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Date of source: 18 Jul 2020
He has received support from his advocates, however, including Nabīla Makram, Minister of State for Emigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs, who posted a new photo of them together on her private Instagram page. She announced her complete support for the pope against the defamation campaigns...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 23 Sep 2020
The governorate of Port Said has welcomed several Christian families from al-ʿArīsh.
The archdiocese thanked the president for his care and interest in his country’s citizens everywhere and especially al-ʿArīsh.
The archdiocese appreciates the role that the governor of Port Said, ʿĀdil Ghadbān,...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 14 May 2020
ʿAbd al-Muʿiz explained that there is “the context of fatwas” and that any fatwa comes out of a specific time period under specific circumstances. Ibn Taymiyya’s fatwas were published under particular circumstances when there were a lot of enemies attacking Islam and Muslims, and so, his fatwas...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 18 Jul 2020
Father Ruways ʿAzīz Khalīl was stripped of his rank as a priest, and reverted back to his secular name Yūssuf ʿAzīz Khalīl.”
The church said that the decision came in light of complaints received from several parishioners of St. George Church, al-Fikriya, Abū Qurqāṣ, and other complaints from the...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 5 Aug 2020
The grand imam expressed the importance of standing side by side with the Lebanese people and offering every form of support necessary to lessen the impact and damage that the explosion left behind, and help Lebanon overcome this crisis. He stressed that this aid wasn’t a favor, but instead the...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 23 Aug 2020
Al-Ṭayyib and the Council of Senior Scholars think that the proposed law would “create a parallel entity” to al-Azhar, which is the most prominent Islamic religious institution in Egypt.
An official statement that was carried by official al-Azhar media platforms on Sunday said that al-Ṭayyib would...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 24 Aug 2020
Ṭāyiʿ said during a phone call on the Ṣadā al-Balad channel that there is no distinction between an imām’s pulpit and his personal social media pages, and since ʿAbd Allāh Rushdī hasn’t abided by the Endowment Ministry’s rules and restrictions by expressing his private views on social media, he has...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 5 Aug 2020
According to the pope’s article, it’s been called the “papal” library, since it will enjoy the direct presence of the pope, and it’s called the “central” library since it will be the chief vessel for knowledge amid many monasterial and church libraries. The article added that the library was...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 20 Sep 2020
Discussing the different services that would be part of the episcopate, which would be under the supervision of Father Loka Basilious [Lūqā Bāsīlliyūs], the pope said that the diocese would include a center to train those serving the youth, an addiction service center, and a center for learning...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 20 Sep 2020
However, it is also important to look at these campaigns as just one of several means. Having a basic environment to protect the rights of these women plays a crucial role when they decide to talk about what happened to them. This supportive environment is a means of supporting women as citizens,...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 21 Sep 2020
Al-Azhar under Grand Imam Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib has led international efforts to spread a culture of love, tolerance, and coexistence and achieve fair, comprehensive peace for humanity. The most prominent efforts include:
• al-Azhar’s 2014 “al-Azhar against Terrorism and Extremism” Conference to...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 26 Sep 2020
The administrative court in Alexandria had ruled on Abū Ḥaṣīra in 2014 and issued 5 rulings.
First, it canceled the former cultural minister’s resolution from 2001 that considered the shrine of Abū Ḥaṣīra and the Jewish graves found around it in the village of Daymatūh, Damanhūr, al-Buḥayrah...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 29 Oct 2020
Nādir Ṣubḥī Sulaymān, founder of the Coptic Orthodox Christian Youth Movement, rejected insulting religions, especially Islam. He rejected Macron’s statements against Islam as well as any jokes towards religions and caricatures insulting the prophets. He stressed that all religions and prophets...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 5 Nov 2020
Regarding the moving of the embassy to Jerusalem, Republicans and Democrats alike were carrying out incremental plans that would have ended with the moving of the embassy sooner or later because the Jewish lobby in America is the most powerful lobby pressuring American society. It is pulling the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 5 Nov 2020
The village of Shālī in Siwa Oasis, Maṭrūḥ governorate, is subject to Article 20 of the Antiquities Protection Law No. 117 of 1983 and its amendments, according to the explanatory memorandum published in the Egyptian newspaper al-Waqāʾiʿ al-Miṣṣriyya No. 246 in October 2009. "Shali" is a Siwi word...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 1 Aug 2020
The church said that church openings must follow its guidelines, including that not more than one person should sit on each pew and that all other health precautions published in the June 27 statement be observed. Masses will be allowed every day of the week except Friday, while funerals for people...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 5 Aug 2020
The public prosecution’s statement said that it had received on Tuesday a report from the NCW along with a woman’s complaint of sexual assault and several testimonies from other people with knowledge of what happened. The public prosecutor ordered a review of the documents, and the results of the...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 6 Aug 2020
After the 1952 revolution, Jamāl ʻAbd al-Nāṣir understood that the Free Officers Movement’s survival wasn’t assured as long as al-Azhar remained a strong, independent institution. Al-Azhar was the bastion of knowledge and the defender of rights. It led the struggle for national liberation and...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 30 Aug 2020
After rapid changes in the last decade of the 20th century, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), by a large majority, in 1991 repealed its resolution issued in 1975, which stated that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." It went from being subjected to official international...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 16 Oct 2020
Al-Azhar affirmed its constant rejection of hate speech and violence, whatever the form, source, or cause, and expressed the need to respect the sanctity of religious symbols and to refrain from stirring up hatred by insulting religions. It calls for the adoption of international legislation that...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 21 Oct 2020
Halim explained that the speeches at the conference revolved around the psychological, spiritual, social, and legal effects and consequences of sexual assault, and the role of the home and the church in opposing and protecting against it.
The Papal Headquarters of the Coptic Orthodox Church in...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 8 Sep 2020
The ministry said the conference is part of the government’s directive to renew religious discourse, and comes as one among several joint symposia between the ministry and television broadcast sector.
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 9 Sep 2020
The ministry plans to open 314 mosques over September and October.
The minister stressed that political leaders are working to arrange the building and rebuilding of houses of worship that match their sanctity and provide a spiritual atmosphere for worship like the new mosques opened recently in...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 9 Sep 2020
The meeting, titled ‘Church Media and Working Together,’ was held at the event's venue in the papal library at the St. Pishoy [Bīshūy] Monastery in Wādī al-Naṭrūn, and addressed central issues in the framework of the close relationship between contemporary media channels -- which are witnessing...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 8 Nov 2020
ʿAbd Allāh al-Ashʿal, former aid to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that Biden’s victory might mean crises for relations with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE regarding human rights. He added that if the opposition is hoping for less arrests and the release of prisoners, then Biden’s...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 8 Nov 2020
The truth is this crisis is of their own making. They only have themselves to blame. They heavily invested in Trump’s presidency and were optimistic about his arrival to the White House even before he won against Hilary Clinton.
It is possible to say that the roots of the crisis go back to a...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 8 Nov 2020
Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī welcomed French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sāmiḥ Shukrī also attending.
The spokesperson for the Egyptian presidency said that the meeting dealt with topics of cooperation between the two countries, and looked for...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 10 Nov 2020
She also explained that the NCW is considered one of the relevant authorities in the National Coordinating Committee for Combatting and Preventing Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons (NCCPIM & TIP), and that the council receives complaints of human trafficking whether through its...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 11 Nov 2020
The “Monitoring and Analysis” unit of the Public Prosecution’s office monitored the wide circulation on social networking sites of a picture of Joe Hānī’s text message conversation in which he insults the Prophet Muḥammad and disparages Islam; a hashtag was created demanding his trial. The public...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 12 Nov 2020
Ḥalīm said that if Copts want to obtain specific information or want to follow the news of the church or the pope, they should get the accurate information through the official websites and pages of the church, dioceses and monasteries. They also shouldn't get information from unknown sources even...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 13 Nov 2020
Ashraf has been accused of contempt of Islam, threatening Egyptian family values, insulting and defaming the radio station’s presenters, and publishing content that threatens security and social peace.
Last October, social media users attacked Ashraf after he mocked a Qur’an radio station and...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 18 Nov 2020
Following her statement, al-Azhar stressed that Islam completely prohibits the marriage of a Muslim woman to a non-Muslim man.
Al-Azhar Fatwa Global Center said in a fatwa that Islamic scholars, both ancient and modern, agree that this kind of marriage is forbidden. A man is also prohibited from...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 20 Sep 2020
The Observatory for Monitoring Takfīrī Fatwas and Extremist Views warned families not to allow children to use the application.
The observatory explained in a report that the short video app has increasingly become a platform for terrorist propaganda, which benefits from modern technology in order...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 26 Sep 2020
The archdiocese stressed that these receipts are forged, and there are no receipts for the Brothers of the Lord or any other service in the archdiocese.
The church urged Copts to not get involved with people offering these receipts in order to avoid falling victim to their scam.
The Coptic...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 22 Oct 2020
Over 30 publishing houses associated with different churches and monasteries will be participating in it including the St. Demiana [Damiyāna] Monastery in al-Barārī Publishing House, the Diocese of al-Minyā, and the Bible Society, which publishes different versions of the bible whether translated...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 22 Oct 2020
Shaykh ʿAlī Khalīl, secretary general for the Council of Senior Scholars, said the message of the competition lies in the use of different mechanisms that enrich the scientific movement and applies the principle of mutual responsibility for the nation’s problems and finding solutions to them. The...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 16 Nov 2020
The case goes back to October 12, 2017, when Reverend Samaʿān Shiḥāta Rizq Allāh, a priest for St. Julius Church in ʿIzbat Jirjis, al-Fashn, Banī Suwayf, was attacked by an extremist while walking with another priest. Aḥmad Saʿīd Ibrāhīm al-Sunbāṭī, a 19-year-old living in al-Marj, attacked them...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 19 Nov 2020
During a speech at the first session of "AUC SpeakUp Dialogue Series" that took place at the American University in Cairo (AUC), aiming to increase awareness of sexual harassment as an important social issue, Mursī said that harassment tips the scales, especially for younger generations. She added...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 19 Nov 2020
In a provocative move, France criticized the Egyptian government’s arrest of human rights activists on charges of “joining a terrorist organization” and spreading “fake news.”
The French foreign ministry issued a statement on Tuesday expressing its deep concern over the arrest of Muḥammad Bashīr,...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 19 Nov 2020
Between 2017 and 2018, EIPR was in charge of an alliance named “The Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights NGOs” which included 19 organizations. EIPR focused its work on Egypt’s institutions by managing a systematic campaign against Egypt from abroad, which involved foreign intelligence...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 21 Nov 2020
Recently, EIPR has experienced one of the most vicious attacks against civil society organizations. On November 15, heavily armed security forces raided the home of Muḥammad Bashīr. He was then arrested and imprisoned in isolation from the outside world at a security facility for 12 hours before...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 10 Jun 2020
Dr. Māyā Mursī, president of the NCW, appreciated that the public prosecution indicated the important role parents play in taking care of children and keeping them safe from friends, who are bad influences, and modern dangers.
Mursī also praised the public prosecution for protecting Egyptians and...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 17 Sep 2020
Instead of ordering her to remand detention, Public Prosecutor Ḥamāda al-Ṣāwī decided that it was more appropriate to send ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, who is not even 18 years old, to a center with the Ministry of Social Solidarity’s project to welcome and protect battered women psychologically, socially, and...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 27 Oct 2020
During the signing of a cooperation protocol between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Ministry of State for Emigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs on Tuesday, he stressed that the “Life Boats” Initiative is extremely important because it works to save young people from “death boats.”
He...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 3 Nov 2020
A number of Muslims in Trondheim, Norway, organized an event in front of the Nidaros Cathedral in solidarity with victims and to protect churches from attacks, raising banners with the phrases "#theyareus" and "#tryggibønn" (“Safe in Prayer” in English) written on them.
The observatory explained...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 21 Oct 2020
The company also revealed the initial poster for the film, which was published by producer Ibrāhīm Isḥaq, on his Facebook page.
Ṭāriq Murtaḍā, a media consultant for the Isḥaq Group, the producers of the work, announced that it expects to start filming the first scenes of the film in November,...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 22 Nov 2020
Under the constant barrage of attack, Ramaḍān released a statement, saying that he did not know or ask about the nationality of everyone he took a photo with and that he will take a photo with anyone who asks without asking about that person’s religion, skin color, or nationality.
Later, Ramaḍān...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 29 Nov 2020
Dr. Ḥassan Sanad, head of the committee, said that the Minya Citizenship Committee is capable of containing any crisis facing the Minya community, stressing that an agreement has been reached to upholding the rule of law and the trial of the accused from both sides in the incident.
The session was...
Reviewed by Dina Abdulrahman [Dīnā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān]
Translator Dina Abdulrahman [Dīnā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān]
Date of source: 26 Nov 2020
The quarrel erupted after a Copt in the village posted cartoons insulting Prophet Muḥammad on his Facebook page. The accused "J.S" claimed that his Facebook account was hacked. Eyewitnesses stated that the situation became tense between Muslims and Christians in the village of Dayr al-Barshā, and...
Reviewed by Dina Abdulrahman [Dīnā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān]
Translator Dina Abdulrahman [Dīnā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān]
Date of source: 20 Nov 2020
Security sources stated that the security forces arrested him on grounds of funding terrorism and engaging in other illegal activities.
The Public Prosecution ordered the arrest of two other members of the initiative, "Muḥammad Bashīr and Karīm ʿ Ināra", over the past two days, accusing them of...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 19 Nov 2020
Aḥmad Ḥāfiz, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rejected the French statement, as it interfered with Egypt’s internal affairs and acted as an attempt to influence coming investigations being conducted by the Public Prosecution on an Egyptian citizen associated with the Initiative. He...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 20 Nov 2020
The Saudi Council of Senior Scholars confirmed in a statement today that this decision should encourage all Muslims around the world to denounce the terrorist group, and that it is the founder of all terrorist groups in the modern world.
The Fatwa Observatory of the Dār al-Iftāʾ stated that this...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 3 Dec 2020
In a statement today, the Ministry of Endowments, said that the training program aims to spread the values of tolerance, loyalty and patriotism, as well as the strengthening the foundations of coexistence and equal citizenship.
On the other hand, the National Council for Women launched a door-to-...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 13 Dec 2020
They attacked:
Ramsīs Būlus Hirmīnā, owner of a plastic store, who was stabbed in the neck and his right abdomen, and was subsequently transferred to al-Qabbarī general Hospital, but died shortly after arriving.
His brother ʿĀdil Būlus Hirmīnā, owner of an accessories shop, who was handcuffed...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 19 Dec 2020
The initiative warns Egyptians of the repercussions of the failure to condemn those involved in these attacks, which entrenches the absence of justice and discrimination among citizens on the basis of religion, and encourages the recurrence of such attacks. In addition to this message they...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 18 Dec 2020
A decision was issued by the top prosecutor to assign the technical committee to review the appeal against the Minya Criminal Court’s ruling to acquit the defendants in the case.
Mrs Thābit added to al-Miṣrī al-Yawm, that the accused looted and torched her house as well, and she didn't not care...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
After al-Wardiyān incident, unknown people attack the car of the priest of the Martyr Dimyāna Church
Date of source: 20 Dec 2020
The car was parked near the shop of Ramsīs Hirmīnā, who was killed last week by thugs and extremists. It is worth mentioning that another two Copts were as well wounded last week during the attack.
Security forces begun a follow up of the incident, and an investigation is underway to identity the...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 11 Jul 2020
A little more than an hour later, the Turkish supreme administrative court canceled a 1934 decree that turned the Hagia Sofia into a museum.
It’s not a coincidence that the decision to convert the Hagia Sofia into a mosque comes now. According to Foreign Policy, the popularity of Erdoğan’s...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 6 Jul 2020
Journalist Nādir Shukrī, the media consultant for the film, described the inception of the film. He said the script was written by Mīnā Majdī, who began working on it after the bodies of the [20 Egyptian Copts who were killed in Libya in 2015 by the Islamic State (ISIS)] were returned in 2017....
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 4 Nov 2020
Clergymen from across the country participated in the event including Bishop Angelos [Anjīlūs], bishop of the churches of Northern Shubrā, Bishop Daniel [Dāniyyāl], bishop of al-Maʿādī and secretary of the Holy Synod, Bishop Rāfāʾīl, bishop of the churches of downtown Cairo, Bishop Martiros [...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
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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.