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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Jan 2025
Date of source: 7 Jan 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church has stressed the unity of Egyptians as “one family,” asserting that “Egyptians can never be divided.”
“Egyptians have been united throughout history, from the ages of the Pharaohs to the Coptic and Islamic periods, and even today the Nile remains a key...
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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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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 20 Dec 2024
Yūsuf Ṭalʿat, a legal advisor for the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, described the new personal status law for Christians as a series of historical rights for Christian citizens. He added that the law consists of 160 articles divided into 10 chapters.
“The new personal status law for...
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Date of source: 15 Dec 2024
Counselor Munṣif Najīb Sulaymān, the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Personal Status Law Panel, revealed that the five Christian denominations in Egypt have reached a consensus on the first law regulating the personal status affairs of Christian families.
“The denominations have...
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Date of source: 26 Dec 2024
Amendments expected to be added to the Moroccan Family Code have sparked large-scale controversy, with many considering the country’s personal status law, known as the Family Code, as a “major reform in regulating family affairs and protecting the rights of individuals.”
According to the Maghreb...
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Date of source: 23 Dec 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād has stated that Dār al-Iftā’ approves of many of the issues raised within the draft law on personal status affairs.
“The draft law on personal status affairs works to overcome differences in traditions and habits,” ʿAyyād said in statements to Ṣada al-Balad TV...
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Date of source: 6 Jan 2025
“All state affairs are handled with honor and integrity,” President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī stated when wishing Coptic Orthodox Christians a peaceful new year when he visited the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ on Eastern Christmas, situated in the New Administrative Capital, 45 kilometers east...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2024
Since the overthrow of Bashār al-Assad and the Syrian Baʿath Party, many people have been feeling joyful and optimistic – not just in Syria, but across the Middle East and the rest of the world. However, this optimism has been closely followed by feelings of uncertainty about a future under new...
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Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 11 Dec 2024
It is important to pay attention to the minority in Lebanon since the main effects of the events in Syria are about a shift in the political weight of power, and maybe a change in geography as well, given the discussion of division in Syria.
There must be some reflection on the future of Lebanon...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Dec 2024
Armenian Catholic Bishop of Damascus George Asʿadūryān said he met with officials from the “new authority” in Syria and received assurances about Christians, asserting “there are no threats posted to Christians at present as the situation is currently quiet.”
“We have been assured that the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Nov 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs attended the official celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Coptic Studies (1954 – 2024), hosted in the Papal Residence in Cairo.
Pope Tawāḍrūs made an address at the event, saying, “This is an occasion that is not only about the church but rather the homeland...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Nov 2024
The Evangelical Synod of the Nile’s Media and Publishing Council, in association with the Ibrahīmīa Media Center, held a symposium titled ‘Women’s Message in the Church’ at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo (ESC) in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāsīya.
According to Father Būlus Ḥalīm, a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Nov 2024
Twelve years have passed since writer and thinker Mīlād Ḥannā passed away on November 26, 2012, leaving behind a powerful legacy as one of the most prominent political writers.
He began his political involvement in the 1950s when he joined the Vanguard Organization, a secret group affiliated with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Nov 2024
The Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) and the Ministry of Health successfully held a symposium on the issue of smoking, which ended with the Grand Muftī of the Kingdom of Jordan formally banning smoking by issuing a fatwa designating it as ḥarām (religiously prohibited).
However, we can...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Dec 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said cooperation was in progress between al-Azhar and the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) to obtain a law criminalizing fatwās issued by unaccredited scholars.
ʿAyyād made statements to al-Miṣrī al-Yawm newspaper, “Social media is one of the most...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, announced Dār al-Iftāʾ will, for the first time, hold an international symposium marking the International Day for Iftāʾ, under the patronage of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī.
On Monday, December 4, he stated, “Dār al-Iftāʾ will soon be upgrading, with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2024
Dr. Ibrāhīm Najm, an advisor to the Grand Muftī of Egypt, stated that in contemporary society, many are issuing fatwās (religious edicts) without referring to scholars before.
In a phone-in with Ṣadā al-Balad TV station, Najm stated, “Fatwās in this age are rising in an unprecedented manner,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Oct 2024
The former president of Cairo University, Dr. Muḥammad ʿOthmān al-Khusht has called for improvements to the means through which religious texts are interpreted and more generally the way in which religious education is organized to keep up with the modern era.
“The use of digital technology could...
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Date of source: 17 Oct 2024
On Wednesday, 16th October, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune accused “extremist circles in France” of “attempting to distort collective memory and consign it to oblivion.”
“The question of memory demands a new breath of boldness and integrity in order rid itself of historical issues of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Nov 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs warned against assaults on the various religious sanctities in Palestine, which are the property of Christian and Muslim owners.
The Pope also praised the “fine system of rights under President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, which resulted in the issuance of the law on the construction of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Nov 2024
According to the Ṭība Archbishopric for Coptic Catholics, a Christian man, along with other individuals, disconnected the power to a church in the village of al-Marīs, destroyed its gate, and stole items within.
The archbishopric stated, “During the early hours of Wednesday, November 13, a man with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Nov 2024
An expert on the affairs of Political Islam movements has praised Egypt’s efforts to refute rumors sparked by the “terrorist” organization, al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Muslim Brotherhood).
“The terrorist movement is spreading lies and controversy, looking to pressurize the Egyptian people into...
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Date of source: 17 Nov 2024
Jewish attempts to enter and disrupt al-Aqṣā Mosque are only part of the continuous tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. Both parties struggle to control the sacred sites in al-Quds (Jerusalem); while the mosque is Islam’s third holiest shrine, it is also Judaism’s holy Temple Mount, and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Nov 2024
A Swedish court on Tuesday found a far-right activist guilty of two counts of hate crimes against Muslims over statements he made whilst burning copies of the Qurʾān. This triggered riots in the country in 2022.
The Malmo district court issued a statement announcing the sentencing of Rasmus Paludan...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Oct 2024
Dār al-Iftāʾ fatwā secretary, Shaykh Moḥammed Wasām, has stressed the importance of properly clarifying the historical narrations pertaining to the head of Imām Ḥussein, in light of the ongoing debate surrounding its presence in Egypt.
During an episode of the programme “Maʿa al-Nās” (With the...
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Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 25 Nov 2024
There is a time for something and there is a time for its opposite, the Preacher in the Book of Ecclesiastes tells us. He gives many examples of this phenomenon. There is a time to love, there is a time to hate. There is a time of war and a time of peace. If you asked this Preacher now, in these...
Date of source: 13 Nov 2024
The family of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, announced that after a battle with illness, the eldest sister, Ḥājja Samīḥa, has passed away at the age of 90.
Sources say that the funeral will take place on Wednesday, November 13th, with condolence ceremonies to be held at al-Imām al-...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Oct 2024
Media personality Aḥmad al-Muslimānī has stated that the United States constitution guarantees freedom of expression on any political issue, except when it comes to the question of Israel and Palestine.
“There is no right to freedom of expression here,” said al-Muslimānī in his talk show, al-Ṭabʿa...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Nov 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs has stated that amidst the wars and suffering of today, humanity is driven to seek peace through Christ’s love.
“Our mission is to be witnesses of Christ and to spread His love everywhere,” said Pope Tawāḍrūs, as he met with a monastic delegation from the Russian Orthodox Church led...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Nov 2024
The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC) in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan released its annual book on the world’s 500 most influential Muslims for 2024/25, with the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, ranked as 13th.
The book aims to introduce important figures in the Muslim...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 21 Oct 2024
Anbā Kyrillos was born Sīdārūs Marqus Jirjis in al-Naghāmīsh village of al-Balyanā town in the Sūhāj province of southern Egypt, but his year of birth is not accurately known. He was brought up by his father to be a devout Christian, memorized the church hymns and psalms from a young age, and would...
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Date of source: 24 Nov 2024
Date of source: 10 Nov 2024
The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Service (CEOSS) announced it is attending the climate summit COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 - November 22, as an official observer from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The participation represents a new...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Nov 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, went to Azerbaijan to attend the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP29, and to also participate in the Global Summit of Religious Leaders, scheduled for November 5-6, where he will deliver a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Oct 2024
On 30th October 2024, the Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Muṣṭafā Madbūlī, approved recommendations made by an ad-hoc committee on the legal status of 293 churches, and other church-affiliated buildings.
The committee was set up in 2016 based on Article 8 of Law No. 80 on the regulation of the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 29 Oct 2024
On 29th October, during a symposium, the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA) met in the province of al-Minyā in Upper Egypt to discuss issues about the personal status law of non-Muslims in Egypt.
In a lecture, Dr. ʿĀṭif Jamāl, deputy dean of the Faculty of Law at al-Minyā...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Sep 2024
A public opinion survey showed that the majority of inhabitants of the Gaza Strip believe the decision of Ḥamās to wage an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was “wrong,” revealing a major decline in support for the al-Aqṣā Typhoon operation.
The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Nov 2024
Upon an official invitation from the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, is attending the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit, or COP29, in Azerbaijan.
In his speech, Dr. Ṭayyeb,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Oct 2024
Public Prosecutor, Muḥammad Shawqī, ordered that the individual who issued a fatwā allowing for the theft of water, electricity, and gas, be referred to a criminal court on charges of disrespecting family values in Egyptian society.
The suspect will be facing charges for publishing a video clip...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 21 Aug 2024
The Archbishop of the Coptic Catholic Diocese of Ṭība (Thebes), Anbā ʿAmānūʾīl ʿAyyād, participated in the Holy Book 2024 contest for elementary, preparatory, and secondary education.
After three months of thorough analysis of the Saint Luke Gospel contest, which the Episcopal Committee started for...
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Date of source: Sunday, March 10, 2013
By: NYTimes.com
President Mohamed Morsi
[2]
on Sunday changed the dates for the parliamentary
elections to avoid conflict with the Coptic Christian celebrations of Palm Sunday
and Easter on April 28 and May 5. The announcement last week that the
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2013
By: Brookings Institution
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2013
By: Daily News Egypt
The continuing civil unrest threatens the economy if the government does not meet disaffected people’s demands, say experts
Recent civil disobedience and sit-ins have threatened to further worsen Egypt’s currently flagging economic environment.
Date of source: Monday, February 11, 2013
By: AL ARABIYA
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2013
By: Atlantic Council
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2013
By: Atlantic Council
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2013
By: Atlantic Council
Among the many external and internal challenges facing Egyptian state and society, the issue of how to reclaim Egypt’s historical regional leadership is the most pressing. In my opinion, creating an ‘Egyptian civilizational model’ is the key ingredient to renewed regional influence.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
By: Atlantic Council
Date of source: Thursday, February 21, 2013
By: Atlantic Council
Egypt's Shura Council, the upper house of parliament, adopted on Thursday an electoral law as amended by the Constitutional Court, clearing the way for President Mohamed Morsi to set a date for lower house elections.
GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
By: MidEast Christian News
Dozens of Egyptian Christians were arrested Wednesday in Libya under charges of proselytization.
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
By: The Global Dispatch
Arrests continue of Christians accused of “proselytizing” in Libya, with a total of seven now known to be in custody including one reported to have been tortured, sources said.
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
By: AFP
CAIRO — Police fired tear gas on Friday to disperse Muslim protesters outside a church in southern Egypt after claims that a woman who converted to Christianity was hiding inside, a security source said.
Date of source: Saturday, March 2, 2013
By: AP
TRIPOLI, Libya - A Libyan security official says 50 Egyptians, who were arrested in Benghazi last week for allegedly spreading Christianity, are being charged with illegally entering and working in the country and will be deported.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
By: Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) -- Two years after a pro-democracy uprising, Egypt resembles a rickety bus rolling towards a cliff, its passengers too busy feuding over blame to wrench the steering wheel to safety.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 3, 2012
By: Al-Monitor
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
What is the ruling Muslim Brotherhood’s attitude toward freedom of thought, investigation and research? What is the group’s attitude toward culture and intellectuals?
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
By: Al-Monitor
Is President Mohammed Morsi an autocrat or a theocrat?
He may be neither or both.
Date of source: Friday, February 22, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
The background has become almost like a stump paragraph in all articles about Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
By: allAfrica.com
A criminal court ruled on Monday to release Islamic preacher Ahmed Abdullah, known as "Abu Islam", on bail of 20, 000 Egyptian pounds in a blasphemy case.
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
By: AFP
Islamist preacher accused of insulting Christians released on LE20,000 bail
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
By: MEMRI
Introduction
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
By: ikhwanweb
Egypt’s Freedom and Justice Party announces new projects, campaigns and initiatives in a special forum and workshop that discussed ways to double patriotic efforts to build, educate, support and innovate throughout the country.
Date of source: Monday, February 24, 2014
By: World Review
THE FALL of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 may have been widely welcomed in the West, but Egypt’s neighbour, Israel, was full of trepidation over what would follow.
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2013
By: MidEast Christian News
Two Coptic Christian girls have disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Minya village of Ezbet Ayoub in Upper Egypt. The families of the two girls have accused two Muslims of inciting them to leave home.
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2013
By: MENA
Police have launched a wide campaign in Cairo to “end abuse of street children” by handing them over to their families or arresting people who exploit them.
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2013
By: strategic-culture
Cairo police have unleashed water cannons and tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters in front of the presidential palace. At least one person has been killed and dozens injured in clashes across Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, February 16, 2014
By: NJ.com
On the same day their accused killer appeared in court on a shooting and robbery charge, the bodies of two Jersey City men were shipped home to Egypt yesterday via Egypt Air.
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2013
By: FaithWorld
Many Egyptian viewers were horrified when preacher Hisham el-Ashry recently popped up on primetime television to say women must cover up for their own protection and advocated the introduction of religious police.
Date of source: Monday, February 11, 2013
By: Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United States has urged Egypt to move fast to agree a loan deal with the IMF, reform its energy sector and guarantee investors against "arbitrary acts" to avert a deeper slide in its economy.
Date of source: Monday, February 11, 2013
By: MIDEAST CHRISTIAN NEWS
Islamist sheikhs have continued their calls to kill the opponents of Islamic Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
By: Islamist sheikhs have continued their calls to kill the opponents of Islamic Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Muslim Brotherhood Sheikh Wagdi Ghoneim issued a fatwa Saturday stressing the necessity of killing Morsi's opponents, following another fatwa i
* State Department expects commitment to tolerance* Says Egyptian statement important first step
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
By: religioustolerance
Overview:
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2014
By: UPI.com
Egyptian supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi gather during a protest called by the Muslim Brotherhood in Ramses Square, downtown Cairo, Egypt, August. 16, 2013.
Date of source: Friday, January 24, 2014
By: Baptist Press -New Egypt constitution nudges Christian hope
CAIRO, Egypt (BP) -- Egyptian voters have approved a new constitution, leaving Christians a bit more hopeful, though it does not secure basic rights for religious minorities.One Egyptian Christian leader said the difference in attitudes he
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2014
By: European Council on Foreign Relations
The Egyptian authorities hoped that the constitutional referendum would draw a line under the question of the legitimacy of the 3 July regime, and they are showing all the signs of believing that the 98 percent “Yes” vote means they have achieved that.
Date of source: Saturday, January 18, 2014
By: Al Jazeera English
The small Christian community has faced harassment but priests believe interfaith dialogues are bearing fruit.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
On Jan. 27, two important developments took place in Cairo.
Date of source: Friday, January 31, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2014
By: Persecution News
Organization Records 69 Cases of Kidnapping in 2013
Date of source: Friday, January 31, 2014
By: UPI.com
An Egyptian military bulldozer dismantles Cairo's Al-Nahda square protest camp after Egyptian security forces dispersed supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi in two huge camps in the Egyptian capital on August 14, 2013. UPI/Karem Ahmed
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Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2014
By: Telegraph
IT IS an unlikely setting from which to launch a fightback against Egypt's new military rulers.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 22, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
An Egyptian walks past posters of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef outside a theatre in Cairo, Jan. 22, 2013. (photo by AFP/Getty Images/Khaled Desouki)
Date of source: Monday, February 3, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Sexual harassment in Egypt is on the rise. Many Egyptian women suffer from this phenomenon that violates a woman’s body and freedom.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
The Working Group on Egypt (WGE), a nonpartisan US-based group of scholars and experts on Egypt co-chaired by Michele Dunne of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Robert K
Date of source: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — In his second letter penned from an Egyptian prison, Australian journalist Peter Greste wrote, “Journalists are never supposed to become the story.” But due to unrelenting pressure by family members and supporters, he and colleagues netted in the state’s crackdown on the media have become
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2013
By: NightWatch
Syria: President Bashar Asad Monday called for a battle against Wahhabism, the political and religious theology embraced by the Saudi Arabian government that backs the Sunni uprising against his regime.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 1, 2014
By: PJ Media
A triumph for freedom exposed where the key players stood and people power became Islamists' biggest threat.
Date of source: Thursday, March 8, 2012
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — If human rights defender Nancy Okail were to return to Cairo today to visit her twin toddlers, she would be imprisoned.
Date of source: Saturday, January 4, 2014
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: Saturday, January 4, 2014
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: Friday, January 10, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
TURA, Egypt — If the first week of 2014 is any indication of what activists may face in the third year since the uprising that forced Hosni Mubarak from power, government critics and their lawyers say the road before them is long and treacherous, as Egypt’s security state is criminalizing any dis
Date of source: Sunday, January 5, 2014
By: Reuters
(Reuters) - Twelve Egyptian activists were given one-year suspended jail terms on Sunday in a case brought over an attack on the campaign headquarters of defeated presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik during the 2012 election.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
By: Ahram Online
The low turnout of Egyptian expats on the referendum is due to the cancellation of the option of voting via mail, Deputy Foreign Minister Hamdy Loza said in a phone interview with Egyptian private satellite channel MBC Misr.
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2014
By: MENA
President Adli Mansour visited on Sunday 5/1/2014 the Coptic Cathedral in Abbassiya where he met with Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese to offer greetings to the Copts on the occasion of Christmas.
Date of source: Saturday, January 25, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — On Jan. 25, armored vehicles, machine guns, barbed wire, metal detectors and dozens of police and military personnel surrounded Tahrir Square.
Date of source: Monday, January 20, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Egypt’s referendum on the new constitution was approved by a staggering 98.1% of the voters. US Secretary of State John K
Date of source: Friday, January 24, 2014
By: UPI.com
LONDON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- British Minister for North African Hugh Robertson said Friday he condemned violence in Egypt as British residents there were advised to remain vigilant.
Robertson condemned bombings in Cairo that left at least four people dead and more than 70 injured.
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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.