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Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
Hānī and Christine Wajīh, a brother and a sister in their twenties, have struggled to participate in the referendum today.
Christine stressed the importance of voting for extending the presidential term agreed in the constitutional amendments.
“We have never dallied in participating in anything...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
Presidential Spokesman Bassām Rādī said that Mahdī congratulated the Egyptian people during the call on the successful implementation of the Referendum on the Constitutional Amendments, praising the positive developments that have taken place in Egypt on all levels over the past years.
For his...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 8 Apr 2019
According to a source in Saint Mina Monastery, Athanāsiyyūs was delegated to the spiritual service in the USA and caused much trouble with Bishop David of New York. He refused returning to his monastery in Alexandria when he was asked to do so, leading bishopKīrillus to send him a formal letter...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
He added that the heavy turnout of voters indicates the Egyptians’ raised awareness of the importance of participation.
al-Sharīf pointed out that the results are submitted by the subcommittees to the public committees without being announced to be submitted to the Preliminary Court that passes...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
This forum is organized annually by the Ministry of Antiquities since 2016 for showing the results of the various Egyptian and foreign missions’ work. It is attended by leaders from the Antiquities Ministry and heads of the foreign archaeological institutes and missions working in Egypt.
The...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
The JBA President Ḥamdī al-Tabba’a, recalled his association’s efforts and role in consolidating economic, trade and investment relations between both countries through the Jordanian-Egyptian Business Council. He pointed out that the Council worked on overcoming obstacles to increasing the mutual...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
Until now, no group has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday attacks against churches and luxury hotels that left 290 people killed and over 500 others wounded.
A government spokesman said on Monday that an international network is involved in these horrific bombings.
In addition, a...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 10 Apr 2019
Presidential Spokesman Ambassador Bassām Rāḍī stated that “The meeting focused on issues pertinent to women empowerment, notably in light of the initiative launched by the White House under the title "The Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative.”
The initiative aims at promoting...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 10 Apr 2019
During the sermon, the Pope read parts of Saint John’s bible about the miracle of the man born blind. He said that it proves that Jesus came to illuminate the hearts of the humans, pointing out that he healed the man’s heart before healing his eyes in order to give him a new spiritual vision....
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 6 Jul 2019
The paper describes media close to the current regime in Cairo as “Samsung and autocue media”, after a female news presenter, who was announcing the news of the death of Mursī on air, failed to stop herself when reading from the teleprompter word-for-word, saying “Sent from Samsung device”, an...
Reviewed by Xavier Owen
Translator Xavier Owen
Date of source: 6 Jul 2019
It follows on from the death of bishop Epīphaniyyūs, who was killed at the end of July last year, after being beaten by monks with a sharp instrument in his monastery in northern Egypt. The authorities said the investigation found that the reason for the killing was due to "ideological and...
Reviewed by Xavier Owen
Translator Xavier Owen
Date of source: 7 Apr 2019
The objective of civil society goes beyond mere political participation. It moves beyond that to be involved in participation in its comprehensive sense at the political, economic, social and cultural levels. Such involvement gives it the opportunity to monitor, govern and correct the course of...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 10 Apr 2019
According to some church sources, the conference will be attended by all the Orthodox families of the world, including the Orthodox Romans, the Syrians and the Latins. The sources added that the Coptic Orthodox Church will be represented by a number of bishops, including Bishop Sirābiyyūn,...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 9 Apr 2019
During the call, ‘Abd al ʿĀṭīemphasized the importance of exploiting the existing events to make as much gains as possible, and the need to seek the help of the neighbors.
Jamāl said that they explicitly talked about the plan aimed at fragmenting and melting the Arab countries, and about a...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 9 Apr 2019
The forum’s mission is to reach one million women in 2022 in India through connecting a million women leaders and entrepreneurs who support gender equality and women’s empowerment for helping one another and providing mutual support.
It’s noteworthy that this forum has been organized...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 9 Apr 2019
The festival will be organized under the auspices of Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Bishop Mātaʾūsʾ of the Syrian Monastery, Bishop Mūsā of Youth, Bishop Rāfāʾīl of Cairo Downtown Churches, Bishop Makārī of Southern Shubrā and Bishop Mārtīrūs of the Churches East of the Railway.
It will also be...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 2 Jun 2019
This situation is similar to the case of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. The Brotherhood exploited divisions within Egyptian society to win the elections and take power. Afterwards, people’s awareness led to a political change and rid Egypt of radicalpolitical Islam.
A few days later, Iran started...
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Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 2 Jun 2019
According to The Times, since coming to power in 2013, the regime of current President, al-Sīsī handed preliminary death sentences to more than 2,400 people. The escalation of executions reflect the deterioration of the human rights situation in Egypt, and comes within the framework of al-Sīsī’s...
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Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 2 Jun 2019
For instance, the charge of “anti-Semitism" is used without notice at every occasion. This to the extent that government officials, led by President Emmanuel Macron, have been caught in the trap of confusing anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism.
The French president proposed a few weeks ago to amend the...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 31 May 2019
Rāniyyā al-Mashāṭ expressed her pleasure over signing the agreement and pointed out the several articles included in the document, such as cooperation in the development of the tourism productin the fields of cultural and coastal tourism, festival tourism, cooking tourism and other tourist patterns...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 31 May 2019
Egypt is treating Syrian refugees with dignity and without restrictions, however, the increasing presence of Syrians has a big impact on the country.
Since 2012, the government has supported Syrian refugees and provided them the services of health, education and higher educationas Egyptian...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 17 Apr 2019
The Center for Research on Anti-Semitism recorded a significant increase in the number of anti-Jewish incidents in Berlin: the number of such incidents reached 1083 in 2018, an increase of 14% compared to 2017. The number of actual anti-semitic attacks has doubled from 18 to 46.
According to the...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 29 May 2019
Every day dozens of poor people wait for charity in front of the building and believers gather around the shrine of “Sulṭān of Karāmāt” asking for miracles and blessings, while the mosque is filled with worshipers.
A banner decorating the mosque says that this sacred place is dedicated to Ḥussayn...
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Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 2 Jun 2019
Israeli security forces are following the economic and security situation in the West Bank, the terms of the Deal of the Century, which will be announced by US President Donald Trump, as well as the growing strength of Ḥizbullāh in Lebanon and Syria.The impact of the aforementioned on Israel is...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 2 May 2019
Rothchild explained that Jews in the US are a diverse and complex community and for this reason there are internal conflicts about their position on the State of Israel.
A large part of American Jewish community, among them the youth, is actually dissatisfied with the charges, corruption and...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 2 May 2019
Nādir Saʿad, the spokesman for the Cabinet, said that the Committee will discuss severalissues of common concern, including mechanisms to increase volume of trade exchange and to facilitate the exchange of goodsbetween the two countries.
During the visit, Madbūlī will meet Lebanese President Michel...
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Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 16 Apr 2019
Nada Samīr, head of the Social Aids Committee at Miṣr Foundation for Health and Sustainable Development, said that the development of the implementation plan for the first phase of the Dignified Life Initiative is under way among the partner NGOs of the initiative under the direct follow-up and...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
The 33-year-old Dāliyyā Ihāb Yūnis is organizing the first Acapella workshop in Egypt. Acapella is a singing technique that relies on human voices instead of instruments to produce music. The workshop will include producing a song to raise awareness about hearing impairments. The performers will...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Jul 2019
Session 1 The Disciple and his relationship to God
Read Ephesians 4:1-5 and 25-32.
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep...
Date of source: 1 May 2019
Dr. Māyā Mursī, President of NCW, stressed the main role of Egypt’s “honorable male and female workers” from all sectors of production in building the nation. She also praised their dedication anddetermination to create a better future for themselvesand their children.
Additionally, Dr. Mursī...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 1 May 2019
Rivlin added that although the Jews are not under the risk of a second Holocaust, the new rise of anti-Semitism shouldn’t be ignored and that those “antisemitic forces” shouldn’t be considered as allies. Taking a clear stance against them is necessary otherwise it would be hypocritical to demand...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 2 May 2019
The country with the largest number of serious antisemitic attacks is the US, although attacks against Jews in Western Europe has more than doubled in the last year.
The report points out that anti-Semitism has turned intoan ordinary matter and that “it is no longer just part of the complex...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 16 Apr 2019
They wanted to draw attention to the forgotten civilization and the neglected monuments of al-Mansoura city; so they decided to start by this mosque and present a maquette documenting its civilization and history in an effort to make the concerned authorities pay attention to its restoration.
“We...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 1 May 2019
Ideologically, it is certain that Trump administration has opened a battle against political Islam, whether it comes form the regime in Iran or the jihadist ideology, since the beginning of its mandate. Michael Flynn, the President’s first national security adviser, put forward the early proposal...
Reviewed by Giulia Conte
Translator Giulia Conte
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
The Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Ṣubḥī met today with a group of German youth who are on a visit to Egypt as part of a tourist programme organized by the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Ṣubḥī expressed his joy with meeting them in cooperation with the Church, stressing that Egypt now has a distinct...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
During his word in the meeting of the Parliament’s Religious and Endowments Affairs Committee, the Minister of Awqāf Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumʿah said that both al-Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox Church have received their endowments from the Ministry of Awqāf.
He added that the ministry has finished...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
A fire broke out at Al-Marwanī Prayer Hall on Monday evening in the Eastern side of al-Aqṣā Mosque.
al-Aqṣā TV showed a video of a fire said to have erupted in the guard’s room outside the roof of the Marwānī Prayer Hall at the al-Aqṣā Mosque.
According to a source from the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 16 Apr 2019
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, considered the fire which struck the Notre Dame Cathedral as a huge loss for all of humanity, for its extremely important historical value, and being that it is one of the world’s greatest artifactual sites.
Egypt’s...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 16 Apr 2019
Soon, the Synod is due to hold its new presidential and vice-presidential elections after the expiry of the terms of the President Rifʿat Fikrī and the Vice President Hilmī Ṣamūʾīl.
Several other presidential elections are due to be held in some Synodic councils, including the Council of Dialogue...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 23 Apr 2019
“So what I believe is the United States gives billions of dollars in military aid to Israel. What I believe is not radical. I just believe that the United States should deal with the Middle East on a level playing field basis. In other words, the goal must be to try to bring people together and not...
Reviewed by Basant Samhout
Translator Basant Samhout
Date of source: 23 Apr 2019
The newspaper added that Israel is “Emboldened by Donald Trump’s decision in 2017 to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem, both at the expense of Palestinian claims to a capital in the eastern parts of the city and in contravention of scores of UN resolutions, Netanyahu made campaign...
Reviewed by Basant Samhout
Translator Basant Samhout
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
The Revolutionary Forces released a joint statement suspending negotiations with the Military Council and continuing the sit-in.
The forces said, “from now on our confrontation will be with the military junta, and the transitional authority will make the announcement at a news conference a few...
Reviewed by Basant Samhout
Translator Basant Samhout
Date of source: 6 Feb 2019
Dirk Neven: For me, freedom is rooted in my belief. Christ frees me. I used to be a Marxist during my university days, but eventually I came to the conviction, that Christianity is my way of life.
Jos de Heer: I remember back in High School, we once had a discussion on how an ideal or just society...
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
The Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib met today with the Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during his visit to Cairo.
al-Ṭayyib welcomed the Polish Foreign Minister and his delegation. He also emphasized that al-Azhar’s main mission is the spread of peace all over the world and...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 4 Feb 2019
The first fifteen to twenty minutes of the meeting were not recorded. Father Lazarus had come down from his cave in the mountains to our guesthouse adjacent to the monastery. This was because Cornelis Hulsman was having a thrombosis leg and was told by his medical doctor to take rest and certainly...
Date of source: 16 Apr 2019
The Presidency of The Protestant Churches of Egypt, headed by Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, expresses its deep sorrow on the burning of the historic tower of The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
“We have lost an important and valuable part of human history, we are sharing the sorrow with the French...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
The General Secretary of the Egyptian National Movement Party in Alexandria, Muḥammad Shuʿayb said in press statements today that he always aims to instill a spirit of love and fraternity among the Egyptian people, indicating that he insisted on appointing 50% of the party’s general secretaries...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
Egypt’s Catholic Church Spokesman Hānī Bākhūm expressed his church’s sorrow and grief over the fire that broke out in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
In an earlier statement, he stressed that this historic, cultural and religious edifice belongs to all humanity, and called for addressing the...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 16 Apr 2019
While the church leaders around the world were voicing their solidarity with the French people in such a humanitarian and historic tragedy, the firefighters were trying their best to bring the fire under control.
The major fire in Notre Dame Cathedral resulted in the collapse of its tower and the...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 16 Apr 2019
The Secretary of Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria Fr. Ibrām Imīl said that the St. Mark’s Cathedral holds the first public meeting for the youth tomorrow, Wednesday, in the presence of Pope Tawāḍrūs II. The meeting will be attended by Bishop Pavle [Baflī] of the Churches of al-...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 14 Jul 2019
Since his arrest in 2013, Mursī was held at the ‘Scorpion’ [al-ʿAqrab] prison on the outskirts of Cairo. He was facing a complicated series of charges which are explained below.
In April 2015, Mursī was sentenced to 20 years of hard labour after being found guilty of ordering the unlawful...
Date of source: 13 Apr 2019
The NCW President Dr. Māyā Mursī received an Honorary PhD in Philosophy from the University of Jharkhand Rai in India for her effective role in the fields of empowering women and achieving gender equality.
Mursī is the second Arab and African and the first Egyptian woman to receive an honorary...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
Within the framework of their external tour for inviting the Egyptian expatriates to exercise their right to participate in the Referendum on Constitutional Amendments, the delegation of the Future of a Nation (Mustaqbal Waṭan) Party met with the leadership of the Egyptian community in Italy. The...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
The International Mission for the Follow-up to the Referendum on the Constitutional Amendments of Egypt is a coalition composed of 3 international organizations and one Egyptian organization. The mission is preparing to follow up the referendum on the amendments to Egypt’s 2014 Constitution, slated...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
The Coptic Orthodox Church Official Spokesman Būlus Halīm stated that the registration procedures of three new churches in Indonesia are currently underway, bringing the number of Coptic Orthodox churches in there to five.
Pope Tawāḍrūs assigned the responsibility of registering and accrediting...
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Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
Bombing is considered the worst form of violence faced by Colombo since 1996, in which it took place in the Sri Lankan Central bank, and led to the death of approximately 100. This attack was by the Tamil Tigers of Northern Sri Lanka in an attempt to have a separate homeland. This conflict lasted...
Reviewed by Farah Sallām
Translator Farah Sallām
Date of source: 7 Feb 2019
Dirk Neven: Bishop Marqus, thank you for having us. I am here in order to see if it is possible for my church to organize trips to Egypt. This journey is not only a spiritual one. We also get the chance to go back to the origins of Christianity. Please have this letter of friendship from Father...
Date of source: 31 Jan 2019
First of all, we would like to offer our condolences on the death of Bishop Epiphaniyūs. The tragedy of his murder was not only discussed inside the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, but all over the world. Is there something you want to elaborate on about this subject?
Father Basilius: This...
Date of source: 30 Jan 2019
Jos de Heer: The foundation of knowledge about the relationship between God and men – so that seems very simple. You have a book and in this book there are all things written you have to know about your life with God. But then the problems come – for every book and every time you read a book, there...
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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.