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Date of source: 2 Jan 2017
Shākir added that “The attack at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church was blatant terrorism. It is impossible to characterize it as sectarian.” She affirmed that “sectarian incidents have markedly decreased in the current period.”
She went on to confirm that “Egypt has undergone a difficult phase in...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 2 Jan 2017
Global search-engine Google celebrates today the birthday of Egyptian visual artist Ḥusayn Bīkār. The search-engine placed a picture in honor of the visual artist who gifted the world with art of the highest quality.
However, many of us do not know who this international artist is that the world...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 3 Jan 2017
The al-Qāhira w-al-nās channel released a statement through its official Facebook account on Sunday, in which it clarified the circumstances surrounding the cancellation of ʿĪsā’s show. The channel stated that ʿĪsā backed out of the show to dedicate himself to his writing and creative projects in...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 3 Jan 2017
The draft legislation asks the U.S. Secretary of State to follow up on the extent of the Egyptian government’s commitment to restore all the churches that it promised to restore after dismantling the Rabʿa and Nahḍa sit-ins in 2013. The draft legislation also asks the Secretary of State to present...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 5 Jan 2017
During an interview Thursday, Muḥammad Fā’iq added that Western states had the most egregious human rights violations in the past due to colonialism, and that Egypt is one of the first countries that worked on the Declaration of Human Rights.
He continued, “after 2011, human rights in...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 6 Jan 2017
He also praised their insistence to remain present at all celebrations, which reflects the spirit of tolerance between Muslims and Copts and is evidence of the depth of the relations between all of the governorate’s sects.
The Bishop also affirmed that security forces worked together to...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 7 Jan 2017
The State Information Service describes itself as a government authority that reports to the presidency, in accordance with a 2012 presidential degree. The State Information Service’s role is “an official media and public relations outlet for the state,” that is, to explain the state’s policies in...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
In Video… The Evangelical Church: al-Sīsī is making history with Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt
Date of source: 7 Jan 2017
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 9 Oct 2017
Local residents arrived at the scene after they were alarmed by the sound of loud screams from the deceased’s home. The man, apparently, did not try to escape and was taken by residents to the police where he confessed to the murder (ibid.)
Rumors of the deceased being stripped naked and the...
Date of source: 2 Oct 2017
EU:
September 2016: The Netherlands marked Siwa red, meaning “don’t travel.” The area around Siwa is colored orange: only travel if needed. It is remarkable that the Netherlands considers the desert around Siwa as more safe than Siwa oasis itself. https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/...
Date of source: 17 Jan 2017
The Observatory added that the statements put out by al-Qāʿida’s leader, Ayman al- Ẓawāhrī, confirm this phenomenon. He attacked the Muslim Brotherhood and former president Muḥammad Mursī. He accused them of promoting the abandonment of religion, sliding towards secularism and the nation-state, and...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 18 Jan 2017
After its renovation, the Museum has a number of unique advantages, including:
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An increase in the number of displayed artifacts to 4,400 items
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The display of 400 artifacts for the first time
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An increase of 16 vitrines, spaced out methodologically
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An increase of 3 new...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 19 Jan 2017
All of these groups, all of them, are similar in their composition, their origins, their development, and their clashes with their societies. They follow the same process of manipulating religion, from al-Khawārij in the past, to groups such as al-Ḥashāshīn and al-Ṣafā Brotherhood, and even those...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 17 Jan 2017
The engineering designs of the church are complete
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark, signed the engineering design of the cathedral. In his own handwriting, he wrote on it “Christ blesses this project, with its beautiful design that will become a modern...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 17 Jan 2017
The Administrative Court’s Ruling: ʿAbd al-ʿĀl expressed his respect of the Administrative Court’s ruling, which ordered that the process of redrawing naval borders between Egypt and Saudi Arabia be halted, the issue more commonly known as the “Tīrān and Ṣanāfīr Agreement.” At the same time, he...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 18 Jan 2017
Fāyiq was sure to address all of the issues and challenges facing Egypt during this crucial time, and which include the question of terrorism and extremism, and especially, how these in turn reflect on the state of human rights in Egypt.
He pointed to the importance of considering issues...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 19 Jan 2017
“Coordinating Citizenship” said in its statement: “Despite Copts’ daily struggle in terms of daily, and deadly, incidents (whether terroristic or criminal); our principal position remains as is: we reject any and all forms of external intervention in Egypt’s domestic affairs.
“Coordinating...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 26 Jan 2017
This came during his speech at the temporary exhibition that he inaugurated at the Egyptian Museum in Taḥrīr on Thursday evening. The exhibition is titled “Egypt The Cradle of Religions” and will remain until February 27th. The exhibition includes 57 artifacts from different eras, and it was...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 25 Jan 2017
In a statement, the Orthodox Church added that Hatūn organization is not affiliated to the Syriac Orthodox Church, and does not represent it in any shape, way, or form. It pointed out that this organization operates in a completely independent manner, without the recognition or approval of the...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 24 Jan 2017
Why do sunnī researchers deal with [the] shīʿa [community] as one monolithic entity? What is the origin of the sunnī-shīʿa divide?
The four different schools of Islamic thought were founded on the idea that shīʿa is apostasy and when Ibn Taymiyya said that the shīʿa must be killed. These people...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 12 Jan 2017
According to the Commission’s statement [released] Thursday, a Danish delegation will participate in the conference, including Bishop Peter Fischer-Møller, head of the Danish Danmission organization, which is concerned with reducing religious-based violence. Also attending: Jørgen Skov Sørensen,...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 12 Jan 2017
During the meeting, the muftī confirmed that the dangers of terrorism now threaten everyone, and that we will not achieve any tangible progress unless every party assumes its responsibility seriously. He expressed his gratitude to the delegation from the Dutch parliament for their support of Egypt’...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 12 Jan 2017
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Bethlehem Celebrates Christmas amidst Eastern Church Leaders
Bethlehem welcomed Eastern church leaders celebrating Christmas, in the presence of hundreds of civilians, and religious and civil delegations. The first to arrive to Bethlehem was the convoy of Syriac...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 13 Jan 2017
Also participating in the celebration was a large number of the Egyptian community, a number of priests from the church in London and Brighton. and shaykhs of al-Azhar in London. The party began with a reading of Qur’ānic verses, follwed by a reading from the Bible and a word from the...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 13 Jan 2017
It was a short speech, but it contained a number of very important messages. The speech came to break the ice between the presiding leadership and the Coptic Church in a way we haven’t seen since the establishment of the modern Egyptian state. The President’s words signified a nationalist step, and...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 14 Jan 2017
This included that there was a disagreement between a 9-year-old Muslim boy and a 13-year-old Christian boy. The Muslim boy’s father informed the police that the latter sexually abused his child.
The woman continued in her complaint that, although forensic investigations proved that this did not...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 14 Jan 2017
He stated that ʿurfī marriage is just like selling land, with civilization and progress, it became recorded with official documentation.
He continued to say that, as such, we have two types of marriage. The first time official marriage, and the second type is ʿurfī marriage and “if ʿurfī...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 14 Jan 2017
These films are thus limited to being broadcast inside Church walls, for example, or on the few Christian screens on television Is the reason behind this the scarcity of Coptic works? No, for there is a narrative film titled 49 Martyrs, which tells the historical story of a monk in the monastery of...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 14 Jan 2017
This was in the presence of Ambassador Hūaydā ʿIṣām, Egypt’s consul to Kuwait, as well as representatives from various Christian sects, and a large number of the Coptic community resident in Kuwait.
According to the statement released by the church, the following priests were ordained Dr. ʿImād...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 14 Jan 2017
With the President’s insistence to participate in the Cathedral’s Christmas celebrations, there emerged a desire on behalf of the shaykhs of various Ṣūfī groups (ṭuruq) to issue an invitation to President al-Sīsī to participate in Ṣūfī celebrations of al-Ḥusayn Festival, which is the biggest...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 15 Jan 2017
Sources within Civil Protection state that the firemen were able to contain the fire began in a room without any losses, on the second floor of the monastery.
Major-General Muṣṭafā al-Nimr, Security Chief of al-Daqahliyya, received the notification of a fire at the Monastery of St. Demiana...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 15 Jan 2017
Those projected to attend include: Major-General ʿIṣām al-Badīwī, Governor of al-Minyā; Rev. Andrea Zakī, Head of the Evangelical Sect in Egypt and General manager of the Coptic Evangelical Commission for Social Services; Danish Bishop Peter Fischer-Møller, Head of Danmission; Jørgen Skov...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 16 Jan 2017
The spokesperson affirmed his gratitude for President al-Sīsī, who announced the establishment of the cathedral next to a mosque in the new administrative capital during his presence at Christmas Mass. The spokesperson stressed that this cathedral differs from the thirty feddans allocated by...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 16 Jan 2017
Zaydān al-Qinā’ī, spokesperson on behalf of the organization, recounted a number of criminal and sectarian incidents that copied the terrorist organization, including incidents of manslaughter or arson that seek to terrorize people and Egyptian society. For example, the slaughter of a driver...
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Translator Salmā Khamīs
Date of source: 26 Jun 2017
Yesterday, Shaykha Lubnā Khālid al-Qāsimī, Minister of International Cooperation in Abu Dhabi, re-inaugurated the mosque with its new name in the presence of a group of state officials, and Muslim and Christian clerics in the United Arab Emirates. Why did they change the name of the grand mosque?...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 26 Jun 2017
He talks about the Qur’ān, [and about how] it was collected and preserved in a muṣḥafduring the reign of ʿUthmān Ibn ʿAffān and became a consistent and agreed upon text. However, the ḥadith has another purpose. It has been collected over a long period, about three or four generations, therefore it...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 20 Jun 2017
Does anyone know the number of religious parties in Egypt? And why do they not all join forces under one umbrella, since they all strive for the same goal? And what is the goal of forming religious parties, what is their future in Egypt, given that the Party Affairs Committee in Egypt issued...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 19 Jun 2017
Lamʿī believes that it is necessary to abolish the article in the Constitution concerning contempt of religions, and does not wish to punish Dr. SālimʿAbd al-Jalīl for what he said about the Copts, accusing them of disbelief. He pointed to his refusal to charge al-Azhar alone with the...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 19 Jun 2017
In special meetings with Copts United, Archbishop Munīr ḤannāAnīs, head of the Episcopal Church in Egypt, said that 85% of Christians in Iraq, Syria and Palestine had already emigrated, but Egyptian Christians are not a minority and are more connected to their homeland.
For his part, Dr. Fayṣal...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 19 Jun 2017
It is an archeological landmark for all the inhabitants of the neighborhood and is linked to a number of mythological stories that have an important religious symbol for Copts and Christians of all sects in Egypt. It is also recognized by the Coptic Orthodox Church as one of the transit...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 26 Jun 2017
Samuel Tāḍrus, a researcher at the Hudson Institute, and a fellow at the Washington Institute, commented via Twitter on the BBC report on Pope Tuwāḍrūs II's visit to Australia, and the [supposed] handing over by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of a tie from one of the US President...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 24 Jun 2017
Maurice stressed that the motivation behind writing this book is the lack of knowledge about history of Coptic Catholics in Egypt, there are those who say that Catholics ended up in Egypt after the Council of Chalcedon, others say they came with the French campaign, amongst other incorrect...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 24 Jun 2017
On June 24, 1968, nineteen centuries after his death, Egypt received the remains of its evangelist St. Mark. There were direct negotiations between the Coptic Church and the Church of Rome to restore the remains that were in Venice. Pope Paul VI made a great effort to convince the people of the...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 23 Jun 2017
This was a religious evening organized by the Regional Council for Human Rights and the Coptic brothers enriched the celebration with some national songs, and hymns that embodied national unity and reflected the cohesion of the people of the New Valley.
Father Shinūda, patron of the city of...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 23 Jun 2017
Al-Shūrbajī stated that he asked Attorney General Mr. Nabīl Ṣādiq to complete these investigations as soon as possible, especially since one of these parties, the Building and Development Party (Ḥizb al-binā’ wa-l-taʿmīr), is headed by Ṭāriq al-Zumur whose name is on the list of terrorists drawn up...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 23 Jun 2017
Origin: Hudā al-Shaʿrāwī was born in the city of al-Minyā in Upper Egypt on June 23rd 1879 and received education in her parents' home. As soon as she reached the age of 13, she was married to her cousin ʿAlīal-Shaʿrāwī, who was about 40 years older [than her]. One of the conditions of her marriage...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 22 Jun 2017
This call is based on the principle that correct religious discourse is one of the most important factors [needed] to eliminate terrorism, achieve stability in societies, and contribute to their security. It is also a vital factor in the dissemination of tolerant thought and the achievement of...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 20 Jun 2017
This is all manifest in the foundation’s statements since the January 25th Revolution in 2011. Then, al-Azhar invited intellectuals and social elites and issued a document on the future of Egypt in June of 2011. This document confirmed the unity of society, that Islamic Sharīʿa was the main source...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 21 Jun 2017
The celebration begins on June 13th and ends on June 28th, next Wednesday, where the day starts with Divine Mass under the chairmanship of Father Andrew (Andrāwis), Bishop of Abū Tīj.
The celebrations of the Monastery of al-Janādila in Mount al-Ghunāym are considered the beginning of the season...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 20 Jun 2017
Following MP Bidīr ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz’s announcement of submission a formal proposal to amend articles 21 and 66 of the Civil Status Law, concerning the conditions of birth names, Bishop Raphael, secretary of the Holy Synod, expressed his surprise at the law that prohibits the use of foreign names,...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 24 Jun 2017
Counsellor Jamīl Ḥalīm, the legal representative of the Catholic Church in Egypt, said that the committee responsible for discussing the law has been suspended for some time because of what happened to the church in terms of terrorist attacks, but at the end of the session, the general provisions...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 23 Jun 2017
Unfortunately, this is not the case of His Holiness Pope Tuwāḍrūs II, when he fought more than once in politics and its divisions, most recently in a channel, known to be loyal to al-Sīsī. Pope Tuwāḍrūs II condemned again January 25th Revolution and the Arab Spring in general and described it as...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 25 Jun 2017
ʿAbdallāh congratulated Egyptians in general, and the people of the Red Sea in particular, on the occasion of the blessed feast, wishing that Egypt would reach stability. He called on the Almighty to return these days with blessings for the Egyptian people.
He has also thanked all the attendees for...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 25 Jun 2017
Coming (very) late is better than never, for Al-Azhar is decades late in confronting verbal and physical violence till they presented to the President a law to fight hatred and violence in the name of religion at the Laylat al-Qadr ceremony [religious celebration during Ramadan commemorating the...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 25 Jun 2017
"Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant," (Matthew 20:26). With this verse of the Gospel, the Egyptian Patriarch Tuwāḍrūs II began his message to the Copts, speaking of happiness. He said that whoever wanted to be the first must be the last of all and their servant. The Pope...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 24 Jun 2017
It is interesting to note that Egyptians were, from early on in history, involved in the trading of religion. They faced the Crusades in the Middle Ages with great understanding and awareness and they quickly realized that the Crusades were not intended to protect the Christian religion, but only...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 23 Jun 2017
According to the Arab News website, priest Yūʾānis Adīb, official of the Catholic Church in the Red Sea, went to the headquarters of the central administration of the Red Sea al-Azhar province on behalf of His Excellency Archbishop of Sūhāj Bishop Yūsuf Abū al-Khayr, in order to congratulate Dr....
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 24 Jun 2017
After a long conflict that lasted for months among the scholars of al-Azhar, headed by Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Shaykh of al-Azhar, and the parliament over the issue of the renewing religious discourse, there was relative calm in the crisis after the World Peace Conference. Organized by al-Azhar, the...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
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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.