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Date of source: 22 Apr 2025
Al-Azhar is attending the funeral of Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church with a high-level delegation, according to a source from the top Sunni institution.
"The delegation’s participation in the funeral emanates from al-Azhar’s keenness on promoting the values of interfaith tolerance and...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Apr 2025
As soon as he acceded to the papal throne, Francis wanted, against all odds, to establish a special dialogue between the two great universal religions, Islam and Christianity. Representing between them more than half of the world's inhabitants, Jorge Mario Bergoglio felt that they had a duty to...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 22 Apr 2025
The late pope was not a pope like the others. He must be commemorated. The Zionists did not hold him in their hearts. And for that reason alone, he should be praised. Papa Francis bowed out as he had lived: by the side of the besieged. A few hours before his death, during the Easter blessing, he...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 27 Apr 2025
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism hailed the "swift" measures by Iranian authorities regarding a show on Iranian TV’s Channel 1, which contained insults against the Sunni Muslim sanctities.
The Iranian authorities fired two of the TV station’s officials and ordered their referral to...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 27 Apr 2025
The 5th international conference by the college of sharīʿa and law at al-Azhar University kicked off on Saturday (April 26) under the auspices of Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb under the motto "human development in the light of contemporary challenges."
Al-Azhar Undersecretary Dr....
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 25 Apr 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church visited today (April 25) the College of Europe in Natolin, Warsaw, Poland, as part of his first pastoral tours in the Central European diocese.
The College of Europe is one of the oldest academic establishments specialized in international relations...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 May 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump sparked a wave of criticism after posting an AI-generated image of himself wearing white papal robes and pointing skyward on his Truth Social platform. The post was released after he had ironically stated that he wanted to become the next pope. The joke comes at a...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 8 May 2025
A dialogue can be and should be in the first place a source of pleasure. If conducted in a pleasant atmosphere it can be very useful and lead to surprising results.
The Anna Lindh Foundation’s objective to stimulate dialogue between people from the MENA area and Europe is both excellent and much...
Date of source: 11 May 2025
Date of source: 18 May 2025
St. Peter’s Square will witness a historic event today (18th May 2025) with the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV, who was elected last week after the death of Pope Francis. This ecclesiastical event comes at a time when millions are looking ahead to the beginning of a new era in the history of the...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 26 May 2025
Tension gripped the village of Minsh’āt al-Ḥawāṣlīya, al-Minyā governorate, southern Egypt, on Sunday (May 25) over the installation of a cell phone booster unit.
Quarrels took place among local residents, causing damage to some installation equipment, but no injuries were reported as security...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 30 May 2025
Foreign Minister Badr ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī, during a meeting on Friday with European ambassadors accredited to Egypt, reviewed in detail the court ruling from May 28 regarding the lands surrounding Saint Catherine Monastery.
The minister affirmed that St. Catherine Monastery and its affiliated...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Jun 2025
The monks of Saint Catherine Monastery announced the closure of the monastery to visitors in protest of a court ruling that granted the state ownership of the lands surrounding the monastery, while the monks are limited to only using the facility.
An administrative court in Egypt issued a ruling...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Jun 2025
Muḥammad ʿUthmān al-Khusht, a former president of Cairo University, said that extremism is not simply violent behavior but rather the product of a closed mental structure that views the world from a one-sided perspective based on possession of the absolute truth, which leads to justifying violence...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 May 2025
The Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center (COCC) hosted a symposium titled "Common Values of Religion: Towards a Human Covenant" within the framework of cooperation between al-Azhar University, under Grand Imām Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayīb, and Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
The meeting was led by...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 12 Jun 2025
Head of the Evangelical community in Egypt, Dr. Andrea Zakī, stated that efforts were being exerted to build a common vision that will help to address the challenges being faced in society, emphasizing that the Egyptian-German dialogue focuses on enhancing citizenship, the role of religion and...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 May 2025
The Minister of Agriculture, ʿĀlā’ Fārūq, confirmed that the General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS) had issued a decision to the companies that export meat and poultry to Egypt that required these companies to provide ḥalāl certificates in order to guarantee the quality of their...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 21 Jun 2025
The "Peacebuilding Among the Youth" project was launched from the Upper Egyptian province of al-Minyā on Saturday (June 21) in the presence of ʿŪways Qāsim al-Ghiryānī, the chief of the Samāllūṭ town, and Dr. Munīr Ḥannā, the chairman of the Centre of Christian-Muslim Understanding &...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Jun 2025
Renowned media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa said that the war is raging, missiles and shells are being launched, and the bullets ringing in the Middle East sky are being heard by all citizens of the region.
He added that the developments in the Israeli war, the opportunities for mediation between the two...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 8 Jul 2025
Date of source: 3 Jul 2025
The second edition of the book Palestine: The Cradle of Christianity—An Introduction to the History of the Emergence of Christianity from the First to the Seventh Century has been released, following the first edition, which appeared at the end of 2024. Published by Dār al-Kalima University Press,...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 29 Jun 2025
On the 12th anniversary of the 30 June Revolution, His Eminence Prof. Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, extends his sincere congratulations to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, President of the Republic, and to the Egyptian people.
Al-Azhar renews its call for all citizens to continue...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 16 Jul 2025
Last year, Dialogue Across Borders published a brief report reflecting on Christianity in Jordan, the most important Christian sites in the country, the role and representation of Christians in Jordanian society, and efforts undertaken by H.R.H. King Abdullah II and H.R.H. Prince El-Hasan bin Talal...
Date of source: 10 Mar 2025
Shubra is one of eight districts making up the Northern Area of Cairo, Egypt. The area is bounded from the west by Shubra Street and Rūd el-Farag district, from the south by Ramsīs train station, from the east by the Sharābiyya district, and from the north by el-Sāḥel district. Served by Cairo...
Date of source: 3 Jul 2025
Text for the UN, July 3, in Geneva
With Freedom of Expression and Opinion we cannot avoid the spread of harmful misinformation and disinformation. Disinformation is deliberate misinformation, which is not always easy to recognize as such. Thus, when I speak about misinformation, I refer to all...
Date of source: 27 Jul 2025
Under the directives of the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Sheikh of al-Azhar and general supervisor of the Zakāt and Charity House, the House continues its efforts to provide humanitarian support to the people of the Gaza Strip, helping them confront the devastating humanitarian...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 25 Jul 2025
Lebanese activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah (Jūrj Ibrāhīm ʿAbd Allāh), a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, has arrived in Lebanon after spending more than forty years in a French prison, according to the Lebanese National News Agency.
Abdallah, 74, had been serving a life sentence for...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 24 Jul 2025
The Lebanese President, Joseph ʿAoūn, said that "we are truly at a crossroads that could become existential, and our unity, cooperation, and solidarity are essential as we face all of these challenges."
ʿAoūn added in his meeting in Bʿabdā Palace on Thursday with the mufti of Lebanon, ʿAbd al-...
Reviewed by Georgia Stone
Translator Georgia Stone
Date of source: 27 Jul 2025
The Coptic Orthodox Church is set to celebrate the birthday of Pope Shinūda III (Shenouda III), the 117th Pope of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, on August 3. Pope Shinūda III held one of the longest-serving papacies, occupying the papal chair from 1971 until 2012.
Naẓīr Jayyid Rufāʾīl was born in...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 3 Aug 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II spoke at the closing ceremony of the "Fifth Logos" meeting to young members of the Coptic Orthodox Church from throughout the world. The meeting took place over a week in the Logos Centre at the Papal headquarters in the Holy Monastery of Saint Bīshūy in Wādī al-Naṭrūn. 250 young...
Reviewed by Georgia Stone
Translator Georgia Stone
Date of source: 3 Aug 2025
Aid trucks continue to enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing. In this context, a correspondent for Al Arabiya and Al Hadath reported that this morning, two trucks carrying up to 107 tons of fuel entered Gaza for the first time in five months.
Dozens of trucks loaded with...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 9 Aug 2025
The Sheikh of the Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya order in Morocco, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Qādirī Būdshīsh, passed away yesterday, Friday, at the age of 83. The official Instagram account of the Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya order mourned the deceased, stating that it received the news of his death "with deep sadness and...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 17 Aug 2025
Date of source: 16 Aug 2025
The Balsam Human Rights Initiative issued an urgent appeal to the United Nations, warning that the Palestinian Christian presence in historic Palestine faces an existential threat as a result of Israel’s systematic violations of international law.
The report, submitted to a number of UN special...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 14 Aug 2025
Syria is going through a sensitive stage in its dealings with Kurdish groups, amid fears in both Damascus and Ankara of unrest that could lead to chaos or the partition of Syrian territory.
These fears come in the context of meetings and political consultations that have begun to take shape, aiming...
Reviewed by Mariam Zahran
Translator Mariam Zahran
Date of source: 20 Aug 2025
The Israeli apartheid state moved to freeze the funds of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and impose exorbitant taxes on its properties with the aim of besieging it and limiting its ability to carry out its spiritual and humanitarian missions, threatening its role towards its congregation from...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 12 Aug 2025
His Excellency Prof. Dr. Usāma al-Azhari, Minister of Endowments, stated that al-Rushd (sound guidance/maturity) is the ultimate purpose of religion, its laws, and its rulings; it is the emblem and hallmark of religion.
This came during his speech at the opening session of the 10th International...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
Date of source: 23 Jul 2025
In a new move to enhance cooperation among ministries, Minister of Endowments [awqāf] Dr. Usāma al-Azharī and Minister of Education & Technical Education Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Laṭīf signed a protocol to launch educational nurseries inside mosques for children before the age of compulsory education....
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Aug 2025
Date of source: 4 Sep 2025
The Minister of Endowments, together with leaders from al-Azhar and the Sufi orders, visited the shrine of Sayyidunā al-Ḥusayn following the celebration held by the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders for the Prophet’s birthday after the Maghrib prayer today.
It is noteworthy that the Sufi orders hold...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 3 Sep 2025
His Eminence, Prof. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, offered his warmest wishes to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, President of the Republic, to the people of Egypt, and to both the Arab and Muslim nations—peoples and rulers alike—on the occasion of the blessed anniversary of the birth of...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 3 Sep 2025
In an atmosphere of fragrant faith that filled Egyptian hearts with remembrance of the birth of the Best of Creation ﷺ—an atmosphere in which the meanings of love were manifest—crowds of scholars, ministers, public figures, and worshippers gathered today, Wednesday, within the precincts of al-Azhar...
Reviewed by Sara al-Sherbiny
Translator Sara al-Sherbiny
Date of source: 13 Sep 2025
The leadership of the Coptic Orthodox Church asserts greater accuracy in determining the number of Copts in Egypt than the official state authority, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), or national demographic surveys. Their claim rests on the argument that local...
Date of source: 13 Sep 2025
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, issued a decision approving Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Sibāʿī as Imām and Qur’an reciter (Qāriʾ al-Qurʾān) at al-Azhar Mosque.
Shaykh Sharīf Abū Ḥaṭab congratulated Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Sibāʿī on his appointment as Imām and Qāriʾ al-Qurʾān...
Reviewed by Marwa Zahran
Translator Marwa Zahran
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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.