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Date of source: 8 Jan 2020
In the past few days, activists on social media have been spreading the word about what happened, and many rejected the violence promoted by the song, considering it to be an example of the kind of art that contributes to similar incidents.
In regards to the two girls from al-Manṣūrah, one of them...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 5 Jan 2020
The court stated that after reviewing the papers, the facts of the case concluded that the plaintiff, Hudā Naṣr Allāh, lawyer for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, filed a lawsuit against the unequal distribution of inheritance, demanding the annulment of the private certification of the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 8 Jan 2020
The Libyan army confirmed that Tunisian airports are used to set up new ISIS military bases in Libya. For example, terrorist groups landed at the Djerba airport in Tunisia and were subsequently moved to Libya.
Turkey has already sent 1000 mercenaries to Libya and a further 1700 are currently...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 3 Jan 2020
The American ministry of defence (Pentagon) announced on January 3 that the president himself gave the orders for this military operation which means that Washington bears official responsibility for the consequences of this move.
A first response came from the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 3 Jan 2020
On Twitter, some commentators asked why al-Ṣadr’s militias did not protect the peaceful demonstrations in Iraq when the latter were targeted by order of Soleimani. Others pointed out that during the protests, al-Ṣadr called for Iran to leave Iraq but in regards to decisive issues he calls for a...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 6 Jan 2020
It was said that no official permission existed for the building to hold the prayer inside of it. This however contradicts Article 8 of the Law on Building Churches (Number 80) which states that religious rituals may be practised even without official permission.
The Initiative said that three...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 7 Jan 2020
The Washington Post wrote that al-Sīsī attended the Christmas ceremony as usual.
The newspaper also stated that al-Sīsī praised the links between Christians and Muslim in Egypt and commended the Egyptian people’s determination not to be drawn into sectarian conflicts.
In addition, the newspaper...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 3 Jan 2020
Rev. Dr. Andriyya Zakī started by discussing the activities of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) in Egypt. The Protestant Church is considered one of the largest organisations of civil society in Egypt as it offers services to over three million Egyptians. Since its...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 4 Jan 2020
The Egyptian security apparatus’s fears have increased due to events that the Middle East is currently going through. Therefore, security has increased around churches, especially the big ones as well as vital facilities. The security plans included providing rapid response forces to intervene,...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 4 Jan 2020
Armed forces and the police are in charge of securing the cathedral. The Coptic Orthodox Church is providing private busses from St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in ʿAbāssiyya and number of other specific points to transport those going to the mass, since security measures prohibit church-...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 5 Jan 2020
American President Donald Trump’s decision to kill General Qasem Soleimani, something that his predecessors Barack Obama and George Bush refused to do, has placed the United States and Iran on the path to war. As the leader of the al-Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Soleimani was...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 8 Jan 2020
As the media looks for more information about the developments of the American and Iranian conflict, one only finds Iraqi blood, the destruction of Iraqi homes, the displacement of Iraqi families, and the bombing and demolition of their schools and hospitals as if it is the fate of Iraqis to pay...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 23 Sep 2019
In an interview with Radio 4 BBC, Iraqi Priest, Father Jirjīs, talked about the plight and tragedy of Christians in Iraq. Christians in Iraq are a minority, who have been pushed out of their homes and subjected to assassinations. Father Jirjīs decided to stay in Iraq and help people despite the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 17 Apr 2019
The church’s closure comes amidst dozens of Muslim residents in the village, surrounding the church and repeating hostile chants towards the Christians in the village. This winded up ending in clashes between the two groups and resulted in the injury of a Christian pastor and another citizen.
The...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 21 Apr 2019
Despite high inflation rates, Egypt's monetary authority follows the policy: "When interest rates fall, the amount of money offered to trade increases, thus increasing the amount of cash held by people. This leads to an increased tendency for consumption and a lower tendency to save. By lowering...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 17 Apr 2019
Recently, some effort has been made to investigate the reversal of this endeavor, in particular with regard to the founder of Zionism, Theodore Herzl, and it soon became apparent that the main purpose was to re-read Herzl's views on several issues including “The Jewish People,” "Land of Israel,"...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 27 Nov 2019
No official statistics exist about the number of women imprisoned in Egypt, according to human rights organisations' statistics around 70 women were in prison in 2018. In 2019 the number of women arrested has increased.
In the last few months the lawyer Māhīnūr al-Maṣrī and the feminist Asmāʾ...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 31 Dec 2019
The marginalization of Egyptian civil society, however, is not only a product of the laws and practices of governance, but also of factors such as the sharp ideological divisions among the civilian actors and the current hegemony of an undemocratic political culture over the majority of them....
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 21 Apr 2019
The study said that a number of issues have become more prominent in recent years in the United States: widening public polarization, reinforcement of identity politics, populist discourse that sometimes promote ugly and violent expressions of hatred, an increase in the influence of extremist sides...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 26 Nov 2019
Hudā Naṣr Allāh’s father had died last year but the Christian human rights lawyer was surprised when she was informed that she will inherit half of what her brothers will receive, in accordance with the Islamic Sharia [Sharīʿah].
A year ago, the family court in Ḥilwān rejected Hudā’s inheritance...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Date of source: 17 Apr 2019
Last March, Egyptian authorities released ʿAlāʾ ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ after sentencing him to 5 years in prison. However, he only got half of his freedom, for he had to surrender himself over to the authorities at 6 PM until 6 AM every day for 5 years, under what is called precautionary measures. This...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 21 Apr 2019
The church strongly rejected the use of all kinds of violence against any human no matter their beliefs, gender, or nationality. It affirmed that it is praying for a world free of hatred and violence and that love and peace prevail throughout the earth.
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
The organization said the Egyptian authorities refused to respond to repeated requests from member Curtis Doebbler to allow him to visit his detained clients in Egypt. It also said in a statement that the Egyptian government has increased its vicious campaign and pressure on civil society...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 17 Apr 2019
In the past few hours, there have been reports of a wall of secrecy around a meeting between the leaders of the transitional military council and a joint Saudi-Emirati delegation that arrived in the country together with former head of deposed President ʿUmar al-Bashīr’s offices, Ṭāhā ʿUthmān al-...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 14 Apr 2019
In 1938, the Church issued a list of bylaws for the personal status of Copts, including the following reasons for divorce:
1. Each of the spouses may request a divorce for the reason of adultery.
2 - If one of the spouses left Christianity, and the hope of him or her returning was lost.
3. If one...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
The Egyptian Network, Raṣṣd, was able to acquire information on the prisoner from various activists. Usāma came from the city of al-Maḥallah and had worked as a teaching assistant at Ṭanṭa University. They explained that his suicide was due to immense pressure and humiliation by the prison...
Reviewed by Chloe-Kate Abel
Translator Chloe-Kate Abel
Date of source: 7 Apr 2019
Continuous clashes
al-Kharṭūm yesterday witnessed mass demonstrations in which thousands participated to demand the departure of the regime and the achievement of justice and freedom.
Clashes between thousands of protesters and Sudanese security forces took place at the army headquarters, close to...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 1 May 2019
The NCW president participated in a discussion entitled: “The Egyptian Woman the Origin of the Tale”, where she mentioned the support of political administration for women's issues, and the ability of translating commitment to constitutional rights into effective strategies and operational...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 30 Dec 2019
Danon associated the political cartoon with Nazi propaganda of Der Stürmer newspaper, claiming that those images incite violence against the Jews. Ahead of a Security Council meeting on the Middle East, he also said to the reporters that anyone practicing anti-Semitism must be punished, whether...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 1 May 2019
The answer of the Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood reacted with a statement on their website. “we will persevere in our work according to our peaceful and moderate thinking”. They also denied any relation with the violent attacks carried out by al-Qāʿidah and Islamic State fighters.
The...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
On April 15th, the first session of the exhibition will be entitled "Problems and Issues for Women Defying Disabilities” and will include presentations on "Community Attitudes and Values towards Women Challenging Disability - Cultural Heritage,” " Health Care for Women Defying Disability,” and "The...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 18 Apr 2019
The Center for the Development of the Education of International and Foreign Students for study at Al-Azhar aims to prepare foreign students linguistically, legally, and culturally to enable them to continue their studies in higher education, enrich their culture in various fields, develop their...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 16 Apr 2019
The Egyptian initiative has spotted 32 incidents of tension and sectarian violence at least since the beginning of the implementation of the church building law and until April, all related to the exercise of religious rites. The interventions of the various state institutions in the same period...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 12 Sep 2019
Nina Tiglao, who is with Elias Santos one of the responsible people in charge for the prison visits within Maadi Community Church (MCC) picked me up around by 7:15AM, and then we took the road for Qanater. Nina had in her car another volunteer from MCC, Marina. She is a Dutch lady who has been...
Date of source: 1 Jul 2019
Date of source: 4 Jul 2019
Maḥmūd ʿIzzat became the acting supreme guide of the Brotherhood after the arrest of the former general guide, Muḥammad Badīʿ, on August 20, 2013.
ʿIzzat was born on August 13, 1944 in Cairo Governorate. He is a member of the Guidance Office of the group since 1981 and a professor at the Faculty of...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 4 Jul 2019
The Christie's Auction hall announced on Thursday it will hold a sale of 32 Egyptian artifacts in London.
The foundation urged the international community and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to move and protect the Egyptian heritage.
For its part, the...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 4 Jul 2019
St. Thomas the Apostle is one of the Twelve Apostles of Christ who had concise passages in the Gospel that left its mark to this day in the Christian faith.
It is noteworthy that the Chaldean Catholic community in Egypt has existed since 1890. "Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral" was built in Heliopolis...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 6 Jul 2019
Dr. Māyā Mursī thanked the Minister of Military Production, Dr. Muḥammad al- ʿAṣṣār , and Dr. Maḥmūd Ṣaqr, President of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, for the adoption of the project for the extraction of active substances from aromatic plants and the transformation of...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 18 Apr 2019
Dr. Muḥīy al-Dīn ʿAfīfī, General Secretariat of the Islamic Research Academy, said that the series is also really interested in the aspect of the family and society. The series focuses on a variety of family issues, including: the disintegration of the family and its social effects, the reasons...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 17 Apr 2019
Darwīsh said the meeting with the Armenian ambassador was fruitful, especially as the two countries share a common history and historical relations since ancient times and that the Armenian ambassador was also very happy with his first visit to the Egyptian parliament. He added that Minister of...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 6 Jul 2019
Al-Azhar affirmed its rejection of all acts of violence and terrorism that have nothing to do with Islam in any way, and that attacks on places of worship or on any person, whatever religion, creed or race, are one of the most heinous crimes requiring the maximum punishments in the world. It added...
Reviewed by Xavier Owen
Translator Xavier Owen
Date of source: 6 Jul 2019
"The explosion took place yesterday evening at the Muhammadiyya mosque in Khak-e-Ghariban area in the provincial capital of Ghazni while worshipers attending evening prayers," provincial spokesman Arif Noor said. He added that the explosion - which no side has yet claimed responsibility for - was...
Reviewed by Xavier Owen
Translator Xavier Owen
Date of source: 6 Jul 2019
In an article published today, Eldar noted that Friedman and Greenblatt's participation embodied the closure of any opportunities to resolve the conflict. He pointed out that a large number of US officials participated in the event, among them Elan Carr, the US ambassador in charge of fighting...
Reviewed by Xavier Owen
Translator Xavier Owen
Date of source: 29 Jul 2019
The decline in property ownership is not the only real issue for Christians in the country, since the number of Christians has also decreased over the last 70 years, raising fears around threats to their existence, with the emergence of studies that reveal the demographic imbalance and the decline...
Reviewed by Xavier Owen
Translator Xavier Owen
Date of source: 27 Jul 2019
The visit goes beyond Israel’s mere wish to inform a number of Arab journalists about Israeli institutions and the Holocaust Museum, since it also serves as a form of Israeli surveillance which ensures the ‘normalization’ of the Arab sides.
This is a danger, and it is possible that the Israeli...
Reviewed by Xavier Owen
Translator Xavier Owen
Date of source: 18 Apr 2019
Only 24% of the 180 countries and regions studied are "good" or "better" for press freedom, compared with 26% in 2018, the organization said.
On the other hand, the organization warned that hatred of journalists by populist or tyrannical leaders is turning violent. Animosity towards the media by...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 2 Jun 2019
One day we [the author and her audience] will pause for a long time in front of the coverage, analysis, and expression of feelings and attitudes towards the arrival of Hishām ʿAshmāwī, who is described in many different ways: "a terrorist," “a person accused of terrorism,” “the Mujāhid," "the...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 20 Apr 2019
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in the small Austrian city of Braunau am Inn. His Father, Alois Hitler, worked as an employee at the Customs authority while his mom Klara belonged to a poor, rural family. The Hitler family lived a financially comfortable life, but Alois was controlling...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 6 Jul 2019
The Ministry of Manpower explained that the training program trains participants on how to overcome the difficulties of work and facing others. It also explains the law of the rights of persons with disabilities No. 10 of 2018, as well as the Labor Law 12 of 2003 and the relevant laws, and training...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 4 Jul 2019
On the other hand, there are many intellectual, political and legal groups within the Arab and Islamic worlds rejecting the application of such sanctions as they are not in line with the spirit of the modern times.
There are also intellectual trends seeking to modernize Islam, and calls for a...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 11 Dec 2019
Some Coptic movements and social media pages consider this decision as a step towards schism and completely reject it. However, some Copts, especially Copts in the Diaspora, support the step, describing it as a fulfillment of their calls for it. The Papal Seat in Egypt has remained silent on the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 10 Dec 2019
"The Islamic Sharīʿah recognized the freedom of religion or belief for all people, and the Holy Qur’an stated that the diversity of people's beliefs is one of God's principles in His creation," he said.
He went on to say that worship acts as a shield, preventing mankind from falling into blind...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 16 Nov 2019
Manṣūr was invited at the faculty of arts, university of Alexandria, to speak at a conference entitled, “Religious Tolerance in Egypt: Historical Evidence.” One of the reasons he decided to speak was because the conference was only a few days before the celebration of the birth of the Prophet...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 10 Nov 2019
Since its establishment, the Lebanese political system has been based on confessionalism and has firmly entrenched it into the system through its distribution of political cabinet seats and membership in parliament. These are just some of the matters established in its National Pact of 1943 as well...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 2 Jul 2019
He explained in a statement to the center that the overall policies of Obama helped the Muslim Brotherhood and paved the way for their candidate, Muḥammad Mursī, to take over the presidency of Egypt.
“Vadom” [Fādūm] also pointed out that Hillary Clinton has ties to the Brotherhood, saying that...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 2 Jun 2019
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II emphasized during mass that the occasion of Christ's entry into the land of Egypt was a cherished event for all Egyptians, pointing out that our country was and still is a source of safety and protection, and that it is a model of human inclusion for all who are in...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 1 Jun 2019
He continued, saying that Human Rights Watch reports should talk about human rights in the entire world, not just Egypt, and that a lot of the information in its reports against Egypt is either wrong, incomplete, or unknown.
He said there are no ongoing operations to displace people in Sinai, but...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 2 Jun 2019
Ḥijāb noted that the Human Rights Watch report, describing the terrorists in Sinai as "armed," is a blatant manipulation of the wordings, indicates its lack of honesty, and attempts to name the extremists incorrectly. Additionally, reports regarding efforts to consider evacuating some areas near...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 19 Apr 2019
The constitutional amendments include a historic decision in favor of Egyptian women that will be reflected positively on the status of Egyptian women in all fields. Article 102 of the Constitution was amended to allocate 25% of the seats of the Council to women starting from the next legislative...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
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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.