appeared on primetime television to urge women to wear headscarves to avoid being raped.
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2013
By: Daily News Egypt
Following a series of attacks and threats on Copts and their places of worship, Naguib Gabriel from the Egyptian Union for Equal Rights says a quota is necessary
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Stratfor
Egyptian Defense Minister Gen.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's warning
Tuesday that the Egyptian
government could collapse under
the pressure of ongoing violent
unrest highlights the degree to
which the political and
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2012
By: Middle East Online
S&P downgrades Egypt's long-term credit rating, says it could be cut further if foreign exchange reserves or Islamist-led government's deficit sharply worsen.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
By: MEF
Magdi Khalil is an Egyptian-born human rights activist and prominent figure on Arabic media, such as Al Jazeera and Al Ahram. He is director of the Middle East Freedom Forum, an Egyptian think-tank that campaigns for human rights, secularism, and democracy. On February 26, Mr.
Date of source: Thursday, May 5, 2011
By: kerkin Nood
Egyptian Coptics belong to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. The Apostle Mark established a church in the city of Alexandria just 10 years after Christ's ascension.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
By: Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting online an anti-Islam film that ignited Muslim
protests around the world was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison, a court source said
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2012
By: CSMonitor.com
Egypt's constituent assembly worked through the night to finish voting on Egypt's new constitution, finalizing its work early this morning and sent the contentious document to the president, who will call a national referend
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2013
By: FaithFreedom.org
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2013
By: Egypt Independent
Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church said he rejects calls for
partitioning Egypt and forming a Coptic state within the country, an idea allegedly
floated recently by some members of the diaspora.
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2013
By: AP
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's minority Christians were celebrating their first Christmas after the election of an Islamist president and a new pope — and following adoption of a constitution many argue has an Islamist slant.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
By: FoxNews
The 15-year prison sentence given to a woman and her seven children by an Egyptian court for converting to Christianity is a sign of things to come, according to alarmed human rights advocates who say the nation's Islamist government is bad news for Christians in the North African country.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 8, 2013
By: Al Arabiya
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2013
By: AFP Mid-East
Egypt's minority Coptic Christians celebrate on Monday their first Christmas under Islamist
rule and amid a climate of fear and uncertainty for their future.
"I do not really feel safe," says Ayman Ramzi, who feels his community threatened by the
Date of source: Thursday, January 17, 2013
By: Telegraph
Coptic Christian churches in the United States say they are having to expand to cope with new arrivals, as priests in cities like Cairo and Alexandria talk of a new climate of fear and uncertainty.
Date of source: Saturday, January 19, 2013
By: Ahram Online
More than three decades after the January 1977 popular rebellion against the economic policies of late President Sadat, Egypt's leftists say other large-scale protests against poor living conditions are on the cards
Date of source: Friday, January 18, 2013
By: Ahram Online
Street battles between security forces and Muslim protesters begins outside Al-Marshada Church, following alleged sex attack on girl by Coptic man; village Iman calls on youth to protect Christian shops
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2013
By: Daily News Egypt
Egyptian Churches have announced the formation of an Egyptian Council of Churches to unite different denominations on social and political issues.
They will unify ecumenical work and coordinate their “national positions.”
Date of source: Saturday, January 19, 2013
By: Al-Masry Al-Youm
Church leaders in a Qena village agreed to banish a Coptic man accused of sexually assaulting a Muslim girl in order to calm tensions in the village, regardless of his guilt or innocence, said local imam and preacher Sheikh Ahmed Sayed Ruslan.
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2013
By: Al-Masry Al-Youm
Several Coptic movements announced they would participate in Friday’s protests to commemorate the 25 January revolution under the motto, “down with the regime.”
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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.