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Date of source: 28 May 2022
Between the civil and the spiritual, how does the church control the marital life of the Copts?
The cries of Mary, who almost lost her life with a husband who uses drugs, according to her statements, summoned to the Coptic community one of the most important Coptic crises in the past two decades;...
Reviewed by Salma AlHafi
Translator Salma AlHafi
Date of source: 25 Aug 2022
Mr. Bas Belder, a member of the European Parliament for the SGP between 1999 and 2019, presented a statement for our webinar on Inclusive Citizenship on September 26, 2020, quoting Coptic political activists living in the West. Anglican Archbishop Dr. Mouneer Hanna Anis (Munīr Ḥannā Anīs) was...
Date of source: 2 Aug 2022
Egyptian Evangelical Leader Reverend Zaki Confirmed as 'Agent' of al-Sisi Government in the US
Photo Credit: Christian Broadcasting Network NEWS PROVIDED BY Coptic Solidarity Aug. 2, 2022 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /Christian Newswire/ -- Coptic Solidarity has obtained documentation confirming...
Date of source: 24 Aug 2022
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī (b.1960), Coptic Evangelical (Presbyterian) pastor and head of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, is a well-known Egyptian media personality for over seventeen years. This overview of his views throughout the years has been made in response to the verbal criticism of Coptic...
Date of source: 24 Aug 2022
Scope of Agency under FARA
The Foreign Agents Registration Act (“FARA”) is an important tool used to combat foreign influence in the United States. It creates transparency by requiring certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under...
Date of source: 25 Sep 2020
1. Trying to find a common ground on the question of Inclusive Citizenship
1-1. Using the same terms for the same realities.
If conquering other countries, imposing one’s language and culture on people with different languages and cultures, profiting from the wealth of the conquered, imposing one...
Date of source: 8 Dec 2020
In this presentation, we will try to examine the concept of citizenship from the Islamic Sharīʿa standpoint. What is presented here will provide a real image of the concept of citizenship based on the first two primary sources; the Qur’an and the Prophetic traditions. However, we should admit the...
Date of source: 12 Aug 2022
The draft text of Dr. Kamāl Burīqaʿ ʿAbd al-Salām, “Comparing inclusive Citizenship in Egypt with Europe Ways of Promoting Citizenship and a Response to Bas Belder,” was read by Fr. Dr. Giuseppe Scattolin which resulted in a discussion about the Covenant of ʿUmar, also known as the Capitulations of...
Date of source: 10 Jun 2022
The UK government announced that the conference aims to strengthen international efforts for the purpose of guaranteeing freedom of religion or belief for all, with the participation of ministers, religious leaders, parliamentarians, and civil society organizations.
The conference will be chaired...
Reviewed by Maryam Boujarfaoui
Translator Maryam Boujarfaoui
Date of source: 3 Mar 2022
The church said in a statement on Thursday: “The departure of our dear son, Andrew Michel, provoked feelings in so many of us, as we can see on the social media pages, each one wrote according to his own vision. Therefore, we want to make it clear that the church and servants have never failed in...
Reviewed by Maryam Boujarfaoui
Translator Maryam Boujarfaoui
Date of source: 3 Jan 2022
The tour began with a visit to Saint Shinūda Cathedral, then a visit to the Catholic Church, and lastly to the Evangelical Church in El-Gouna, where the delegation congratulated the Copts on their Christmas celebrations, wishing abiding fellowship and love between the two elements of the nation.
Al...
Reviewed by Salma AlHafi
Translator Salma AlHafi
Date of source: 12 Jun 2022
Q: Can you introduce yourself?
A: I have been involved in various refugee situations. I’m still quite involved in Cairo as well, and just yeah, just do lots of different things in different areas of work. Now I am very much involved in immigration law, the topic of my PhD thesis is refugee-led...
Date of source: 12 Apr 2022
Q: Can you introduce yourself?
A: I was an Arabic teacher at the British Council. I also studied at Madrid University, Edinburg University, Lund University and Manchester, Michigan, and Beaten University, and worked at the Foreign Office. This was my experience during the 1990s. Then I became a...
Date of source: 27 Mar 2022
Priest Tawāḍrūs Riyāḍ, the Pope’s commissioner for the “Nativity of Christ ” cathedral, said that the President’s choice of building the mosque and the church as the first two institutions in the New Administrative Capital is a great decision because religious institutions are the beginning for...
Reviewed by Hana Ashraf
Translator Hana Ashraf
Date of source: 26 Mar 2022
The president of Asyūṭ University revealed the continuation of the forum’s program amid an enthusiastic atmosphere of youth, which is dominated by friendship and harmony among all students, which is the goal of organizing the forum. The forum is held under the title "Peoples against extremism and...
Reviewed by Hana Ashraf
Translator Hana Ashraf
Date of source: 14 Mar 2022
Muʾmin ʿUthmān, Head of the Museums Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, explained that the exhibition continues until June 30, 2022, to show the stations of the journey of the Holy Family in Egypt, and the life of Christ from the promise of his birth until his return to Palestine.
He...
Reviewed by Hana Ashraf
Translator Hana Ashraf
Date of source: 26 May 2022
The lecture sheds the light on the city of Rashid – a cosmopolitan city and a meeting point of civilizations and ethnicities. It is a real example of religious tolerance and harmony; due to its commercial significance and major transit point for trade movement or even for warfare that was...
Reviewed by Hana Ashraf
Translator Hana Ashraf
Archeologist suggests the name “Museum of Peace” for exhibition halls at Saint Catherine’s Monastery
Date of source: 21 Feb 2022
Therefore, Dr. Rayḥān has suggested the name “Museum of Peace” as its contents embrace different religions and civilizations. The museum’s contents signify peace, according to Dr. Rayḥān, by including Jewish, Christian and Islamic symbolism. It contains the “Codex Sinaiticus” manuscript (also known...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 28 Jan 2022
Fr. Paula, Metropolitan of Tanta, was the last to join the list of demanding bishops exactly after he issued a statement bearing the number 7 in 2022 on the dress code for churchgoers. The bishop decided to oblige his churches to provide intensive educational doses on modesty and the application of...
Reviewed by Salma AlHafi
Translator Salma AlHafi
Date of source: 11 Feb 2022
Rubenstein stated: “one of the reasons I focused on the Arian controversy was that, until its conclusion, Jews and Christians could debate with each other on topics such as the divinity of Christ and the true path to redemption: there was difference but also a clear closeness. But with the...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 28 Feb 2022
A father, his brother, and his son were attacked and killed with automatic weapons as they worked on the fields, before being mutilated with a cleaver. Their names were Yūsuf Yūsuf, ʿAfīfī Yūsuf and Bushrī Yūsuf.
ʿIṣām Yūsuf, son of the victim, said that his father, brother and uncle were attacked...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 26 Feb 2022
Ṣabrī clarified that, although the niqāb is sacred in the minds of many Egyptians, some have recently misused it to commit several crimes, specifically terrorist ones. The Administrative Court released a verdict supporting the decision by the President of Cairo University to ban the niqāb for staff...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 8 Feb 2022
The amended law imposes a prison sentence of no less than five years for anyone who “circumcises a girl by removing, changing, distorting or injuring her genitalia”. The punishment for causing permanent disfigurement is at least seven years in prison, while causing death receives at least ten. The...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 12 Jan 2022
His Eminence Bishop Abūllū, was accompanied by a large delegation of fathers, servants of God, youth and children. He was also accompanied by Father Ṣalīb, the priest of Abū Sīfīn’s Church in Old Cairo, and the church’s representative to the Antiquities Authority. The delegation was received by the...
Reviewed by Ragheb Chaiben
Translator Ragheb Chaiben
Date of source: 29 Jun 2022
It is common knowledge that the Arab World is the centre of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, since North African countries were first Roman, Byzantine, Husseinite, Ottoman, Berber, Arab and Muslim etc., before gaining independence. This great “melting pot”, without a shadow of doubt, was not...
Date of source: 19 Apr 2022
Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib wondered how Muslims, who cannot stand watching their Christian coworkers eating or drinking or watching Christians eating at restaurants during Ramadan, can watch their children, who aren’t obliged to fast, eating? Or do they also forbid them from eating and drinking?!
A few...
Reviewed by Hana Ashraf
Translator Hana Ashraf
Date of source: 22 Dec 2021
The history of Christianity in Egypt dates back to 2000 years. According to the Christian belief, Egypt was one of the first countries to receive the message a few years after Christ’s resurrection. Then, Christianity spread across Egypt, Nubia, and Northern Sudan.
Dīnā Jirjis Fawzī, a French...
Reviewed by Hana Ashraf
Translator Hana Ashraf
Date of source: 29 Jun 2022
Until 1986 the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Egypt included religious affiliation in their censuses, computing Coptic Christians to make up 5.87 percent of population in 1986. The Coptic Orthodox Church and Coptic activists, have since the start of the census in...
Date of source: 27 Jun 2022
Dr. Hudā started the conversation with an explanation about the role of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt’s recent history. The Muslim Brotherhood was suppressed during the days of President Jamāl ʿAbd al-Nāṣir (1952-1970). President Anwar al-Sādāt (1970-1981) gave Islamists more space, including the...
Date of source: 8 Dec 2021
Zakī is a master's student at the University of Bologna in Italy. He was arrested in February 2020 after he landed at Cairo’s international airport on a visit to see his family. He is accused of “spreading false news” in relation to an article he wrote about the situation of Christians in Egypt....
Reviewed by Ragheb Chaiben
Translator Ragheb Chaiben
Date of source: 9 Dec 2021
On Friday, December 10, Our Lady of Arabia will be consecrated by the Bahraini authorities in al-ʿAwālī, that is located in al-Manāma (capital of Bahrain), to be the largest Roman Catholic cathedral in the Arabian Peninsula. The opening ceremony will be supervised by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle,...
Reviewed by Ragheb Chaiben
Translator Ragheb Chaiben
Date of source: 9 Apr 2022
Reverend Dāwūd Khalīl said that all Egyptians, regardless of their religion, whether Islam or Christianity, live together peacefully and celebrate Ramadan. He stressed that when distributing meals, they do not differentiate between Muslims and Christians. He believes that such acts represent the...
Reviewed by Ragheb Chaiben
Translator Ragheb Chaiben
Date of source: 30 May 2022
Rabbi Moshe Peleg declares that he wants peace between Jews and Palestinians, Christians and Muslims alike. Every human being was created in the image of God "If I can promote peace I will do."
"When I was young, I was active in left-wing Israeli political movements that advocated peace with the...
Date of source: 23 May 2022
Date of source: 22 Feb 2022
The court, headed by Counselor Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Wahāb Khafājī, confirmed in its ruling that fatwās are only delivered by the competent religious institutions of the state, since not everyone is competent to deliver fatwas through the activity of ijtihād.
The court indicated that the legislator...
Reviewed by Ragheb Chaiben
Translator Ragheb Chaiben
Date of source: 20 Dec 2021
A report was filed at the police station - as missing person - under n° 2021-6316 in Qinā,. There had been a frantic search since she went missing. Family, friends and acquaintances were all contacted, but nothing has happened.
Her sister cried for help to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, the...
Reviewed by Ragheb Chaiben
Translator Ragheb Chaiben
Date of source: 30 Dec 2021
Samīḥa ʾAyūb previously cried for help through social media to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, the Minister of Interior, Pope Tawāḍrūs II, the Prosecutor-General and all concerned authorities. She also mentioned that they have been receiving threats each day and that they are in grave danger....
Reviewed by Ragheb Chaiben
Translator Ragheb Chaiben
Date of source: 27 Mar 2022
Letter to editor Cornelis (Kees) Hulsman March 19, 2022.
Dear Kees,
I usually agree with your views. And I very much appreciate your book From Ruling to Opposition; Islamist Movements and Non-Islamist Groups in Egypt 2011-2013,
on the upheavals in Egypt in those years. But now I strongly disagree...
Date of source: 4 Apr 2022
Date of source: 24 Feb 2022
"The right of toil and pursuit" fatwa gives the working woman a share of up to half of her husband’s inheritance in exchange for her efforts and participation in developing her husband’s wealth during marriage. The fatwa falls in line with economic developments, the modern changes in lifestyle and...
Reviewed by Seif Boukherouf
Translator Seif Boukherouf
Date of source: 24 Feb 2022
The archbishop said, “We do not deny the existence of Judaism and we do not deny the followers of this religion. We refuse to hate any human being in this world sue to their religious affiliation or cultural background.”
He explained that those who speak of anti-Semitism and link it to the moral...
Reviewed by Seif Boukherouf
Translator Seif Boukherouf
Date of source: 24 Feb 2022
In their statement under the administration of bishop Bāsīliyyūs, the monastery noted, "No one has been charged with collecting donations, and the monastery asks everyone not to believe or publish any information unless it is published by the media center of the Coptic Orthodox Church."
In the same...
Reviewed by Seif Boukherouf
Translator Seif Boukherouf
Date of source: 12 Feb 2022
The first waves of Coptic emigration began during the Fatimid era and extended to the Mamluks and Ottomans. During these periods, Ethiopian kings opened their doors to Copts emigrating from Egypt because of the persecution befalling them there.
During the Crusades, another wave of Coptic...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 24 Mar 2022
Date of source: 15 Dec 2021
While delivering his lecture, Dr. Yūsuf touched on the importance of the Arab-Christian heritage, since it is a part of the commonalities between Christianity and Islam, which are still a subject of an active dispute. Consequently, that would lead to many interfaith discussions and exchange of...
Reviewed by Ragheb Chaiben
Translator Ragheb Chaiben
Date of source: 20 Feb 2022
During the meeting, the Grand Mufti reviewed the historical stages of the Egyptian Dār al-Iftāʾ since its establishment until now, and the methodology followed by Dār al-Iftāʾ in issuing fatwas. He stressed that all fatwas issued by Dār al-Iftāʾ aim at maintaining social stability, which is an...
Reviewed by Ragheb Chaiben
Translator Ragheb Chaiben
Date of source: 11 Feb 2022
Israel labelled Amnesty International ‘anti-Semitic’ over its ‘apartheid’ report. As part of the “antisemitism” debate, Zionism has attempted to make Palestinian narratives, including those in the western diaspora, as “anti-Jewish” and as part of a western guilt.
The term has pointed to the fear of...
Reviewed by Natalie Pereira
Translator Natalie Pereira
Date of source: 9 Jan 2022
Pope Tawāḍrūs stated: “The idea of the Abrahamic Religion is “categorically unacceptable;” the principles of religion should not be shaken and this is a “strange political idea that is promoted.”
Reverend Father Kirellos Boshra [Kīrillus Bushrā], expert in the Old Testament studies at the...
Reviewed by Natalie Pereira
Translator Natalie Pereira
Date of source: 5 Feb 2022
Dr. Muḥammad Abū Zayd al-ʾAmīr, General Coordinator of the Family House [Bayt al-ʿĀʾila], stressed that Egypt has become the ideal model in national unity worldwide. He pointed out that Egypt, in all its sects, has no parallel in peaceful coexistence and acceptance of the other; that Egyptians are...
Reviewed by Natalie Pereira
Translator Natalie Pereira
Date of source: 29 Dec 2021
The decision was issued as part of the lawsuit filed by the lawyer of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) on behalf of a group of Bahāʾī families residing in the governorate of Alexandria whose official papers indicate a dash mark (-) in the “religion” field of their national...
Reviewed by Imène Guiza
Translator Imène Guiza
Date of source: 12 Jan 2022
According to the Ministry of Antiquities' statement, the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is implementing a maintenance project for the wall, but Monica Ḥannā stated that this is contrary to the truth. “Unlike the official statement of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, no mandate has...
Reviewed by Imène Guiza
Translator Imène Guiza
Date of source: 13 Jan 2022
Aḥmad Sibīʿ, the owner of a YouTube channel that claims to specialize in "comparing religions and responding to suspicions," has a history of insulting and attacking Christianity and inciting hatred. He was arrested last November after publishing his last video on his YouTube channel, titled: "A...
Reviewed by Imène Guiza
Translator Imène Guiza
Date of source: 15 Jan 2022
Fr. Yūliyyūs, bishop of BLESS, said that the initiative Ḥayāh Karīma shares a great similarity with the bishopric’s goals, and there are many fields that they can cooperate with, including health, education, and illiteracy.
The bishopric is willing to fully participate to the presidential...
Reviewed by Ḥassan Sayyid
Translator Ḥassan Sayyid
Date of source: 20 Mar 2022
Date of source: 2 Jan 2022
The construction of the museum began in 1908 at the hands of Marcus Simaika Pasha (1864-1944), the first Egyptian museum director, and with the support of the Coptic Church, represented by Pope Cyril V. The museum was officially opened on 14th of March 1910.
The museum is located in Old Cairo (...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 20 Feb 2022
The Public Prosecutor ordered an investigation into journalist Ibrāhīm ʿĪssā, following his controversial statements in which he criticized the Miʿrāj of the Prophet (PBUH) during the journey of the ʾIsrāʾ and Miʿrāj (the Prophet’s night journey and ascent to the heavens).
The Public Prosecution...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 12 Jan 2022
Dr. Ḥannā stated that the Ministry of Antiquities is responsible for the restoration of the monastery, indicating that the monastery is conserved by and registered as an Egyptian heritage under the Committee for the Conservation of Monuments of Arab Art. The Church of St. Shenoute at the White...
Reviewed by Natalie Pereira
Translator Natalie Pereira
Date of source: 12 Feb 2022
The new centre, built on a total area of 7,000 square metres, would include a church, a service building, and a multi-purpose lounge and gardens to serve the Coptic Orthodox Church’s followers there.
Reviewed by Natalie Pereira
Translator Natalie Pereira
Date of source: 10 Feb 2022
Freedom of expression is widely seen as a great achievement in many Western democracies but how far is this allowed to go? Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim who turned atheist has been for years a vocal critic of Islam. She also was a member of Parliament for the People's Party for Freedom and...
Date of source: 6 Feb 2022
Mūʾmin ʿUthmān, head of the museum sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, explained that the exhibition - which will be held in cooperation with the Islamic, Coptic, and Jewish antiquities sector of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Coptic Church – will include three manuscripts...
Reviewed by Natalie Pereira
Translator Natalie Pereira
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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.