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Date of source: 1 Mar 2024
Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn al-Hilālī, a renowned professor of comparative fiqh (jurisprudence) at al-Azhar University, emphasized the need for a religious discourse that fosters unity and avoids divisive tendencies, adding that fatwās represent the convictions of those issuing them, and are therefore not...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Mar 2024
Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, chaired the 3rd session of AlBaraka Forum for Islamic Economy during its 44th edition, held in the Saudi city of Medina under the title ‘Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa: The Governing Framework of Islamic Economics.’
“The title of this forum...
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Date of source: 13 Mar 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Sheikh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, condemned the terrorist attack that resulted in the killing of 3 monks through the targeting of the Monastery of Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Bishop Samuel of the Coptic Orthodox Church in South Africa.
The Sheikh of al-Azhar stressed that...
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Date of source: 29 Feb 2024
Sūhāj University President, Ḥassān al-Nuʿmānī, and Grand Muftī of Egypt, Shawqī ʿAllām, inaugurated the 9th Scientific Conference for Young Researchers, attended by a host of local leaders, clergymen, al-Azhar scholars, and university students.
“The university is keen on holding the young...
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Date of source: 19 Feb 2024
Orthodox Copts in Egypt and worldwide are preparing for this year’s three-day Nineveh fast, commencing on February 26, fifteen days ahead of the Lent. The fast is observed in honor of the Prophet Yūnān (Jonah), who remained inside the belly of a whale for three days.
Moḥsin George, a member of the...
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Date of source: 20 Feb 2024
The governorate of Damietta (Dumyāṭ), about 160 kilometers north of Cairo, is getting prepared to celebrate the mūlid (birthday anniversary) of al-ʿĀrif Biāllah al-Fātiḥ al-Takrūrī, also known as Abū al-Maʿāṭī. The courts of dhikr and Ṣūfī rituals are being prepared, with local sweet and souvenir...
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Date of source: 19 Feb 2024
During a meeting to discuss cooperation with the Brazilian ambassador, Paulino Franco de Carvalho Neto, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, emphasized that al-Azhar’s mission is to promote peace globally, as he considered all al-Azhar students and graduates as “envoys of peace” in...
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Date of source: 24 Feb 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, expounded on five important fatwās (religious edicts) during his weekly appearance on the show Naẓra (Vision) on the Ṣadā al-Balad TV station with talk show host, Ḥamdī Rizq.
“Dereliction at the workplace and bribe-taking are deemed as corruption. Although...
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Date of source: 19 Feb 2024
President of the Egyptian Nūr-Mubārak University of Islamic Culture, Dr. Muḥammad al-Shaḥāt al-Jindī, emphasized the imperative need to heed the calls from religious leaders advocating for the establishment of an international law criminalizing contempt of religions.
“We have to underscore the...
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Date of source: 25 Feb 2024
Monṣif Sulaymān, the Coptic Orthodox Church’s legal advisor and a member of the House of Representatives’ Religious Affairs Committee, anticipates the official promulgation of the personal status law for Copts in June, pending the completion of the Justice Ministry’s review.
Sulaymān said the law...
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Date of source: 22 Feb 2024
The Palestinian Christian Kairos Palestine initiative delegation met the Secretary-General of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and his accompanying delegation at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) headquarters in Jerusalem.
The delegation briefed the WCC Secretary-General on the...
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Date of source: 22 Feb 2024
Kyrios Kyrios Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine and Jordan, inaugurated the Christian Family House in Jordan and prayed for the success of all those working for the new initiative.
In his address to the priests and mental health specialists, Patriarch...
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Date of source: 2 Mar 2024
In this article, I will continue what I said at the conference held by the Freedoms Committee of the General Syndicate of the Egyptian Writers Union on February 3, 2023, entitled “Palestine: The Essence of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.”
Thomas Bretman is considered to be the first Christian to have...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 4 Feb 2024
Maḥmūd al-Habbāsh, an advisor to the Palestinian President, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās, and the Palestinian Authority’s Top Sharīʿa Judge and Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, condemned the “racist assault” by a group of “terrorist settlers” on a Christian monk in occupied Jerusalem. The assailants had...
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Date of source: 15 Feb 2024
The ‘Dictionary of the Spirit: Ṣūfīsm as We Should Know it’, the latest book by author and researcher Dr. ʿAmmār ʿAlī Ḥasan, has been released by the Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House in Cairo.
The book encompasses more than 160 Ṣūfī terminologies and concepts, written in an innovative way that is...
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Date of source: 15 Feb 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to the mosque and mausoleum of Imām al-Shāfiʿī in Cairo on the sidelines of his visit to Egypt on February 14.
Shaykh ʿAbd al-Salām ʿAbd al-Monṣif, former fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ and religious advisor for the Cairo 24 website, said the...
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Date of source: 11 Feb 2024
Īhāb Ramzī, a member of the House of Representatives’ Legislative Committee, stated that the new amendments discussed during the National Dialogue include the setting up of an Egyptian family care fund as part of efforts to protect the rights of husbands, wives, and children.
“The most prominent...
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Date of source: 14 Feb 2024
Media guru Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā said that political Islamist groups are troubled by Valentine’s Day and consider it ḥarām (religiously impermissible). He pointed out however that Valentine’s Day could be viewed as an important occasion in the tough reality Egyptians are going through amidst political and...
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Date of source: 14 Feb 2024
The Samāllūṭ archdiocese in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minyā commemorated the 9th anniversary of the ‘Martyrs of the Homeland and Faith’ this week. These individuals were killed in Libya in 2015, between February 9 to 16.
The archdiocese held a spiritual revival as of February 9 to run...
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Date of source: 11 Feb 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders, led by Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, expressed “deep concerns” over the threats made by the Israeli occupation forces to launch a military operation in the city of Rafaḥ, which is located in the southern Gaza Strip and is currently densely populated with...
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Date of source: 10 Feb 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders is participating for the second time in a row with a special booth at the New Delhi Book Fair, one of the region’s largest events in terms of number of visitors, taking place from February 10 to 18.
The council's booth will showcase over 220 publications in five...
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Date of source: 28 Jan 2024
The al-Nuzha Misdemeanor Court sentenced musician Aḥmad Ḥijāzī to six months in prison and a bail of 2,000 Egyptian pounds (roughly $64.65) on charges of contempt of religion after he appeared in a video singing verses the Holy Qurʾān to the tune of the oud.
[D.A.B Editorial Note: The ʿŪd or oud...
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Date of source: 15 Feb 2024
On Friday, February 16, the Coptic community in Egypt commemorated the 9th anniversary of the massacre of 21 Egyptian Christians in the Libyan city of Sirte by the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or Dāʿish, in the Arabic acronym, on February 15, 2015.
In a video titled ‘A...
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Date of source: 16 Jan 2024
On Monday, Priest Dr. Munzer Isḥaq (Munther Isaac), pastor of the Christmas Lutheran Church, delivered a lecture under the title “Arab Christians: Between determination and displacement,” with the cooperation of the Orthodox Assembly in the Jordanian capital of Amman. During the lecture, the priest...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 1 Feb 2024
Al-Azhar Fatwā Global Center reiterated that the miracle of the al-Isrāʾ wa al-Miʿrāj (Night Journey and Ascension to Heaven of the Prophet Muḥammad) was confirmed beyond any point of doubt in Chapters 17 and 53 of the Holy Qurʾān and the verified ḥadīths (the Prophet’s tradition).
“The miserable...
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Date of source: 5 Feb 2024
Pope Francis extended his heartfelt thanks to Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyīb, and President of the United Arab Emirates, Shaykh Muḥammad bin Zāyīd Āl-Nahyān, for their significant support of initiatives aimed at promoting the values of human fraternity and social friendship.
These...
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Date of source: 5 Feb 2024
Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām, highlighted that the annual adoption of the International Day of Human Fraternity on February 4 is based on the commemoration of the most significant document in modern human history.
The Document on Human Fraternity was co-...
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Date of source: 3 Feb 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders booth at the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2024 presented its visitors with a recent publication titled ‘Al-Bayān fī Mabāḥith min ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān’ (Clarification on Research Topics from the Sciences of the Qurʾān), authored by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Wahāb Ghuzlān, a...
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Date of source: 3 Feb 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders booth at the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2024 held its 15th cultural symposium under the title, ‘Women between Teachings of Islam and Inherited Traditions.’
Dr. Shafīqa al-Shahāwī, Dean of al-Azhar’s Arab and Islamic Studies Faculty for Girls, asserted that...
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Date of source: 5 Feb 2024
The Coptic Orthodox Church has different clerical titles ranging from deacon (Shemās), priest (Kāhin/Qasīs), archpriest (Qummūṣ), monk (Rāhib), archbishop (Muṭrān) and bishop (Usquf), as well as other titles granted to a church minister in accordance with the hierarchy he obtained at the church. ...
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Date of source: 5 Feb 2024
A spokesperson from the Coptic Orthodox Church announced that donations for relief materials for the people of Gaza can be received through the Bishopric of Public, Ecumenical and Social Services (BLESS).
“Volunteers from the Church Scouts are taking part in preparing the aid truck in association...
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Date of source: 5 Feb 2024
Today (February 5), the Coptic Orthodox Church commemorates several significant events, foremost among them being the anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint Abū Fām al-Jindī al-Ūsīmī.
According to the ‘Synaxarium,’ a book that includes short accounts on the lives of the saints or feasts and fasting...
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Date of source: 4 Feb 2024
Maryam Albīr unwittingly found herself entangled in unexpected challenges within her church and at home, all stemming from her choice of friends at university. Unbeknownst to her, this seemingly mundane decision led to a confrontation with the bishop of al-Qalyūbīya province, who issued threats of...
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Date of source: 22 Jan 2024
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in the Cairo district of al-Fusṭaṭ is putting on display a rare icon that dates back to the 19th century and depicts the Virgin Mary carrying young Jesus.
On its official Facebook page, the NMEC management published a photo of the ancient icon...
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Date of source: 28 Feb 2024
The Egyptian churches and the Bible Society of Egypt are participating in the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) with a collection of varied publications handling history, theology, and religious studies.
The Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center (COCC) is offering a variety of...
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Date of source: 24 Jan 2024
The Bible Society of Egypt is participating in the events of the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) for the year 2024 at Hall no. 2, Booth 3a, with several new publications of Bible translations.
The Society is also launching a contest for the Christian visitors of the CIBF...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 Jan 2024
The Egyptian churches and the Bible Society of Egypt are participating in the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2024.
The Episcopal Publishing House is also taking part with a collection of theology, history, and study books at Hall 2, Booth B1, and has announced discounts...
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Date of source: 15 Jan 2024
The Resaletna Publishing House is participating with its latest publications at the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2024.
The books include ‘Early Christianity’ and ‘The True God: The Christ’s Theology in the Rabbinical Sources’ by author Amjad Bishāra, as well as ‘The...
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Date of source: 28 Jan 2024
At the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), Al-Azhar’s booth is offering its visitors a book titled ‘Islam in China: Scholars and Figures,’ authored by a group of researchers as the latest publication by Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism.
The book emphasizes that the...
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Date of source: 28 Jan 2024
The main hall at the 55th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) hosted Islamic antiquities professors for a symposium titled ‘In the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo’ to discuss the museum’s role in maintaining Egypt’s identity.
Dr. ʿĀṭif Manṣūr, the former dean of the Faculty of Archeology at al-...
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Date of source: 28 Jan 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders’ booth at the 55th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) is introducing to its visitors the book ‘A Treatise on the Sciences of the Qurʾān,’ authored by scholar Shaykh Maḥmūd Abū Daqīqa, a member of al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars.
The book is one of the most...
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Date of source: 26 Jan 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders’ booth at the 55th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) is introducing to its visitors yet another recent publication titled ‘Miracles of the Prophets between Reason and Science’ authored by Shaykh Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq ʿArjūn, a senior scholar of al-Azhar.
The book is...
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Date of source: 24 Jan 2024
Author Muṣṭafā al-Najjār is participating in the 55th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) with his latest publication under the title ‘A Family’s Guide for Combatting Atheism.’
The book serves as a practical guide for protecting young people from atheism and providing them with the means to deal...
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Date of source: 4 Feb 2024
Dr. Muḥammad al-Khalāylah, Jordanian Minister of Awqāf, Islamic Affairs, and Holy Places, said that amity in Jordan is a practical reality that the citizens – both Muslims and Christians – are experiencing in a landmark manner.
“The call for endearment is inherent within the spirit of Islamic...
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Date of source: 20 Feb 2024
Archbishop of Jerusalem Anbā Anṭonyūs led the Epiphany mass on the banks of the Jordan River, where Jesus Christ was baptized.
The Orthodox Christians of Egypt are celebrating today (January 20) the Epiphany, or Divine Manifestation, which established the ritual of baptism that is a prerequisite to...
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Date of source: 4 Feb 2024
Al-Azhar’s booth at the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) is offering visitors the book ‘Children Asking the Imām,’ which contains answers for 38 questions by children as part of the publications of the Nūr book series.
A child said, “My mother told me not to play with my...
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Date of source: 26 Feb 2024
The Dār al-Iftāʾ booth at the 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) said that it is receiving visitors at Hall 4 – B50, to communicate and provide them with summaries of books and publications during this year’s major Egyptian cultural event.
The booth offers many publications of...
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Date of source: 7 Feb 2024
The Coptic Orthodox archdiocese of al-Minūfīya in the town of Shibīn al-Kūm entrusted Mīlād Isṭifānūs ʿAjāybī, a lower with the Court of Cassation and Supreme Constitutional Court, to take all the legal procedures for reconciliation with a Coptic Christian on a misdemeanor case.
The archdiocese, in...
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Date of source: 7 Feb 2024
Al-Bayt al-Muḥammadī Foundation for Sufism and Heritage Science Studies is celebrating the anniversary of the al-Isrā’ wa al-Miʿrāj (Night Journey and Ascension to Heave of the Prophet Muḥammad) and al-Sayīda Zaynab.
The event was attended by a host of scholars of the Azhar and Dr. Muḥmmad Mhannā,...
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Date of source: 6 Feb 2024
The Ṭanṭā Economic Court sentenced Coptic young man Kyrullus Rifʿat Nāshid to six-month suspended imprisonment term and a fine of EGP100,000 (roughly $3,235) on charges of contempt of Christianity and infringement of family principles and values.
The public prosecution had accused Nāshid of “...
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Date of source: 4 Feb 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church welcomed Bishop Kōnstāntayn of the Russian Orthodox Church in Egypt and Africa at the Papal Residence in Cairo on Sunday.
Bishop Kōnstāntayn conveyed the greetings of Patriarch Kīrill of Moscow and All Russia to the Coptic Orthodox Church, expressing...
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Date of source: 3 Feb 2024
A dilemma that involves the issue of many injustices related to Christians’ personal status has been dominating the question of inheritance for Christians in most, if not all, Arab countries. However, Jordan has courageously approached this thorny affair, and come up with a solution that might...
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Date of source: 8 Feb 2024
Tīmōthāūs Mattā al-Khūrī, Patriarchal Vicar of the Syrian Orthodox Church and Archbishop of Ḥomṣ, Ḥamā, Ṭarṭōs and the area which surrounds it, visited Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church on Thursday (Feb. 8) at the Papal Residence of the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-...
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Date of source: 19 Jan 2024
Under the auspices of Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, al-Azhar is taking part in the 55th edition of the CIBF for the eighth year running with a special pavilion in the event that continues for two weeks from January 24 to February 6 at Egypt's International Exhibitions Center (EIEC) in the 5th Settlement.
Al...
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Date of source: 18 Jan 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders pavilion at the Cairo International Book Fair 2024 is offering visitors the book ‘The West and Rediscovery of Islam: Approaches to Islam in Contemporary Western Thought’ by Professor Tijani Boulaouali, who is Director of the European Studies Program at al-Ḥokamāʾ Center...
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Date of source: 19 Jan 2024
A cleric of the ministry of awqāf (religious endowments) said the Islamic sharīʿa (law) aims to preserve religion, soul, progeny, money, and mind, noting that all rules of the sharīʿa revolve around maintaining these necessities.
“That is why God Almighty ordered believers to pursue the sharīʿa...
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Date of source: 18 Jan 2024
Dr. Andrēa Zakī, President of the Evangelical community in Egypt, said that there have been many rounds and lots of discussions on the unified personal status law, which ended up in agreement over 90% of the items.
“Nearly most of the differences are around two or three issues pertaining to...
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Date of source: 20 Jan 2024
Mufīda ʿAbd al-Raḥman, the renowned first Egyptian female lawyer, participated in the activities of the committee on personal status law amendments in late 1950s and contributed to enacting legislations regulating family-related affairs, including marriage and divorce.
Mufīda, born on January 20,...
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Date of source: 17 Jan 2024
Fr. Paulus Sati, Patriarchal Administrator of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Egypt is leading the celebrative mass marking the feast of Mār Antonius (Saint Anthony the Great, d. 356).
The mass will be held in the church of Chaldean Catholics in Egypt in the central Cairo district of al-Fajjāla, on...
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Date of source: 21 Jan 2024
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s Bishopric of Public, Ecumenical and Social Services (BLESS) continues to receive aid in the form of medical materials, foodstuff, clothing, and blankets to send to the Gaza Strip.
Acting on instructions from Pope Tawāḍrūs, the church appealed to its congregation to...
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Date of source: Sunday, June 16, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
Generations of Arabs have grown up believing that deeply entrenched ties relating to the reasons for life and the unity of goals — toward liberation and progress to restore national identity — would bring them closer to each other, regardless of the geographical scope and differences of climates
Date of source: Thursday, June 13, 2013
By: Algemeiner.com
JNS.org – The human rights organization
Amnesty International is deeply concerned
about the increase in criminal blasphemy cases
in Egypt, especially those brought against
Coptic Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
By: EurasiaNet.org
Increasingly under pressure in Egypt, the Copts, one of the worldʼs oldest Christian
communities, are starting to migrate to Georgia, a bastion of Orthodox Christianity in the
South Caucasus. But the transition is not entirely a smooth one.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
By: Yahoo! News
OXFORD, England, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mariz Tadros, an Egyptian academic based at the
Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, spoke of worrisome processes of democratization in Syria and
Date of source: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
By: Daily News Egypt
Participation in the 30 June protests will not be dictated by the church, but
by the personal conviction of its members, according to Egypt’s Orthodox
Church.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
By: AINA
In Egypt, violent clashes between Copts and Muslims have been on the rise since the 2011 ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak, with
many Christians reportedly preferring to leave than experience continuing harassment and discrimination. Earlier this month, the US
Date of source: Monday, June 16, 2014
By: Egyptian Streets
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced a Coptic Christian school teacher to six months in prison after being charged with insulting Islam, overturning earlier charges that only enforced a fine.
Date of source: Monday, June 9, 2014
By: AP
CAIRO (AP) — A security official says villagers abducted a man in northern Egypt and beat him to death on Sunday, the
latest vigilante attack in the country.
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Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2013
By: AP
CAIRO (AP) — When voters went to the polls more than a year ago to vote for Egypt's upper house of parliament, most presumed the legislature would be the powerless talk shop that it had always been for 30 years. Few candidates were known outside their families, parties or neighborhoods.
Date of source: Monday, June 3, 2013
By: gatestoneinstitute
"It is part of a 'war of attrition' on the Copts in their own homeland." — Adel Guindy, President, Coptic Solidarity
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Date of source: Monday, June 9, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
In June 2012, more than 16 months following the Tahrir Square revolution and the end of Hosni
Mubarak’s reign, Egypt went to the polls and elected Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed
Morsi as its new president.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
By: AP
CAIRO (AP) — Clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president and his Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday over his appointment of new Islamist governors, some in areas where opponents are strong.
Date of source: Thursday, June 13, 2013
By: amnestymena
During Egypt’s 18 day uprising in early 2011 that saw the toppling of Hosni Mubarak through a wave of popular protests, regular pictures were beamed across the world of Muslim and Copt side by side in Tahrir Square.
Date of source: Sunday, June 9, 2013
By: allAfrica.com
Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II has denied that Christians migrating from Egypt has become a trend, adding that there has only been individual cases.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
By: Egypt Independent
Unknown attackers assaulted seven Copts on Tuesday as they were going to the al-Mahraq
monastery in Assiut’s Qousiya City. The seven Copts sustained injuries on several parts of their
bodies.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 4, 2013
By: Christian News.com
A growing number of Egypt’s 8-10 million Coptic Christians are looking for a way to get out as Islamists increasingly take advantage of the nationalist revolution that toppled long-standing dictator Hosni Mubarak in February.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
By: Ahram Online
Coptic Pope Tawadros II meets with Egyptian church representatives
to discuss Nile file in advance of scheduled trip to Cairo by head of
Ethiopia's Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Date of source: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
Months before the Egyptian revolution, former President Hosni Mubarak's regime began to feel the
effects of Egypt’s absence from Africa and the outcome of the marginalization of its role in the Nile
Basin.
Date of source: Friday, June 7, 2013
By: UPI
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 7 (UPI) -- The United Nations said it was troubled by a ruling by a court in Cairo against civil organizations, accusing them of operating illegally with foreign money.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
By: CGNews
Clashes in Egypt between Muslims and Copts earlier this month have sparked fears of further sectarian violence for the Egyptian Copt minority, which makes up approximately 10 per cent of Egypt's population of 90 million.
Date of source: Thursday, May 2, 2013
By: now
CAIRO – An Egyptian presidential source told NOW that President Mohamed Morsi will not attend the Easter mass to be celebrated by Coptic Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, saying that a presidential delegation chaired by a high-ranking figure will attend the mass instead.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
By: aina
The cathedral incidents are a result of a heated sectarian climate and the [Muslim] Brotherhood is settling their accounts with Sawaris family.
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Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
By: jihadwatch
A 10-year-old Christian boy who served as a deacon (or altar boy) at the Coptic church of St. Abdul Masih (Servant of Christ) in Minya, Egypt, was kidnapped earlier this week.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
By: jihadwatch
I recently had a 6,000 word essay on the plight of the Coptic Church — both past and present — as a paradigm of the plight of all churches under Islam, published on the In
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2013
By: AP
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation's Islamist-dominated legislature and constitutional panel were illegally elected, dealing a serious blow to the legal basis of the Islamists' hold on power.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 4, 2013
By: Christian Post
The mass exodus of millions of Christians from one part
of the Islamic world to another as the result of
persecution by Muslims has reached epidemic
proportions, says a Middle East and Islam expert. In
Date of source: Tuesday, June 4, 2013
By: Investigative Project on Terrorism
Post “Arab Spring” Egypt continues exposing its true nature, including now legal persecution of
Christians. Earlier this month, according to Fox News, Dimyana Abdel-Nour, a “pale, young Christian
Date of source: Monday, June 3, 2013
By: Middle East Forum
Attacks on Christian children, both boys and girls, are on the rise in Egypt.
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Date of source: Monday, June 3, 2013
By: Daily News Egypt
Groups warn of increasing number of contempt of religion cases, calling it a means of suppressing personal beliefs
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Date of source: Tuesday, June 4, 2013
By: humanevents
Post “Arab Spring” Egypt continues exposing its true nature, including now legal persecution of
Christians. Earlier this month, according to Fox News, Dimyana Abdel-Nour, a “pale, young Christian
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
n the morning of May 15, Egyptians abroad started voting in the presidential elections at Egyptian embassies and consulates around the world. International voting stations are open for four days after which voting will take place in Egypt on May 26-27.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
News on the Palestinian reconciliation front has taken a positive turn.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
By: Ahram Online
Ehab El-Kharrat, a leading Coptic figure of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, is supporting Hamdeen Sabahi for president, and explaining why
Date of source: Saturday, April 26, 2014
By: Reuters
Fahmy Abdel Raouf and his 13-year old son had been missing for months when their family got word they had been killed in a gun battle with security forces and hailed as "martyrs" by the most dangerous militant group in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Egypt’s March 4 decision to ban Hamas' activities, confiscate its property and close its headquarters in Egypt represented a worsening of their relations, which had been deteriorating s
Date of source: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Egypt's ruling military regime is promoting an exclusive Egyptian identity that refuses to acknowledge any differences in society.
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
MINYA, Egypt — The Egyptian province of Minya has frequently been a flash point for sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2014
By: The Washington Post
But nine months after a military coup, and weeks ahead of another presidential election, few here are still interested in politics.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 7, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Former Field Marshall and presidential hopeful Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appeared on television for the first time in an extended interview on May 5 and May 6 of 2014.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — The phenomenon of sexual harassment in Egypt has led to the emergence of grassroots movements defending a woman’s right to safely walk in public places.
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2014
By: redanalysis
The new constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt, approved in January 2014, states, in four articles, the rights and duties of the state and of the citizens about the Suez Canal, the environment and natural resources,
Date of source: Friday, May 2, 2014
By: news 24
Cairo - Egypt's general prosecutor on Thursday referred 102 alleged Islamists for trial over attacks on Coptic Christian churches and properties in the central province of Minya last August, judicial sources said.
Date of source: Thursday, May 8, 2014
By: RT
RT spoke with a person who is facing death sentence in ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s case. He told RT about the current court hearings in Egypt and about the myths surrounding the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
The repercussions of sentencing hundreds of members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death have mostly been negative. The positions of international officials towards what happened may give a sense of the scale of the extremely negative reaction to these events.
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: washingtoninstitute
In November 2008, Egyptian authorities broke up what they said was a Hezbollah network plotting attacks in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2014
By: AFP
Egypt's general prosecutor on Thursday referred 102 alleged Islamists for trial over attacks on Coptic Christian churches and properties in the central province of Minya last August, judicial sources said.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 7, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
The African Union will send a mission of parliamentarians, journalists and civil society representatives to monitor the upcoming presidential elections, Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said on Wednesday.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
With voting in Egypt's second presidential elections in two years expected to take place on May 26 and 27, EgyptSource will be providing periodic updates on the latest news coming out of the Egyptian elections process.
Date of source: Saturday, December 10, 2011
By: eurasiareview
Egypt’s newly appointed Prime Minister Kamal Al-Ganzouri said Friday he would do his best to fulfill the expectations and hopes of the Egyptian people.
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Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2014
By: maltatoday
A Coptic Christian persecuted in Egypt and Libya for his religious beliefs is awarded refugee status, after the Refugee Appeals Board overturns its decision on appeal.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Egyptian universities have become too dangerous for the state to handle. Or at least it would seem that way. Students this week at Cairo University, the country’s largest national university, sat for final examinations on campuses more closely resembling high security prisons.
Date of source: Thursday, May 8, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Hamdeen Sabbahi vowed to maintain the ban on the Muslim Brotherhood if he is elected president.
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Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2014
By: nervana1
Egypt has lost one of its best bloggers, and democracy activists, Bassem Sabry. He was mourned by many across the globe.
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Date of source: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
In an exclusive interview with Azzaman, Hisham Geneina, head of Egypt’s Central Auditing Organization, denied reports that the Muslim Brotherhood
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
The early signs of the Egyptian middle class first appeared when, in the early 19th century, the regime in modern Egypt allowed Egyptians to occupy positions in th
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: UPI
CAIRO, May 13 (UPI) -- British energy company BP aims to invest about $1.5 billion in the Egyptian oil and gas sector, the Egyptian government said.
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Egypt’s presidential campaign has formally started, and political talk shows have become the new frontier for candidates
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
As demonstrators protested outside and the State Department condemned the latest Egyptian death sentences of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy sought on
Date of source: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — Days after a court-ordered ban on the April 6 Movement, a few hundred of its members ridiculed the government during a protest in defiance of Egypt’s prote
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2014
By: huffingtonpost
When he is (eventually) elected to Egypt's Presidency, former Field Marshal Abdel Fatah al-Sisi knows the Everest of his policy goals will be restoring the country's floundering economy.
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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.