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Date of source: 18 Jan 2024
The Coptic Orthodox Church is celebrating Epiphany on January 19 and 20, with Pope Tawāḍrūs leading a mass on Friday (January 19), and Copts celebrating the occasion that is associated with baptism on Saturday (January 20).
Coptic Christians have certain types of food with symbolic religious...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Jan 2024
Rev. Andrea Zakī, the president of the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, said that President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s visit to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral on Christmas Eve is a model of bringing true citizenship from words into action, and confirms that all Egyptians from all religious...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Jan 2024
The Holy Book tells us that a little after the birth of Jesus, he was forced to flee to the lands of Egypt as a refugee. Upon his birth, the Magi, or the Three Wise Men, came from the East to ask about his birthplace, and were guided by a star leading them to the spot where this king was born.
The...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Jan 2024
Dr. Aḥmad Karīma, a professor of comparative fiqh (jurisprudence) at al-Azhar University, congratulated Copts over Eastern Christmas, adding that the Prophet Muḥammad had advised his people to treat the Christians of Egypt well.
“The Egyptian people have not had grudges or hatred towards anyone...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Jan 2024
Al-Bayt al-Muḥammadī (Muḥammadan House) foundation for Ṣūfīsm studies and heritage science wrapped up preparations to celebrate the 26th anniversary of the pioneering Imām, Shaykh Muḥammad Zakī Ibrāhīm, at the foundation’s headquarters in the Cairo district of al-Moqaṭṭam.
The event will be...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Jan 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that Egypt, the biggest country in the Middle East region with all its historical and cultural leverage, is handling the Palestinian crisis wisely and appropriately.
“Egypt is offering aid to the Palestinian people and is acting as an outlet for...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Jan 2024
Islamic preacher, ʿEṣām al-Rūbī, affirmed that all the personal status laws in Egypt are 100% based on the provisions of the Islamic sharīʿa, adding that the law on khulʿ was mentioned in the Holy Qurʾān.
[DAB Editorial Note: Khulʿ is a procedure based on traditional jurisprudence that allows a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Jan 2024
Al-Azhar Fatwā Global Center published a report on Saturday (January 7) to shed light on the biography of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, on his birthday, which falls on January 6.
Imām Aḥmad Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb al-Ḥassānī was born on January 6, 1946 in the village of al-Qurna,...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 5 Jan 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām, to discuss means of boosting cooperation and the roles of the Muslim nation’s scholars and elders in facing the challenges of today’s world.
The Indonesian president expressed...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Jan 2024
The year 2023 has seen strenuous efforts by the Muslim Council of Elders, led by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, with the aim of activating the role of religious leaders in confronting global challenges and contributing to finding concrete solutions, namely in the climate change issue...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Jan 2024
In 2023, the Muslim Council of Elders presented more than 200 publications aimed at enhancing the values of tolerance and fraternity at book fairs around the world. Locations included Cairo, New Delhi, Alexandria, Abu Dhabi, Rabat, Jakarta and Istanbul.
The council began its contributions to...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Jan 2024
The Copts of Egypt stand by the Muslim community in their rejection of Israeli aggression and display of solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine in general.
Press releases and statements by the top clergymen of the church were made one week after the attacks to condemn the aggression and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Dec 2023
The year of 2023 witnessed an important visit by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, to the German capital of Berlin to participate in the International Peace Conference, which was organized by the Sant Egidio Association from the 10-12 of September. During the visit, there were many...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 30 Dec 2023
Religious institutions in Egypt rejected “seasonal unofficial fatwās” prohibiting congratulating Christians for Christmas, adding that whoever promotes these opinions is considered to be a hardliner who has nothing to do with Islam. Al-Azhar said in a statement that people who deem congratulating...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 28 Dec 2023
Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said that the academy attached special importance to the Palestinian issue during 2023, as al-Azhar’s great interest in this cause is pivotal for both the Arab and Muslim nations. He said that al-Azhar has exerted tremendous...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Throughout 2023, al-Azhar magazine has published several articles by renowned scholars of al-Azhar in Egypt and the Arab world on a host of important topics, such as studies of the Qurʾān and the Sunnah, heritage, discourse renewal issues, scholarly studies of the sharīʿa, history, and the Arabic...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Dec 2023
The year 2023 witnessed strenuous efforts and activities by Al-Azhar Global Fatwā Center to spread awareness and correct misconceptions of Islam through integrated programs by scholars of the center and maintaining an intensive presence on all media platforms.
During 2023, the center continued its...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Dec 2023
As controversy renewed with the beginning of a new Gregorian calendar year, al-Azhar and Dār al-Iftāʾ issued fatwās related to the greeting of non-Muslims over their holidays. Some pages re-published a video for Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, urging Muslims to congratulate non-Muslims...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church said the number of Copts in Egypt are up to 15 million, which is nearly 15% of the population of Egypt, adding that Copts outside Egypt are close to two million in 100 nations.
“The church has something called ‘Church Membership,’ where each child born...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Jan 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church received Dr. Andrēa Zakī, President of the Coptic Evangelical Community in Egypt, along with a high-level delegation of the Evangelical denomination, who congratulated the pope over the Eastern Christmas.
Dr. Zakī emphasized the authentic joy and love...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Hours before the beginning of the new year, al-Azhar prayed for God Almighty to grant victory to the people of Gaza against the Zionists.
The official Facebook page for al-Azhar read, “One year has passed, and the Palestinian people have suffered from violent terrorist aggression: they have...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
The International Organization for al-Azhar Alumni and the Islamic Convoy for Daʿwa (calls) and Relief, in association with al-Azhar Institutes Sector and the Islamic Research Academy, launched an awareness-raising convoy in southern Sinai, in addition to distributing clothing to the families of...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Between inspiring and decisive humanitarian positions to stop disputes and to protect feelings and sanctities, al-Azhar has spent the year of 2023 leading campaigns on all religious and political levels, from protecting the Holy Qurʾān when it was burned in a number of European nations, to assuming...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 1 Jan 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs II has praised the Egyptian President's ability to separate religion from politics, stating: “I love that President Sīsī distances himself from religion.”
During the program “Fī al-Masāʾ maʿ Qaṣwāʾ” (In the Evening with Qaṣwāʾ), on channel CBC, he added, “Despite this, I have never...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that the beginning of Christianity dates back to the first century AD.
On Sunday evening, during the program “Fī al-Masāʾ maʿ Qaṣwāʾ” (In the Evening with Qaṣwāʾ), aired on the channel CBC and presented by the media personality Qaṣwāʾ al-Khalālī, Pope Tawāḍrūs said that...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 1 Jan 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has declared that what is happening on the ground in Palestine is a hideous atrocity and a crime of unprecedented magnitude, stressing that these events cannot be described as war, since war is typically fought between two equal sides. He described...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 31 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that it is not correct to use old ways of thinking when it comes to solving current issues. Although they may have worked out well in the past, they are inapplicable in the present and since each era has its own needs and visions, it is therefore important for the individual...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 23 Dec 2023
A company was established with the responsibility of legitimizing the theft of Palestinian land — which was central to the colonial project — and inventing a narrative that the colonial countries, along with the most knowledgeable of the twentieth century, would approve for the sake of making this...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 15 Dec 2023
The Maronite denomination emerged in Egypt in 1745, when the Aleppo monk, Mūsa Hilāna, consecrated al-Bārija, the first Maronite church in Damietta (Dumyāṭ), as well as in Egypt and Africa.
Archbishop George Shīḥān of the Maronite denomination in Egypt made a statement to al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ, saying...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Dec 2023
Coptic Christians are awaiting the president’s decisions to resolve their issues, which have remained unsolved over the years under successive governments.
The official spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church of Egypt, Anbā Bakhūm, emphasized that the concerns of Copts are not exclusive to them...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 17 Dec 2023
On December 17, 1273, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī, a poet, Ṣūfī mystic, and scholar of the Ḥanafī doctrine, passed away.
The shift in the life of al-Rūmī took place in the year 1244, when he met a wandering Ṣūfī named Shams al-Tabrīzī. At the time, Rūmī was 37 years old and a traditionalist Islamic...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 11 Dec 2023
The Ṣūfī Council in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan held a scholarly symposium on interpretation of the Holy Qurʾān, moderated by the council’s secretary-general, Dr. Muḥammad al-ʿĀydī.
The event discussed the means of interpreting the Qurʾān and examined the historical role played by Ṣūfī scholars...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2023
Today, December 13, marks the death anniversary of Shaykh Maḥmūd Shaltūt, an imām who was responsible for some of the largest religious discourse renewals in the 20th century, with illuminating and unprecedented contributions made in the service of the Islamic sharīʿa.
Born in 1893 in al-Buḥayra...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Dec 2023
The province of al-Ismāʿīlīya, situated approximately 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo, received a daʿwa (call) convoy, launched by al-Azhar under the auspices of Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb. The primary objective of this initiative was to propagate the accurate concepts of Islam by...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Dec 2023
A preacher from al-Azhar highlighted Egypt’s pioneering role in helping those in Gaza, as the leadership, government, and people have steadfastly supported the Palestinians by providing over 70% of the necessary aid.
“As Egyptians, we bear a huge responsibility towards this homeland maintaining its...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Dec 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, emphasized the profound responsibility of religious leaders, scholars, and preachers in enhancing the ethical and spiritual values as advocated by divine religions. This, he asserted, is crucial to stopping violence, wars, and attacks on the vulnerable...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Dec 2023
The Coptic Orthodox Church, through its public and social services archbishopric, continues to prepare aid comprising medicine, medical supplies, food, garments, and blankets to send to the Gaza Strip.
The church appealed to its congregation to participate in this humanitarian support activity as...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Dec 2023
Amidst intense shelling raids on civilians’ houses in the Gaza Strip during the early hours of December 3, Dr. Sofyān Tāyīh, President of the Islamic University in Gaza, was killed, along with his family members and numerous displaced Palestinians, in the al-Fallūja area of Jabālyā, northern Gaza....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Dec 2023
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad el-Ṭayyīb, has allowed for the immediate provision of full scholarships to students from Palestine, including exemption from tuition fees and housing costs within the institution, in addition to an allowance that will be provided on a monthly basis to all...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 1 Nov 2023
Millions of citizens in Egypt and around the world have been following the events of violence, killing, and destruction that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip have been exposed to since the events of October 7th, which could be seen as the Palestinian people attempting to defend their land...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 9 Dec 2023
Studying a course of American law for religious freedom in early 1995 allowed me to see the role played by the religious right-wing trinity in partnership with the Jewish and Zionist lobby and its various manifestations, which can be religious, political, social, or economic —and include Christian...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 16 Dec 2023
Near the end of the 1980’s, the Middle East Council of Churches formed a working group to examine Christian Zionism, and issued a focused booklet that was published in both the Arabic and English languages. In this booklet, the research team refuted the starting premises of Christian Zionism that...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 29 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs praises the organization of the elections: “There is nothing more beautiful than this”
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II called on all Egyptians to participate in the presidential elections, stressing that voting is a constitutional right for everyone.
After casting his own vote in the presidential elections of 2024, Pope Tawāḍrūs told Extra News, “As Egyptians, we are accustomed to not giving up our...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
This morning (Sunday), the undersecretary of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī, cast his vote for the presidential elections at the committee of al-Ṭabrī school in the area of Shurūq city.
After casting his vote, Dr. Al-Ḍūwaynī made a statement saying that participation in the presidential election...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 13 Dec 2023
The activities of the monthly symposium of al-Azhar magazine, held by the Islamic Research Academy, have been launched under the title: “The Reality of the Palestinian Issue: Between Displacement and Liquidation.” The symposium will be under the leadership of the Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad el-Ṭayyīb,...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 11 Dec 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that participating in the elections is a duty for all citizens in the building the nation.
He stressed that choice is both a personal freedom and a responsibility because everyone is free to choose what they wish, but whoever makes a choice must know that he or she will bear...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 17 Dec 2023
On this day, the 17th of December, in the year of 1267, the Friday prayers were held for the first time in al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo during the reign of Sulṭān al-Ẓāher Beybers, after nearly a century of the mosque being closed. Al-Azhar Mosque had been neglected during the reign of the Ayyubid...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 18 Dec 2023
Pope Francis denounced the IDF for the killing of two Christian women who had sought refuge in a church in Gaza, once again indicating that Israel is using tactics of “terrorism” in the Gaza Strip.
In his weekly sermon, the Pope referred to a statement made by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem,...
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Translator Nuhā Ḥurayba
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Talāʿ al-ʿAlī, located in the Jordanian capital of Amman, recently hosted a musical event in anticipation of Christmas to enhance hope for an end to the aggression in Gaza.
The event was attended by the Latin Patriarchal Vicar of Jordan, Bishop Jamāl Diʿības, and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Dec 2023
On Thursday, December 7th, Denmark’s parliament adopted a law prohibiting the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān in response to a series of incidents where Islam's holy book was desecrated, which sparked outrage in Muslim countries.
The new legislation will extend beyond the Qurʾān and also ban...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Dec 2023
On Monday, December 4th, the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, Anbā Ibrāhīm Isḥaq Sidrāk, welcomed a delegation of archbishops of Catholic churches in Africa at the patriarchate’s headquarters in the Cairo district of Kūbrī al-Qubba.
The meeting was attended by the Patriarch Deputy for...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Dec 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, asserted that verification is the first step in the sound extrapolation of legal rulings in Islam, particularly concerning the Prophet Muḥammad’s Sunna (tradition). However, in the case of the Qurʾān, there is absolute definitive sourcing and meaning...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 6 Dec 2023
The Sharīʿa & Law Faculty at al-Azhar University in the city of Ṭanṭā recently hosted a symposium focused on raising awareness among students regarding the importance of participating in the forthcoming presidential election.
Dr. Ḥamdī Saʿd, the dean of the faculty, said that participation in...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Dec 2023
The former Grand Muftī, Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, remarked that there is no clear indication in the Sharīʿa specifying a particular type of prayer through which Muslims can witness the Prophet Muḥammad in their dreams. He added that if someone claims to have prayed two rakʿas (prostrations) and afterwards...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 9 Dec 2023
On the first day of the Coptic calendar month of Kiahk, which marks the beginning of the countdown for the Eastern Christmas scheduled for January 7, the Coptic Orthodox Church experiences intense activity.
The Jirjā Parish organized its monthly Parish Servants conference under the title "...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Dec 2023
Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ṣūfī Orders, Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Qaṣabī, expressed his support for the presidential candidate, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, in the upcoming presidential election.
Dr. Qaṣabī emphasized that while the people of Ṣūfī orders are not inherently involved in politics, their...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 Nov 2023
Geert Wilders, the controversial Dutch politician known for his extremist views, recently expressed his anger towards the Palestinians, calling for their expulsion from their own country or their relocation to Jordan.
This inciteful political figure has always been known for his animosity towards...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Dec 2023
The Minister of Water Resources & Irrigation, Hānī Sūwaylam, emphasized that climate change has had a harmful impact on the water sector in many countries of the world, particularly in Egypt, where the per capita share is nearing a state of water scarcity.
“These impacts also affect countries...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 3 Dec 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar and the Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, sent a message to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, wishing him good health and a speedy recovery. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb also expressed great respect for the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE...
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Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
By: upi
LONDON, May 6 (UPI) -- Exploration company Sea Dragon Energy announced Tuesday it encountered oil while drilling into an Egyptian basin on the west side of the Gulf of Suez.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
By: yourmiddleeast
Sexual harassment in Egypt has reached such epidemic proportions that it has eveninfiltrated the campus of the country’s oldest secular university.
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 2014
By: UPI
Three Al-Jazeera journalists are on trial for aiding the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been deemed a terrorist organization by the interim Egyptian government.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: UPI.com
According to the United Nations, an estimated 99.3 percent of women in Egypt have been sexually harassed, assaulted or raped.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 14, 2014
By: yourmiddleeast
EGYPTIAN POLITICS Is it possible for a capitalist autocracy, a military dictatorship and authoritarian theocracy to have things in common? The answer is unequivocally "yes", writes Noureen Ramzy.
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
The new Egyptian constitution of 2014 allowed members of the National Democratic Party (NDP) — the ruling party during the era of former President Hosni Mubarak — to run in any future
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: Sunday, May 11, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
With the Egyptian presidential elections less than three weeks away, it is expected that both presidential candidates should be discussing their platforms and starting a debate on the direction they intend to take this troubled country.
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said he will continue to pursue “meaningful negotiations” with Ethiopia and Sudan to reso
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — Described as “Egypt’s miracle,” Al Nour Wal Amal (Light and Hope), the blind female orchestra, is feeling the economic pangs of the revolution.
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: AINA
A Coptic Christian man in Egypt has been arrested on complaints from local Muslims that, without a permit, he has converted his home into a church and is supposedly even holding religious rituals.
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Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
CAIRO — On Dec. 15, 2012, exactly 10 days after I witnessed Mohammed Morsi's supporters kill and torture their opposition in front of the presidential palace as the police and military watched silently, the Muslim Brotherhood's constitution was put to referendum.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
By: New Republic
Given the Brotherhood's persistent and dangerous delusion, the existential struggle that has defined Egyptian politics since Morsi's
removal will likely worsen.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: Stratfor
Ongoing criminal court proceedings against Sinai-based terror group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis revealed
intentions to fire Katyusha rockets at U.S.-owned ships navigating the Suez Canal, MENA reported May
13.
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2014
By: Stratfor
An influential Egypt-born cleric in Qatar, Yusef al-Qaradawi, on May 12 said that Egyptians should
boycott the upcoming presidential election, saying that Gen.
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Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2014
By: Stratfor
Unidentified gunmen set Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's campaign headquarters on fire in the Sharqia
governorate on May 12, MENA reported.
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Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
By: Stratfor
Egypt, like many of its Arab neighbors, has long relied on subsidies to ward off social instability. The
large subsidy regime has become increasingly untenable as Egypt nears insolvency, and this year
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
By: Policy Alert
Piping Israeli gas to liquefaction plants in Egypt is the most commercially logical option but remains politically risky.
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Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2014
By: PolicyWatch 2246
On April 25, 2014, Eric Trager, Haroon Ullah, and Vish Sakthivel addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Trager is the
Wagner Fellow at the Institute. Ullah is a member of the U.S. secretary of state's Policy Planning Staff, where his portfolios include
Date of source: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
By: Policy Alert
Given the important strategic interests at stake and the unlikelihood of changing Cairo's short-term behavior, Secretary Kerry should be
prepared to invoke his national security waiver to keep military aid flowing.
Date of source: Thursday, August 28, 2014
By: terrorismanalysts
In November 2008, Egyptian authorities broke up what they said was a Hezbollah network plotting attacks in
Egypt. While some of the charges appear to have been exaggerated, and it is clear that not all those arrested were
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
By: pewglobal
Frustration Mounts as Confidence in Democracy Wanes
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Date of source: Saturday, April 26, 2014
By: thestar
It is unimaginable that Khaled Al-Qazzaz has been languishing in prison for more than nine months now and still has not been charged with any crime.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
By: jpost
The hopeful era of the revolution is dead. In May 2012, Muslim Brotherhood member Mohammed Morsi became Egypt’s first democratically elected president.
Date of source: Thursday, April 3, 2014
By: fikraforum
In the wake of the so-called “Arab Spring,” the Copts and the Christians of the Middle East have lost the most. For Christians, the revolutionary uprisings became a nightmare due to the emergence of Islamist forces hostile to democracy.
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
By: freedomhouse
In response to Egyptian security forces’ raid on the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights in Alexandria, Freedom House issued the following statement:......
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Date of source: Thursday, April 24, 2014
By: weekly.ahram
For many Copts the worst is over, but there is little guarantee that the best is yet to come.
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Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: foreignaffairs
Over the last few weeks, the Egyptian presidential race has packed in a lifetime of political drama -- and then some.
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Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2014
By: eurasiareview
With the majority of today’s conflicts taking place in Muslim countries or involving Muslim combatants, aid agencies are operating – arguably more than ever before – in situations where Islamic norms govern the terrain in which they work.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: CNN
(CNN) -- Armed Sinai tribesman killed the head of an al Qaeda-inspired terror group on Friday, according to Egypt's state-run news agency.
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Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: english.ahram
Pope Tawadros II says Coptic Church has no political role in Egypt; ouster of Mohamed Morsi reflected 'pulse of the street'
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
ews on the Palestinian reconciliation front has taken a positive turn.
Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2014
By: AFP
Cairo (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: Thursday, March 13, 2014
By: fikraforum
Those who follow Egypt’s affairs will notice that most of those who have announced their candidacy for president are, so far, former military commanders.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
By: foreignaffairs
Since the middle of the twentieth century, the Middle East has seen regional hegemons come and go. The 1950s and 1960s were Egypt’s era: Cairo was the Arab World’s capital and the home of its charismatic postcolonial leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: fikraforum
During the political upheaval in Egypt in June and July 2013, the Nour Party, widely considered Egypt’s largest Salafi party, supported the removal of former president Muhammad Morsi from power.
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
The Libyan Revolutionaries Operations Room accused unnamed regional states of supporting retired Gen. Khalifa Hifter.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: foreignaffairs
Many of the iconic images from Egypt's revolution depict the Egyptian military supporting the uprising in Tahrir Square.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
By: freedomhouse
In response to the United States’ announcement that it cannot certify that the Egyptian government is taking steps to support a democratic transition and thus has not released FY 2014 assistance funds, Freedom House released the following statement:......
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: aina
A Coptic Christian man in Egypt has been arrested on complaints from local Muslims that, without a permit, he has converted his home into a church and is supposedly even holding religious rituals.
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Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
By: theblaze
Who is ultimately responsible for the ongoing attacks on Christians and their churches throughout the Islamic world?
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Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2014
By: CNN
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egyptians are scheduled to head to the polls to vote for their next president on Monday and Tuesday.
There will be just two candidates, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabahi.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
By: fikraforum
The Egyptian Constitution contains many articles concerning human rights and freedoms, as the contours of any state are defined by its ability to guarantee the rights and freedoms of its citizens.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
By: freedomhouse
Marking the release of the March edition of the Egypt Democracy Compass, Freedom House issued the following statement about the state of democratic governance in the country:.....
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
By: english.ahram
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: Monday, May 5, 2014
By: freedomhouse
Marking the release of the April edition of the Egypt Democracy Compass, Freedom House issued the following statement about the state of democratic governance in the country:....
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
By: pewresearch
It’s been nearly a year since former Egyptian president and Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Morsi, was removed from power by the country’s military, following huge demonstrations in Cairo and throughout the nation.
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2014
By: Egypt Independent
One person was killed and four others injured on Saturday in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Qalyubiya, reportedly due to a traffic dispute.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
On 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: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
By: Asharq Al-Awsat
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudanese novelist Amir Tag El-Sir is one of the most respected writers publishing in Arabic today.
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
After the ouster of then-president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has emerged as an Egyptian hero, icon, and likely the Egyptian Republic’s fifth president.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
With Egypt's presidential elections around the corner, many observers fully expect the former defense minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to head the country. Comparisons of Sisi with Hosni Mubarak, however, ignore the massive political machinery that backed Mubarak's policy and personnel decisions.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
A bloody clash between two tribes in Aswan recently claimed more than twenty lives and left many wounded.
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2014
By: Ahram Online
‘Some Arab spring revolutions brought benefits but others were planned to destroy and divide countries’, Ahmed El-Tayib says.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: copts
“The West risks losing the Egyptian people.”
That’s the warning given by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy just hours ahead of his meeting on Wednesday with Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Tutelage refers to how parties in power that claim to hold a monopoly on the absolute truth aspire to set the standards of good and evil, right and wrong, principles and values that should be adhered to, the concepts to be held true, what knowledge should be acquired and the hopes and dreams that
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
By: BBC
In Egypt it seems there has always been someone lying awake in the hot, airless night, dreading the policeman's midnight knock.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2014
By: reuters
(Reuters) - Egypt will not allow armed turmoil in neighbouringLibya to threaten its national security, presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in an interview with the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat publish
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: dailynewsegypt
Coptic Christians have, since 1952, lived according to what might be considered a tacit agreement between the church and the state, one whereby the state committed itself to the protection of Copts, the principles and rules of equality before the law, and equal opportunity, and the church recipro
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Days before the official campaigning period for new presidential elections in Egypt is scheduled to end, the main headline of the semi-official daily, Al-Ahram, quoted presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi, 60, as saying he would accept the job of prime minister in the event he lost the
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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.