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Date of source: 10 Mar 2023
A leading activist for women’s issues has said that sharīʿa (i.e. Islamic law) should be given credit for the emancipation of women, and has further remarked that the Holy Qurʾān guaranteed their dignity and drew attention to their role in shaping societies.
Dr. Māyā Morsī, president of the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Feb 2023
Sinai University has summoned Maī ʿAbdullāh, a student in the first grade of the dentistry school, for investigation on charges of contempt of religion after she insulted the prophet Muḥammad and mocked the ḥijāb and heaven, among other things.
Dr. Rāndā Ḥāfiz, the dean of the faculty of dentistry...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Mar 2023
Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, the Grand Muftī of the Republic of Egypt, has said there is no difference between Muslims and Christians regarding obtaining the honor of martyrdom, as both shed their blood in defense of the homeland against enemies and terrorists.
During an interview on al-Naẓra talk show with...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Feb 2023
A Coptic delegation from the Parish of Esnā and Armant has congratulated the inhabitants of al-Dayr village in the center of Esnā, South Luxor, on the annual celebration of the birth (mawlid) of Aḥmad ibn Idrīs (d.1837). The delegation included Priest Matāʾus al-Qummuṣ Zakhārī, a representative of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Feb 2023
n will be officially announced by the University following its completion.
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 14 Feb 2023
The 2023 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is set to begin on Wednesday 15th February, with the participation of various Christian churches in the presence of Pope Tawāḍrūs II, the Patriarch of Alexandria, and the See of St. Mark, and representatives of various Christian denominations.
The opening...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Mar 2023
An advisor to the Grand Mufti of Egypt Shawqī ʿAllām, Dr. ʾIbrāhīm Najm, has stated that the Dār al-Iftāʾ in Egypt (a governmental, non-profit organization offering guidance to Muslims) will continue its usual annual practice of putting in a place a comprehensive and diverse plan of its services...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Mar 2023
The Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām met with Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to discuss the best ways to strengthen joint efforts and cooperation in the area of East-West dialogue.
During the meeting, Judge ʿAbd al-Salām expressed his appreciation...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Feb 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that leaders of the Christian denominations in Egypt have sowed the seeds of affection for 10 years since they established the Egyptian Council of Churches.
He made the remarks during celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the ECC, hosted by...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Mar 2023
The Egyptian Minister for Justice, ʿOmar Marwān, has confirmed President ʿAbd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī’s great interest in achieving justice and eliminating slow litigation processes, as well as his desire for the judiciary to benefit from the advantages of technological developments to improve the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Dec 2022
Bishop Pāchūmīūs, Bishop of al-Buḥayra and the Five Western Cities and the Head of the Monastery of St. Makārīūs of Alexandria in Jabal al-Qalālī in al-Buḥayra, arrived in Egypt today after he had traveled to London for medical treatment. He had stayed in London for three weeks, and upon his...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 18 Dec 2022
Egypt is considered one of the foremost countries in the world when it comes to welcoming migrants of different nationalities. The United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration estimated that in 2022 over 9 million migrants, from over 133 different countries, were living in Egypt.
On...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Dec 2022
On Monday, the Coptic Evangelical Organization’s Forum for Dialogue of Cultures organized a conference entitled “Towards a Citizenship Supportive of Cultural Diversity”. The first session was opened by Samīra Luqā, the lead official in the dialogue department of the Coptic Evangelical Organization...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Jan 2023
Dr. Jamāl Sanad al-Suwaydī, Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research, has released a new book entitled: "The Document on Human Fraternity: Towards Peaceful Coexistence and a Conflict-Free World." This book is relevant for three fundamental...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Feb 2023
On the afternoon of 16 February, Pope Tawāḍrūs II received an American delegation visiting Egypt on a religious dialogue trip affiliated to the American “House of Worship” foundation. It was headed by Isrāʾ Nawār, Director of Development and Programs at Chapman University, who is a pioneer of the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Feb 2023
Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Alexandria Region of the Episcopal Church, concluded the Regional Synod of 2023 by ordaining the deacon, Crimson, as a priest in the Church of Jesus King in Tripoli, Libya, during the mass at the Episcopal Cathedral of All Saints in Zamalek.
In his sermon, the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Feb 2023
On Friday 17th, The United Arab Emirates opened the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, a day after the Muftī of Oman, Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Ḥamad al-Khalīlī, released a statement attacking the event. The inauguration was a result of the signing of the “Document on Human Fraternity” between the Grand...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Feb 2023
Sheikh Muḥammad Abū al-Qatʿa, who appeared in a video playing football inside the mosque, revealed that the boys who appeared with him had been training outside whilst it was raining, and that what he did was not a violation of Sharīʿa.
Imām Muḥammad, a member of the Islamic Preachers Association...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 23 Jan 2023
"The right person to challenge and break stereotypes" is how Sālī ʿĀzer, a 27-year-old Palestinian Jerusalemite, is usually described. Sālī became the first woman to be ordained as a priest at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land at a ceremony in Jerusalem's Old City that...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Feb 2023
On Sunday, the shrine of Imām ʿĀlī ibn Abī Ṭālib in Najaf, Iraq announced the participation of more than two million visitors in the commemoration of the birth of Imām ʿĀlī over the weekend.
The shrine said in a statement received by Baghdad Today that “two million, 320 thousand and 397 visitors...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Feb 2023
In 2007, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī was elected Vice President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt. During his eight years in office, he has taken great efforts to strengthen relations between the Evangelical Church and other churches and denominations, both in Egypt and abroad.
On February 20 2015,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 21 Feb 2023
On Thursday 16th, the United Arab Emirates saw the opening of the “Abrahamic Family House". By bringing together the three celestial religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) under one roof, the Abrahamic Family House implements the Document on Human Fraternity, signed between the Grand Imām of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 24 Feb 2023
The Reverend Dr. Andrea Zakī, Head of the Evangelical Community, confirmed that there was 95% agreement among the three Churches in Egypt (Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic) on the articles of the Personal Status Law for Christians.
This came during his discussion on the show Naẓara, which was...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Feb 2018
During an address to the General Synod of the Church of England Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Province of Alexandria of the Anglican Episcopal Church, expressed that same-sex marriage is unacceptable and conflicts with the teachings of Christianity.
“We are grateful for those who stood firmly...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Dec 2022
Reverend Andriya Zakī, head of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, said that the construction of 428 churches has been legalized in the past 5 years, out of a total of 1,070 churches and buildings proposed by the community. This is in accordance with the Law on the Building and Restoration of...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 20 Dec 2022
Politicians, intellectuals and clergy have emphasized that Egyptian society is characterized by pluralism, diversity and citizenship. On 19 December, during the conference "Towards a Citizenship that Supports Cultural Diversity" organized by the Forum for Intercultural Dialogue that is part of the...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Dec 2022
Dr. Māyā Morsī, President of the National Council for Women, met with Fr. Rabān Phīllips ʿIssā, a priest of the Syriac Church, to learn about the activities of the Council concerning women's empowerment and to discuss opportunities for the Church and the Council to cooperate with one another.
Dr....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Dec 2022
On the morning of the 15th of December and within the framework of the draft legislation of the Personal Status Laws that was funded by the German Embassy, the Center for Egyptian Women Legal Assistance held a discussion entitled “Personal Status Laws: between Reality and Aspirations”. Those...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Feb 2023
The 25th Session of International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) in Jeddah will begin tomorrow under the auspices of Prince Khālid bin Fayṣal, Adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and Governor of Makkah Province. Also included are the President of the Academy, Dr. Ṣāliḥ bin ʿAbd Allah bin...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Dec 2022
The current leadership of the Coptic Church has a multifaceted reform agenda, both internally in regards to education, monks, rituals and administration, and externally, in regards to opening up dialogues with Western churches confidently and making continuous attempts at rapprochement. This reform...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II has explained the role of women in the Coptic Orthodox Church during his meeting with a group of young Copts from around the world. One youth participating in the meeting asked the Pope about the role of women in the Coptic Orthodox Church in the context of the prevailing discourse...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2022
The Diocese of Public Services in the Orthodox Church is considered to be one of the most important institutions that provides services to all of the Coptic communities in Egypt. It was founded to serve as the developmental division of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Diocese plays a leading role...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 14 Dec 2022
On the evening of 14 December, on the sidelines of his weekly Wednesday meeting, Pope Tawāḍrūs inaugurated an exhibition of the Bible, organized by the Bible House of Egypt for one day at the Cathedral of St. Mark in ʿAbbāsiyya.
The Pope commended the Bible House's important role in disseminating...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Dec 2022
Bishop Bākhūm stated that President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s participation in Christmas celebrations has confirmed that he is the president for all Egyptians from all sects and religions. He also confirmed that the Catholic, Anglican, Syrian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox denominations celebrate...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 May 2023
The joint committee between the Muslim Council of Elders and the Vatican’s dicastery for interreligious dialogue held its first meeting in Bahrain on Wednesday (May 24, 2023). It discussed the role of religious leaders in facing contemporary global challenges and promoting Islamic-Christian...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Nov 2022
Abrām Emīl of the Alexandria Patriarchate said that St. Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria witnessed the start of the revival of Saint Mark the Apostle which coincides with the presentation of the relic of St. Mark’s head and the consecration of St. Mark’s Cathedral on Bābah 30 (note: Bābah is a month...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 23 Nov 2022
Bishop Sīdārūs added in a statement: “On my part, I strongly rebuked him and he will be disciplined by the church for his statements. As His Holiness Pope Shenūda III has said previously, Protestant marriage is not fornication and is a recognized marriage in terms of public declaration and social...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 8 Dec 2022
The meeting was attended by Dr.ʿIyād Naẓīr, Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy and Editor-in-Chief of Al-Azhar Magazine, Dr. Muḥammed Suleymān, Head of the Communication Sector at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and Dr. Shaimāʾ al-Demerdāsh, director of a heritage revitalization project...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 25 Nov 2022
Beyond the important 2014 constitutional provisions (e.g. Article 3, Article 244) that were granted during the reign of Pope Tawāḍrūs, another result was that the Copts emerged from the 2015 Parliament elections with 38 seats. With the constitutional amendments that took place in 2019, the...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 25 Nov 2022
The Mass prayer was presided over by Pope Theodoros II, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and Africa, in the presence of the Deputy Patriarch Nicosmos, the Greek Ambassador to Egypt, Nicholas Gary Leides, and the Greek Consulate in Alexandria, Despina Khasiogro, as well as other...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 25 Nov 2022
According to the press statement of St. Catherine's Cathedral in Alexandria, the celebration included a number of hymns and prayers from the church's choir. Guests included important representatives from the Coptic Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, the...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 25 Nov 2022
This seminar was primarily an attempt by the Pope to convey his view of community service that doesn’t differentiate between Christians and Muslims in Egypt. In addition, the Pope called on churchmen to support the state's efforts in development projects.
In line with this vision, the Pope visited...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 25 Nov 2022
The researchers said that a shift to a culture of peace, non-violence, and tolerance requires a collaborative system that strives to identify and study obstacles and develop realistic solutions that can be implemented on the ground. Dr. Ahmed Zayed, director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, proposed...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 25 Nov 2022
The report stated that the Egyptian legislators sought to issue Law No. 10 of 2021 to amend some provisions of the Penal Code related to female circumcision. The amendments included the deletion of any reference to the use of a medical justification, intensification of the penalties, and...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 31 Oct 2022
Dr. Muhammad al-Ḍuwaynī, Undersecretary of Al-Azhar, said that the dialogue process during the era of the Grand Imam Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib showed the Islamic vision of interfaith dialogue and confirmed the ability of Islam through its principles and tolerance for coexistence and dialogue with other...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 4 Nov 2022
Speaking about his book, Pope Tawāḍrūs said that it deals with an important part of Egyptian history, and added that history is life, as it is the story of humanity, so it must be preserved. He added that the name “man” (al-insān) came because he enjoys the virtue of forgetting, as he can forget...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 4 Nov 2022
This question has passed through several historical stages, beginning with the personal status laws of 1938, then the issuance of Law No. 462 in 1955 abolishing the religious councils and referring their decisions to the civil courts, followed by Pope Kyrollos VI’s memorandum in 1962, the two...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 18 Oct 2022
In his speech, Dr. Mukhtār Gumaʿa, the Minister of Religious Endowments in Egypt, emphasized that there can neither be compulsion in religion nor violence based on religious beliefs and that the freedom of belief requires the freedom to perform religious rituals.
“There can be no development...
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Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 16 Nov 2022
On Thursday, November 10, 2022, King Abdullah II visited the Vatican and met with His Holiness Pope Francis, who leads the largest church in the world with nearly 1.3 billion Catholics.
King Abdullah’s meeting with the Pope focused on the need to maintain interfaith dialogue, to promote coexistence...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 16 Nov 2022
The Supreme Council of Muslims in Germany (SCMG) organized a ceremony to sign a memorandum of understanding with the International Islamic Fiqh (jurisprudence) Academy (IIFA), which is affiliated with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. This partnership is considered as a major leap in the...
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Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 16 Oct 2022
When we go back to the origins of the emergence of personal status laws in Arab countries, we find that they developed gradually and in stages until they reached their current shape. We can also note that these laws are similar in most of their articles pertaining to marriage and related matters...
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Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 4 Nov 2022
He continued: “In the small booklet entitled Church Education, His Holiness addressed the importance of the teacher, the curriculum, the learner, help, history, the library, and enlightenment. His Holiness stated that the teacher must be a reader, that is, someone who educates himself through all...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 16 Nov 2022
The video currently circulating teems with ignorance, absence of wisdom and a lack of awareness of the fundamentals of social values which prevail around the world and throughout human history, regarding the correct understanding of marriage as that between male and female.
The priest, who lacks...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 21 Nov 2022
Pope Tawāḍrūs arrived at the monastery alone and was greeted by dozens of monks and proceeded directly to the church altar to offer a prayer of thanks. The monastery’s website did not share any other clips of the Patriarch's session with the monks or further details.The Monastery of St. Macarius...
Reviewed by J. Wrathall
Translator J. Wrathall
Date of source: 2 Nov 2022
Major General Aḥmad al-Jaʿlī explained his interest in the study of history, despite being a national security officer, and talked about the content of his thesis, which revolved around the personality of His Holiness Pope Shinūda III.
The thesis includes five main chapters, in addition to an...
Reviewed by Salma AlHafi
Translator Salma AlHafi
Date of source: 21 Nov 2022
In his speech, Dr. Andrea Zakī said: “The ‘Love Never Fails’ team is a living model of coexistence in society, and we thank God that Egypt is rich in love and has the resilience to absorb all shocks and challenges in order to maintain peace and community cohesion.”
For his part, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyād,...
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Translator Sara ABDEL-HAMID
Date of source: 5 Apr 2022
On Monday, 5 April 2022, a Kuwaiti court acquitted Muhammad Al-ʿAjmī , a well-known activist on social media platforms, known as Abū ʿAsam, of a religion defamation charge, as announced via a tweet by the Kuwaiti online media source, The Council.
Before releasing him on a 500 dinar bail ($1,650) in...
Reviewed by DAB Editorial Staff
Translator DAB Editorial Staff
Date of source: 3 Nov 2022
In a speech for the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects conference on November 3rd, 2022, she expressed her sincere thanks to Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafā Madbūlī, for his keenness to include women's projects within the national initiative. She pointed out that the inclusion of women's...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 3 Nov 2022
The Coptic Church and the Anglican Communion have good relations at the level of theological dialogue, as two agreements have been signed: the first on the nature of Christ (2014) and the second on the Holy Spirit (2017), which were signed at that time by the head of the Dialogue Committee for the...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Date of source: 4 Nov 2022
Grand Imam al-Ṭayyib will meet at the beginning of the second day with King Ḥamad bin ʿĪsa Āl Khalīfa of Bahrain, and Pope Francis to go together to the Martyr’s Square in Manama to plant a palm tree as an expression of friendship and human brotherhood and in honor of the martyrs. Then, the King of...
Reviewed by Shady Saleh El-Sherif
Translator Shady Saleh El-Sherif
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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.