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Date of source: 16 Aug 2023
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine (HCC) urged the representatives and heads of churches, as well as the international community, to take whatever measures necessary to condemn Israel’s crimes and encroachments on the Christians’ sanctities and properties in...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Aug 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church resumed a series of short mass prayers that handled part of Chapter 30 of the Book of Deuteronomy and Chapters 11-20 from the Book of Numbers, referring to the short prayers the church performs after the Gregorian Mass, which are called “Asceticism for...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Aug 2023
Some Western nations, like Sweden and Denmark, consider the insult to the Prophet Muḥammad and the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān as a sign of freedom of expression to boast about as a democratic pattern, but would strongly criminalize any media or channels of expression attacking...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Aug 2023
What freedoms of opinion and expression were gained in Europe, and the West in general, since the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published cartoons insulting the Prophet Muḥammad in 2005?
Was their freedom enhanced? Was Islam damaged? Did thousands of Muslims quit their faith to embrace new...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Sep 2023
In Iraq, Christianity is the second largest religion in the number of followers after Islam, and is followed by other religions like the Sabians, or Sabaeans, Shabaks, Yazidis, Kakais, Bahais, Shikhis, and Zoroastrians.
Christianity is acknowledged as a religion in the Iraqi constitution, which...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Sep 2023
Under the supervision of the church’s media and culture sector, the Episcopal/Anglican Church in Egypt launched electronic services for people with hearing and speech problems.
The project was carried out over six months, and the service was made available at the Jesus Light of the World Church in...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Aug 2023
Whether North European countries stopped licensing the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān, or any other holy book, or not, or whether the UN adopted an agreement banning contempt of others’ sanctities and beliefs, or not, this disgraceful act is a shame on the authorities that protect it!
The act...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Aug 2023
The Muslim Council of Elders, chaired by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, rejected the desecration of copies of the Holy Qurʾān by “some extremists” and the following assaults on churches in Pakistan, which were also committed by “some extremists.”
The council’s secretary-general,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Aug 2023
On Tuesday (August 29), Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church attended the official inauguration of the movie al-Tilmīdh, screened at the theater of Anbā Rūwīs at the St. Mark Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāsīya. The movie focuses on the biography of St. Tādrus, the student of Anbā Bākhūmyūs, who...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Aug 2023
New York Mayor, Eric Adams, officially announced that Muslims can now broadcast the adhān (calls to prayer) in the city through loudspeakers on Fridays and at sunset during the holy month of Ramadan, without having to seek permission from the city's local authorities.
In a press conference, Adams...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 Aug 2023
The prices of ʿUmra (lesser pilgrimage) of al-Mūlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday) of the year 2023 range between EGP25,000 to EGP28,000 (roughly $809 to $609) as the most affordable rates, revealed Ḥusām Muḥammad, a travel agent.
“A higher level of the ʿUmra could go up to EGP40,000-...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 Jul 2023
The Coptic Catholic Church took part in the 10th annual canon law conference of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Jordanian resort area of the Dead Sea.
The Coptic Catholic Church was represented by a delegation of priests who attended the inaugural mass led by His Beatitude, Cardinal...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Nov 2022
A senior scholar at Dār al-Iftāʾ, Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Samīʿ, said that smoking is ḥarām (religiously impermissible) and that working for companies selling cigarettes and tobacco is a sin.
“If it is possible for someone working in a tobacco company to find another job that would bring an income for...
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Date of source: 4 Jul 2023
Al-Azhar Fatwā Global Center released a sharīʿa perspective study on smoking and its harms, asserting that the rules of pure Islam had recommended everything useful and banned everything harmful.
It was clearly proven that smoking was harmful when the World Health Organization (WHO) published a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 20 Mar 2019
Four centuries have passed amidst differences among doctrines and scholars of fiqh (jurisprudence) regarding whether smoking was ḥalāl (religiously permissible) or ḥarām (religiously impermissible), but science tipped the scale in favor of impermissibility when it indicated its effects on human...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 Aug 2023
Grand Muftī Shawqī ʿAllām said that some people think that freedom would mean that religions, divine books, prophets, and sanctities should be insulted and that these people would have no reservations about hurting the feelings of millions of Muslims – and even non-Muslims.
“Freedom is a right that...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Jun 2023
Salman Rushdie is a British writer and novelist of Indian descent, born on June 19, 1947. He rose to fame when he won the Booker Prize for his 1981 novel ‘Midnight’s Children’, considered his best novel yet.
However, the book ‘Satanic Verses’ is the one that made Rushdie famous all over the world,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Aug 2023
Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, praised the role and constant efforts by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad Ṭayyīb, to promote an enlightened religious discourse and counter hate speech.
He also praised the ‘important role’ played by the Egyptian Family House...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Aug 2023
On Tuesday evening (August 29), Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church attended the premiere of the movie al-Tilmīdh, screened at the theater of Anbā Rūwīs at the St. Mark Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāsīya.
The movie is the biography of St. Tādrus, the student of St. Anbā Bākhūmyūs, who was the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Aug 2023
Islamic preacher Muʿiz Masʿūd said he did not like to think about any type of fame, except the one with sublime principles and ethics, adding that fame has offered him an opportunity for ṣūfī mysticism.
“Fame has given me a chance to contemplate the Book of Wisdom by the Muslim spiritualist Ibn...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Aug 2023
Egyptian Christians are still waiting for the endorsement of a unified personal status law, which is a constitutional right that the Egyptian parliament has not taken heed of since the 2014 constitution was approved.
Christian citizens in Egypt pushed the draft law to the agenda of the national...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Aug 2023
Nādir Shukrī, a journalist specialized in Coptic affairs, confirmed that Maryam Samīr, an assistant professor at the University of al-ʿArīsh, North Sinai governorate, was safe.
[EDITOR’S NOTE:
Maryam Samīr had disappeared on July 30, 2023. Her father said he received a phone call from an unknown...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Aug 2023
On Thursday, the Virgin Mary Church, at its monastery in Drunka in the Asyūṭ governorate, announced an initiative to sell food and drinks inside the church at affordable prices as part of the annual celebrations of the Virgin Mary Fasting, falling on August 7-22.
Thousands of Copts nationwide went...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Aug 2023
Every year, August is marked by the Copts’ great celebration of St. Mary, which began on August 7 and runs until August 22.
Many Egyptians go to churches and monasteries named after the Virgin Mary to seek intercession and ask Her for help and blessings, ending their poverty, and bestowing joy on...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Aug 2023
Egypt’s ambassador to Germany, Amīn Ḥassān, attended the funerary prayers for Anbā Mīshāʾīl, Bishop of South Germany and Abbot of St. Antonius Monastery of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in Kröffelbach.
The funerary ceremony was carried by the TV station Me Sat.
“We regret the departure of Anbā Mīshā’...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Aug 2023
The Catholic Church is celebrating the anniversary of the departure of Saint ʿAbdel-ʾAḥad (Dominic), the priest and founder of Dominican Catholicism in the world.
The name Dominic is from the Latin root Dominicus, which means, ‘the worshipper on al-ʾAḥad’ (Sunday), also known as Abdel-ʾAḥad, a name...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Jul 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church is marked with an openness to other churches and relations of amity and partnership with them. This has helped to strengthen the bonds of friendship among the different churches.
1. The visit he made to the Vatican on May 10-18, 2013 was the first...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 Jul 2023
President of the Protestant Community in Egypt, Dr. Andrēa Zakī, said that support for ecumenical activities is a priority in order to achieve coexistence.
He added that 90% of the activities of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) are inside Egypt to serve Egyptians,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Aug 2023
Dr. Ibrāhīm Najm, an advisor to the Muftī of the Republic and the official spokesman of Dār al-Iftāʾ (Iftāʾ House), announced that Grand Muftī Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām obtained another one-year term in office.
“We pray to God to help Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām to shoulder this responsibility,” Najm added.
ʿAllām...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Aug 2023
Foreign ministry spokesman, Aḥmad Abū Zayd, said that Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Sāmiḥ Shukrī, received a phone call from his Danish counterpart, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, to discuss repeated incidents of the desecration of the holy Qurʾān and the crimes of contempt of religion that jeopardize peaceful...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Aug 2023
The Muslim Council of Elders under Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, called for the need to work on developing the youths’ skills to play an active role in facing global challenges and achieving a more sustainable future.
On the occasion of World Youth Day, celebrated by the UN on August...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Aug 2023
Al-Azhar’s Media Center announced the start of the second season of the international caricature and portraiture forum under the motto ‘Empowerment of Women’ on August 11-September 10, 2023 under the auspices of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb.
The event falls within al-Azhar’s message...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Aug 2023
Today (Saturday, August 5), the Greek Orthodox Church is celebrating the Transfiguration of Christ. The Holy Book tells how Jesus, after announcing his Passion to his Disciples, “took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Sep 2023
The first scholarly forum on Imām al-Shāfʿī and his school of thought was held at the Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies for Girls at al-Azhar University in Banī Sūwayf, according to the faculty dean, Dr. Ḥanān ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz.
“The forum, under the auspices of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Jun 2023
Veteran journalist Muʾnis al-Zuhayrī took to social media to express his anger, writing, “You have insulted the idea, the value, the content, and Jamāl ͑Abd al-Nāṣir, who established the radio station in 1964. Stop the ads in the Holy Qurʾān Broadcast.” He was referring to the state of the Holy...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Jul 2023
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sāmiḥ Shukrī delivered a recorded speech at a meeting held by the UN Human Rights Council at the request of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), titled “The Escalation of Religious Hatred Evident in the Repeated Violations of the Holy Qurʾān.”
In his speech,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Jul 2023
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is convening an urgent session on July 11, 2023, during its 53rd ordinary session in Geneva.
This session was requested by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the repeated, deliberate, and flagrant religious hatred acts and the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 Mar 2017
“The proponents of Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) schools are no longer differing over whether the killing of apostates is a crime or not. It is a conspiracy to kill people by acting as God; a plot of men in power and autocrats who repress opposition by silencing those who fail to heap praise on them...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Jul 2023
The concept of “freedom of belief” has been put on the shelves when someone announces a decision to convert from Christianity to Islam or vice versa. Both Muslims and Christians are promoting the concept of killing apostates, but both disregard the content of the Qurʾān and the Bible regarding this...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Mar 2018
The former director-general of al-Azhar magazine, Shaykh al-Ṭāhrī al-Ḥāmdī, said the Prophet Muḥammad had ordered the killing of any person who insulted him, citing several examples from the Prophet’s tradition in a lengthy article in the magazine issue of March 2018.
Although any insults against...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 22 Oct 2020
“We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say” (Q 15:97) and “But those who abuse the Messenger [of Allāh] will have a grievous penalty” (Q 9:61). These are the rulings of the Qurʾān on any person who insults the Prophet Muḥammad in words or actions.
There is no killing,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Oct 2017
Former Grand Muftī, Dr.ʿAlī Jumʿa, said defectors from Islam should never be killed and that their punishment must be left to God to decide on Judgement Day, asserting that Islam allows for freedom of thought.
“Apostates are two kinds: the first are those who quit Islam and have their own beliefs,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 14 Aug 2023
President of the Protestant Community of Egypt, Dr. Andrēa Zakī, said that the state has played a major role in the legalization of churches, adding that the Coptic Evangelical community has 1,500 churches, from which 500 were registered.
“In a matter of only five years, 500 churches and conference...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Aug 2023
More than 80 houses owned by Christians and 19 churches have been damaged in acts of riot in Pakistan, as announced by the Pakistani police on Friday (August 18) according to Al Arabiya news channel.
Al-Azhar strongly condemned the assaults on several churches in eastern Pakistan, unequivocally...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Aug 2023
More than 80 houses of Christians and 19 churches were vandalized in the state of Punjab, Pakistan, when hundreds stormed a Christian neighborhood after news of Christians allegedly desecrating the Qurʾān.
The French news agency AFP said a cleric told his followers, “You should die if you do not...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Jul 2023
A professional professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in al-Minyā University has sculpted a statue of the Virgin Mary to decorate the route of the Holy Family in the city of Drunka in the Asyūṭ governorate.
Dr. Jirjis al-Jāwalī, a professor of field sculpting, told al-Waṭan that Anbā Yūʾānnis,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Aug 2023
“A Reading Family … A Rising Nation” is the motto of the summer book fair 2023 that started its cultural activities in the area of al-Raml, central Alexandria, where 50 Egyptian, Arab, and foreign publishing houses took part.
Governor Muḥammad al-Sharīf, who inaugurated the event, said Alexandria...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Jul 2023
Prince of Believers, King Moḥammed VI of Morocco, said that scholars are required to have a positive influence on people by focusing on the privileges of moderation and discrediting the negative impacts that “ignorant extremists” can have on the minds of the vulnerable.
“There is a great...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Jul 2023
Twelve thinkers and researchers are attending the Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd Conversations Week in an intellectual salon to start at 09:00 p.m. on Saturday (July 8).
The conversations will focus on the works of the late thinker, Dr. Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd, with particular emphasis on the ideology of the Mu...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Jun 2023
The Jordanian capital of Amman has hosted a five-day workshop for the training of fellowship on dialogue journalism, offered by the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), an international government organization that seeks to bring...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Jul 2023
Under the leadership of Pope Tawāḍrūs II, the Coptic Orthodox Church has maintained good relations with other churches, particularly the Roman Catholic Church. According to the official site of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the relationship between Pope Tawāḍrūs and Pope Francis of the Vatican was...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Jul 2023
An Iraqi refugee in Sweden burned a copy of the Holy Qurʾān. This act has been widely condemned as it insults Muslims all over the world and goes against human values and principles.
Sweden allowed the burning of copies of the Qurʾān after it canceled a decision to reject protests that included the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Sep 2023
The incident of burning a copy of the Holy Qurʾān in Sweden has provoked outrage among people who call for social peace. The act, committed by an Iraqi refugee residing in Sweden named Silwān Mōmīkā, was seen as a flagrant assault on the sanctities of the Islamic religion.
Mōmīkā burned a copy...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Jul 2023
Egyptian President ͑Abd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī has made reforming educational and religious discourse a top priority since he was elected and officially assumed office in July 2014. This was in response to concerns about terrorism and the rise to power of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.
In...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Jul 2023
The National Center for Translation under Dr. Karma Sāmī announced the bestseller books for the month of June 2023, of which the first was Thomas Merton’s ‘An Introduction on Christian Mysticism’, translated by Karam ͑Abbās.
The second bestseller was Peter Gran’s book, ‘The Persistence of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Jul 2023
The Azhar Fatwā Global Center explained the rules of the zakāt (alms-giving) according to the Islamic sharī ͑a. It affirmed that the zakāt is one of the five pillars of Islam according to the Holy Qurʾān, which commanded “Take, [O, Muḥammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Jul 2023
Director of the Marriage Counseling Center at Dār al-Iftāʾ, Dr. ͑Amr al-Wardānī, said the question of family violence is a far cry from the five intents of the sharī ͑a, which works towards the preservation of religion, self, mind, offspring, and property.
“The first purpose of the sharī ͑a is the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Jun 2023
According to historical accounts, the Holy Family fled from Palestine to Egypt to escape the repression of King Herod, who intended to kill Jesus Christ. An angel appeared to Joseph (Yūsuf) the Carpenter and instructed him to take the boy and his mother and flee to Egypt.
The official website of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2022
The Secretariat of the Homeland Defenders Party (Ḥizb Ḥummāt al-Waṭan) of the Banī Sūwayf governorate has organized a national dialogue entitled: “National Dialogue for all Egyptians”, under the chairmanship of the councilor Ḥasan Jaʿfar. The economic subject of debate was the promotion of exports...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 Jul 2023
Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ͑Arabī (1165-1240) was a renowned Ṣūfī philosopher, poet, and sage. He is considered one of the world’s greatest spiritual teachers and is often referred to by his disciples and students, as well as other Ṣūfīs, as “al-Shaykh al-Akbar” (The Greatest Master). The Ṣūfī Order of al-...
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Date of source: Thursday, December 5, 2013
By: atlanticcouncil
A number of Egyptian universities, including Cairo, Ain Shams and Helwan Universities are studying the possibility of applying Egypt’s newly passed protest law on their campuses.
Date of source: Monday, December 16, 2013
By: PolicyWatch 2183
As Egypt prepares to vote on a constitution that could prove economically ruinous or, at best, ineffectual, Washington and its regional
allies should discuss ways of encouraging Cairo to pursue much-needed reforms.
Date of source: Thursday, December 5, 2013
By: aljazeera
On the morning of October 31, 15-year-old Yomna Abu Eissa was wearing her school uniform and carrying her backpack when she was handcuffed and taken into custody in Alexandria, Egypt's second-biggest city .
Date of source: Monday, June 11, 2012
By: ebookbrowsee
We live in an age of stark contradictions. The world enjoys technologies of unimaginable sophistication; yet
has at least one billion people without enough to eat each day. The world economy is propelled to soaring
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
By: aina
Copts in the village of Tarshoub, Beni Suef, Upper Egypt, are experiencing intimidation after extremists attacked them on Monday. Aggressors threw stones at Coptic homes, burned a tuk-tuk truck owned by a Copt named Magdy Fathi Rizk and a store owned by Badr Maher.
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2013
By: AP
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is urging people to speak out against persecution of Christians, whom he likened to the Church's first martyrs.
His denunciation of discrimination suffered by Christians came a day after three Christmas day bombings targeted Christians in Iraq.
Date of source: Thursday, December 19, 2013
By: weekly.ahram
“She quickly bent down to snatch up a tear gas canister and hurl it back at the police. Her face was masked. She clutched her textbooks with her other arm. The university campus had become a battlefield.”
Date of source: Wednesday, December 25, 2013
By: theguardian
The young Egyptians who created the popular networks which brought down the Mubarak regime are now being victimised by its successor
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Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
By: links.org
Rana Nessim and Rosemary Bechler interviewed Sameh Naguib (pictured above), a leading member of the Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt, on October 24, 2013. The interview was published on the openDemocracy website on November 8.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2013
By: atlanticcouncil
Coptic Christians have reason to celebrate… alone. While they and many others rejoice at the removal of the overall Islamist tinge of the 2012 constitution, this largely liberal-produced draft leaves other religious minorities out in the cold.
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
By: thejewishchronicle
Imagine the following scenario. A storied American university holds a conference on the future of democracy in Europe. Among the invited speakers are representatives of two of the continent’s neo-Nazi parties, Jobbik in Hungary and Golden Dawn in Greece.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2013
By: cwebnews
Some good news for Hosni Mubarak and, almost simultaneously, some bad news for his successor Mohammad Morsi.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 25, 2013
By: jpost
Groups trade blame over responsibility for suicide car bomb in Mansoura that kills 13; Muslim Brotherhood denies involvement.
Date of source: Saturday, December 28, 2013
By: feedly
“Coptic Church Forced to Close Due to Violence From Muslim Brotherhood Backed Aggressors,” from theChristian Post, December 28:
Date of source: Saturday, December 28, 2013
By: jihadwatch
This will do nothing to stop those who insist that the Muslim Brotherhood is “moderate.” But open Brotherhood supporters in the U.S. such as DHS adviser Mohamed Elibiary should be asked about it. They won’t be, however.
Date of source: Monday, December 16, 2013
By: eurasiareview
Analysts have always said development of Egypt’s long-neglected Sinai region depended on political reform that, years ago, seemed an impossible dream.
Date of source: Thursday, December 19, 2013
By: m.aljazeera
Since the January 25 revolution, the military establishment has made a comeback to the forefront of the Egyptian political scene.
Date of source: Saturday, December 21, 2013
By: copts
Pigs were used in the Egyptian city of Cairo by Coptic garbage collectors to eat organic matter found in the city’s vast amounts of trash. They were banned in 2009, but are secretly being used again in the Garbage City slums of Cairo. (Voice of America)
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2013
By: csmonitor
Although militants are believed to be behind the deadly Nile Delta bombing, Egypt's prime minister pounced on the Muslim Brotherhood in the aftermath, designating it a terrorist organization.
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
By: freedomhouse
Freedom House is deeply concerned by Egypt’s military-backed government’s decision to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, threatening arrest of anyone belonging to it and freezing the assets of more than 1,000 non-governmental organizations, many of them affiliated with the B
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2013
By: egyptindependent
Kafr al-Sheikh police on Thursday defused a bomb that was placed in a motorcycle outside the governorate's Security Directorate.
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Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
By: egyptindependent
Education Minister Mahmoud Abul Nasr said that 2014 will be the year illiteracy will be eradicated, targeting an estimated three million illiterate Egyptians.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2013
By: jewishpress
"In Egypt, a civil state means a modern nationalist state that is compatible with Islamist provisions." — Ali Gomaa, Egypt's former Grand Mufti.
Date of source: Monday, December 16, 2013
By: copts
Turmoil in Egypt has led to one of the worst persecutions of the country’s Coptic Christians in their nearly 2,000-year history
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2013
By: christianpost
The speakers at the Christianity in Kuwait seminar at American University of Kuwait agreed that the role of the Christian community in Kuwait is no less important than the role of Muslims in building the infrastructure of Kuwait.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2013
By: worldbulletin
Egyptian judicial authorities have renewed the detention of a correspondent of an American TV channel for 15 days on charges of inciting sectarian strife in Egypt.
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Date of source: Thursday, December 19, 2013
By: arabist.net
EGYPT SECURITY FORCES RAID LEADING HUMAN RIGHT ORGANIZATION, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ARRESTED AND HELD INCOMMUNICADO
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Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2013
By: AP
CAIRO December 24, 2013 (AP), By MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2013
By: jewishpress
"In Egypt, a civil state means a modern nationalist state that is compatible with Islamist provisions." — Ali Gomaa, Egypt's former Grand Mufti.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2013
By: gatestoneinstitute
Amr Moussa, chairman of the committee tasked with amending the Islamist constitution, talked about how the new constitution guarantees that Egypt will have a "civilian government" and promote the creation of a "democratic and modern country."
Date of source: Thursday, December 19, 2013
By: freedomhouse
Egyptian authorities must end the arrest and intimidation of human rights activists, including raids such as the one security forces carried out shortly before midnight on December 18 against the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR), a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in Cairo
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2013
By: reuters
(Reuters) - Egypt stepped up pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood a day after declaring it a terrorist group, using the new classification to detain dozens of its supporters on Thursday, while one person died in street clashes ignited by political tension.
Date of source: Sunday, October 27, 2013
By: Stratfor
After having
orchestrated the July
3 coup that unseated
Egyptian President
Mohammed Morsi,
the military regime
now must crush his
political party, the
Muslim Brotherhood,
Date of source: Tuesday, August 20, 2013
By: cbn
Egypt's military has pursued a relentless crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, arresting most of the group's top leaders and planners. But the crisis is far from over.
Date of source: Friday, April 4, 2014
By: free-press-release
US Foreign Policy adopts this Judeo-Islamist policy of fomenting anti-Christian forces and sectarian bloodshed in the heterogeneous Middle Eastern states is taking a heavy toll on the US.
Date of source: Saturday, December 28, 2013
By: kdhnews
KERDASA, Egypt — Three times a week without fail, the sound of ancient chants reverberates from the blackened walls of the Church of the Archangel Michael.
Date of source: Saturday, December 28, 2013
By: christianpost
Copts in the village of Tarshoub, Beni Suef, Upper Egypt, are experiencing intimidation after extremists attacked them on Monday. Aggressors threw stones at Coptic homes, burned a tuk-tuk truck owned by a Copt named Magdy Fathi Rizk and a store owned by Badr Maher.
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2013
By: worldbulletin
Assistant minister Adel Fahmi said that if the UN agreed to include the Brotherhood on its terrorism list, Egypt would be able to ask other countries to arrest members of the group's international organization.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2013
By: atlanticcouncil
Egypt was the ninth worst offender this year for jailing journalists in a list topped by Turkey, Iran and China, according to a study released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wedne
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2013
By: Reuters
(Reuters) - Hundreds of Egyptians protested in central Cairo on Monday against a court ruling that sent three leading secular pro-democracy campaigners to jail, witnesses said.
Date of source: Saturday, December 21, 2013
By: guardianlv
Christians, women and Baha’i people are the among the largest groups of Egyptians that face racial discrimination on a daily basis. Sometimes it is not even intentional but racial slurs and aggressions have passed into Egyptians’ daily dialogue from generation to generation.
Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: MEMRI
In a recent interview, Egyptian poet and journalist Abdul Rahman Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, the son of
prominent Sunni Scholar Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, said: "In my view, the current rule is illegitimate...
Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: Reuters
CAIRO/ANSHAS (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside an Egyptian army building north of Cairo on Sunday, wounding four soldiers, the army said, in the second bomb attack on security forces in the Nile Delta in less than a week.
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — Immediately after Egypt's decision to brand the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, the Ministry of Interior announced a hotline for citizens to report suspected members of the outlawed organization. The act was reminiscent of a budget Malta hostel I lived at in 1998.
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
The sight of blood and charred debris, the screams of loss and pain and the rising death toll often leave people speechless, unable to comprehend a thought.
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2013
By: stratfor
The Egyptian government dealt
the Muslim Brotherhood another
significant blow Monday, when a
court issued a ban on the group's
activities. Historically the
Brotherhood thrived under its
outlaw status; it curried sympathy
Date of source: Saturday, December 28, 2013
By: christianpost
Copts in the village of Tarshoub, Beni Suef, Upper Egypt, are experiencing intimidation after extremists attacked them on Monday. Aggressors threw stones at Coptic homes, burned a tuk-tuk truck owned by a Copt named Magdy Fathi Rizk and a store owned by Badr Maher.
Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2013
By: themuslimtimes
don’t want to sound alarmist, but are Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his fellow generals in Egypt planning to hang ex-President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood colleagues? Impossible you might say.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 31, 2013
By: themuslimtimes
It’s a unique mystical spot in the Egyptian capital where the Qur’an, the Bible, and the Torah are continuously recited. It’s the multi-religious compound, which has ancient churches from the pre-Islamic conquest era.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
By: weekly.ahram
The vast majority of Egypt’s Coptic Christian community cast their votes in favour of Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, and so did many more Muslims. This should not be surprising. Not just Copts, but the country itself, is at the crossroads.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
By: washingtonpost
CAIRO — A former army chief who defended conducting invasive “virginity tests” on female protesters is expected to be elected Egypt’s president this week — with a large constituency of women voters.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
The first day of Egypt’s presidential elections saw turnout lower than expected.
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2014
By: fikraforum
Egypt's presidential election earlier this week was a pro-forma face-off between former defense minister Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and his lone challenger Hamdeen Sabahi. Given the widespread support that Sisi enjoys, his reportedly decisive electoral victory is not surprising.
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2014
By: foreignaffairs
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s victory in Egypt’s presidential election will deal yet another blow to the Muslim Brotherhood, whose once formidable political machine has been in shambles since the Egyptian military ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last July.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has achieved an overwhelming victory in the early (preliminary) results of the presidential election’s expat vote.
Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2014
By: memri
As expected, Field Marshal 'Abd Al-Fatah Al-Sisi won the May 28, 2014 Egyptian presidential election with a landslide 96.9% of the vote.
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
The election of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was the latest dizzying installment in Egypt’s post-revolutionary era. As Sisi is sworn in June 8 for Egypt’s top job, it might be worth taking stock of winners and losers.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
By: juancole
CAIRO — Egypt’s police arrested half a dozen men for sexually assaulting women during celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt’s newly-elected president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, as public outrage mounted over an online video appearing to show a sexually…
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2014
By: Ahram Online
Article 98 of Egypt's penal code says anyone convicted of offending religion in any form can face up to six years in prison
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Date of source: Thursday, June 5, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — As Egypt's military strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was declared president with a landslide 96.9% of the vote, and as the ailing nation prepares an inauguration ceremony that will cost millions, the revolutionary youth are contemplating a grim political future wherever they are — in jail,
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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.