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Date of source: 6 Aug 2020
This fast is distinguished by its distinct Coptic foods. Out of a desire for asceticism, some Copts resort to fasting on water and salt without oil and not eating fish even though it is allowed. They approve of making “duqqa,” a food of sesame, salt, and ground spices, in addition to eating...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 24 Aug 2020
Ḥasab Allāh emphasized that this participation from al-Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox Church sent a message to the entire world about the cohesion and unity of Egyptians of all political, popular, and party orientations and affiliations.
The Lebanese people praised al-Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 25 Aug 2020
Bibāwī responded to the attack, saying that he was surprised by the media storm over his receiving of the sacraments. He thanked Pope Tawāḍrūs II and apologized to him for causing this attack on the most basic facts. He also thanked Bishop Rāfāʾīl, emphasizing that he put Christ above every other...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 8 Jul 2020
The Court of Cassation had issued its most recent ruling supporting the execution of only Ashʿiyāʾ al-Maqārī, whose birth name is Wā’il Saʿad Tawāḍrūs, and the lightening of the sentence of Faltāʾūs al-Maqārī (whose birth name is Raymond Rasmī Manṣūr) to life in prison instead of death.
Sources...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 8 Jul 2020
The danger of using religious justifications in political dealings through fatwas is not limited to mixing religious and political concepts and relocating political disagreements from the worldly domain judged by standards of right and wrong to the religious domain where positions are evaluated by...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 11 Jul 2020
Despite the simplicity of church teaching to some Copts, the church does not accept pamphlets outside a group of reliable priests and their well-known deacons out of concern for the spiritual health of the faithful from uncommon denominations like Jehovah’s Witnesses and 7th Day Adventists.
The...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 14 Jul 2020
Karīma went on to say that the conquests of Iraq, the Levant, and Egypt did not attack places of worship for Jews and Christians, citing Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ayyūbī and ʿAmrū Ibn al-ʿĀṣ. These buildings’ conditions remained the same, and it was prohibited to attack them. According to him, turning...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 21 Jul 2020
The Mamluk Cemetery is home to ancient scenes that pushed German orientalist Ernst Kühnel to describe the region as “the most marvelous city of the dead in the world.” [Iḍāʾāt]
At the time that the government denied destroying ancient tombs, admitting instead to demolishing privately owned graves,...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 20 Oct 2020
Yesterday, October 19, FPA Chairman Volkhard Windfuhr (1937-2020) passed away. Mr. Windfuhr arrived in Egypt in 1955, the year I was born, and has been living and working here most of his life. Mr. Windfuhr’s name is closely linked to that of the Cairo Foreign Press Association (FPA). He has blown...
Date of source: 9 Jul 2020
al-Azhar’s stand is a good step that deserves to be acknowledged and appreciated. However, al-Azhar and other institutions put up many barriers on their paths, so that now the way is bumpy and the possibility of making a change is really slow.
Many years of spreading ideas of violence, extremism,...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 5 Apr 2020
The source said that the Egyptians had requested to return to their homeland. However, there was no response to the requests, prompting the Committee to set up dialogue with the Qatari authorities, urging them to talk to their Egyptian counterparts.
The source from the Qatari Foreign Ministry told...
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Translator Rupert Walker
Date of source: 21 Apr 2020
Aḥmad Nijm, a doctor who showed Coronavirus symptoms, faced calls from his neighbours to leave while self-isolating at home. Despite the fact he tested negative, his frequent contact with the ill kept people wary. Neighbours harassed him to the point of reporting him to the police and forcing him...
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Translator Rupert Walker
Date of source: 7 May 2020
Two days previously, Salīm had first announced, in an interview with Inās al-Daghaydī, that his child had transitioned to become a boy. His appearance prompted both support and criticism on social media, leading Salīm to talk about the issue with Nūr ‘behind the scenes’ with the broadcaster Jaʿfar...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 5 May 2020
Ṭablāwī’s first encounter with the Quran came after his mother had a vision in a dream, in which his grandfather told her that she would have a child who would memorize the book of God. He joined the Quranic school of Mīt 'Uqbah, in Giza, and he finished memorizing the whole Quran by the age of...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 8 May 2020
The conflict arises from two differing conceptions of human rights. The first is that human rights are binding, universal and indivisible, and that everyone must commit to them, while the other conceives of each country as its own sovereign entity, with the power to define which laws will be...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 7 May 2020
The Higher Committee for Human Fraternity issued a worldwide call to everyone regardless of color, language, or creed, to participate in the “Pray in Your Language” initiative, which encourages people to pray, fast, or do good works from home, in their language and according to their religion,...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 11 Jun 2020
Sāra ʿAllām clarified Pope Tawādrūs’ words in conversation with a journalist: “We have not thought about this, nor have we discussed this in a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Holy Synod, and yet it is a possibility. Indeed, the use of the Communion spoons has not resulted in a single case...
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Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 7 Sep 2020
According to a statement from the Catholic Church, the initiative aims to integrate Sudanese refugees into Egyptian society and introduce them to Egyptian culture. This will take place through educational meetings, aiming to introduce them to Egyptian history, as well as Egyptian customs and...
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Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 8 Sep 2020
Lies masked by religion
In the past two days, al-Jazeera News has fabricated a new mistruth. It has called on the Egyptian state to issue a decision on the removal of al-Fatḥ Mosque in Minya, taking advantage of the religious sentiments of the Egyptian people and using religion as a cover for...
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Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 7 Sep 2020
Bishop Aghāthūnhas illustrated that themes mentioned in the article are misinterpretations and false encroachments on the history of Christianity. He added it is not true that dozens of gospels circulated in the first century AD, and that Christianity believes only in the “New Testament”.
The...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 8 Sep 2020
With this celebration, the church witnesses an annual internal movement of positions both within Egypt and the rest of the world. New trustees take over general service positions, as well as the holding of church council elections which opens the door for new members of the church to join.
This...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 8 Sep 2020
The “Survival Boats” initiative was launched by president ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī to raise awareness of the dangers of illegal immigration. The Minister explained that the cooperation with the Church will be implemented by providing support for needy families in the governorates that export illegal...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 21 Jun 2020
The list includes a number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders who are on the run, such as Ḥamza Zawbaʿ, Yaḥiyā Ḥāmad, Maḥmūd ʿIzzat, Maḥmūd Ḥusayn, Amīr Bassām, Jamāl Ḥishmat, Midḥat al-Ḥadād, and Yaḥiyā Mūsā, and several broadcasters who work on Muslim Brotherhood channels, including Muʿtaz Maṭar,...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 22 Jun 2020
The declaration represents a road map toward a comprehensive solution for Libya, securing peace and security in Libya, reestablishing institutions, eliminating terrorism and extremist militias and putting a stop to unlawful foreign interventions in the conflict.
In a statement from the league’s...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 23 Jun 2020
Explaining that health measures are being taken to guarantee the safety of Ḥajj pilgrims this year, Dr. Tawfig AlRabiah [Tawfīq al-Rabī’a], the Saudi health minister, confirmed that a field hospital and a health center are being established in ʿArafa, while health teams are ready to give medical...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 23 Jun 2020
The most recent of these was on Tuesday afternoon, when his sister Sanāʾ Sayf was abducted in front of the public prosecutor’s office, just as she was trying to file a report on how her family was assaulted in front of Ṭura Prison yesterday.
In the early hours of Monday morning, Sanāʾ, her sister...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 17 Jun 2020
Egypt is part of many international treaties and conventions related to refugees and human rights such as the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention on Refugees, the 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, and the Global Compact for...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 20 Jun 2020
As he inspected soldiers in the western region with the defense minister, the armed forces chief of staff and the leaders of the main branches of the army, al-Sīsī said that Egypt’s stability is directly tied to stability of the region, adding that Egypt has never been an advocate of aggression and...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 27 Jun 2020
A statement from the committee stated today that the bishop and priests of each diocese, should consider the health situation [in their locality] and decide thereon whether it’s best to continue or suspend church masses for another two weeks, or whether it’s better gradually open them, taking all...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 23 Jun 2020
Google changed its homepage image to a picture of several women who are engaging in different activities that women were forbidden from at that time, from education to sport, music and drawing.
Hudā Shaʿarāwī was the first Egyptian woman who demanded that women should have the right to engage in...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 20 Jun 2020
Yūsuf Ṭalʿat, legal advisor to the Evangelical Community in Egypt, said in a statement that the bill was handed over by the Catholic Church, but right now there are no plans to meet soon about the law. The last meeting between the heads of these three sects was in April of 2019.
The personal...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 27 Jun 2020
Copts experienced the brunt of the Muslim Brotherhood’s evil prior to the revolution. The most important and prominent incident during this period was when the St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-ʿAbāssiyya was attacked with gun fire, Molotov cocktails, and tear gas for the first time since...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 4 Jul 2020
The Dār al-Iftāʾ emphasized that sexual harassment is forbidden [ḥarām], a grave sin, and punishable by law. It added that those who do this are promised a severe punishment in this life and the next. It also mentioned that Islamic law [Sharīʿah] requires those in power fight these shameful...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 4 Jul 2020
A few days ago, a group of girls founded an account on social media, called "Assault Police," to collect evidence against the concerned man. This account, which hundreds of people follow, includes the testimonies of over 50 girls about incidents in addition to text and voice messages that the...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 4 Jul 2020
Former president Dr. Muḥammad Mursī, associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, was deposed on July 3, 2013, after protests. Dr. ʿAllām emphasized that Egyptians came out on that day to declare that they were unsatisfied with the social contract that put the Muslim Brotherhood in control of the...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 23 Aug 2020
The Pope approved two versions of the logo: a logo in one colour for traffic signs, low-cost printing methods, photocopiers and various engraving methods, and another in two colours which will be used for all other publicity, such as coloured prints of all types, social media sites and all other...
Reviewed by Romy Welch
Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 15 May 2020
The first to be arrested was Ḥanīn Ḥussām, a university student who provoked controversy on social media by posting video clips in which she invited young women to use TikTok to earn money. The Public Prosecutor’s office has charged her with “violating the family values of Egyptian society”, and “...
Reviewed by Romy Welch
Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 13 May 2020
These statues, with lion bodies and ram heads, considered to be symbols of the Pharaonic god Amun, have adorned the Karnak Temple for thousands of years.
The move has upset some in the south over the parting of their treasures and prompted criticism out of fear that the rams would be damaged....
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 8 Jun 2020
This came within the framework of the railway authority trying to improve safety across its railway network and increase women’s access to safe transportation services. This was done to guarantee that women are able to access all possible economic, employment and educational opportunities and...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 26 Aug 2020
The church stated in a statement today that “the Monastery of St Thomas al-Sā’iḥ notes that there is a page present on Facebook under the name of Father of Ṣamūʾīl that uses an image of the monk, Fr. Ṣamūʾīl at-Tūmāsī, one of the monastery’s fathers, and it is a fake page.”
The church continued...
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Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 26 Aug 2020
During a meeting between the Minister of Water Resources, the Minister of Immigration and young Egyptians abroad to review Egypt’s water managing efforts, ʿAbd al-‘Āṭī confirmed that he hopes that current negotiations will result in reaching a compromise that fulfils the interests of the three...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 24 Aug 2020
Rushdī is an Imām of Endowments whose name came to light in recent years due to his statements, opinions and fatwās that has caused several controversies. He has also had many statements filed against him in allegations of his insulting women and encouraging sectarian views.
According to the...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 5 Apr 2020
A Sunday press conference was held in Istanbul, Turkey, under the title of, “Cooperation and Participation are an Obligation.” There, the Muslim Brotherhood said that the committee would continue to play an active role in preparing informative and instructive content to raise public awareness on...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 9 Apr 2020
AFTE said in a statement that it had filed the case on behalf of the relatives of Ḥassan al-Bannā, who has been in remand detention for over two years on charges of “joining a terrorist organization.”
The organization explained that this case would represent the beginning of a campaign it was...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 14 Apr 2020
According to the observatory, the operatives were intending to carry out their attack on Coptic churches during Easter celebrations. The Egyptian police’s heroic mission that thwarted the plot attests to the recent development of Egypt’s superior security and intelligence capabilities.
The...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 15 Apr 2020
There was a huge leap in the number of terrorist operations after the Muslim Brotherhood was ousted from power in 2013, in the wake of widespread popular protests. Jihadist groups tied to the Muslim Brotherhood subsequently carried out hundreds of terrorist operations against military and civilians...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 23 Jun 2020
Kees: Eslam you are most welcome to join us. You are a most valued contributor.
Eslam: First of all, I want to thank Nadeem since I enjoyed his presentation. Thanks Nadeem. It’s nice to hear you again after a long time of not communicating.
Kees: Yes, because you know each other.
Nadeem: Hi Eslam...
Date of source: 23 Jun 2020
Kees: Thank you Eliana for being willing to speak to our group on Muslim Christian dialogue but the first question I have for you is: What is DanMission? What is DanMission doing? Can you give us a short introduction? Then you can go what you would like to speak about.
Eliana: Thank you everyone...
Date of source: 24 Jun 2020
This situation started to suffer some changes/challenges and Jordan started witnessing what other countries in the region also witnessed due to wars and radicalization…etc.
Material, readings and exercises (will send you final drafts in the next couple of days):
-Arab Christians and Arabic...
Date of source: 24 Jun 2020
Renee Hattar: It is an honour to see so many young people taking part in such an event because it is important. It is hard sometimes to talk about relations and the history of Christian-Muslim relations in Jordan because to us living in Jordan, it has never been an issue or a big deal because it...
Date of source: 24 Jun 2020
Kees: Yesterday with DanMission was quite interesting. They went into experiences with Egyptian security. It was quite interesting. Of course, it was going through with CEOSS, a larger organisation. Their experiences were almost the same as the problems we have experienced. Getting permissions or...
Date of source: 5 Apr 2020
Ramadan in Egypt is marked by several phenomena which differ from other countries. However, there’s a chance that they won’t happen this year due to the deadly virus.
Around this kind of time in Egypt, young people would normally gather to decorate the streets and alleyways with flags and streamers...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 24 Jun 2020
Date of source: 5 Apr 2020
In an interview with the national Youm7 [al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ] newspaper, Ṣabbūr indicated that he didn’t care a lot about the increasing number of people infected with the novel coronavirus, saying “what’s wrong with an increase in infections as long as we continue to have an existing people, even if...
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Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 3 Apr 2020
Instructing people on how they should deal with the coming holy days, Father Būlus said: “We have set up arrangements to allow people to connect with the church beginning from Good Friday, where Copts will be able to follow along the prayers with a broadcast of the pope’s mass at the monastery,...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 2 Apr 2020
Accordingly, the National Evangelical Council met digitally on April 2, along with the leaders of the Evangelical Church in a meeting headed by Rev. Dr Andriyya Zakī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, deciding on the following measures. 1. In solidarity with state policy on preventative...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Date of source: 4 Apr 2020
In a statement denying the facts, they said:
“Closing churches is unprecedented in light of the presence of other churches and denominations having religious services in a standardized way. The Catholic Church is having daily mass in church, which is limited to a priest and a few deacons, and the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 Apr 2020
According Fikrī, Luther and his reformation brought Europe democracy, equality, and respect for human rights and had a cultural impact on Europe. In his book, he writes that Europe was living like how “we” - referring to the Arab world - are living now in a state of ignorance and corruption and...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 Apr 2020
The ministry is prohibiting public gatherings breaking the Ramadan fast in the ministry, the Body of Endowments, the National Group, and all other groups under the ministry’s control. It is also banning setting up charity ifṭār tables [mawā’id al-Raḥmān] around mosques or their wings.
The Supreme...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 7 Apr 2020
The Shaykh of al-Azhar, in his second video message, said that those people, who are able and financially well-off, have to speed up their spending on their brothers and sisters hurting during this pandemic since everyone is together in this and is responsible for one another. He emphasized that...
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.