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Grand Imām of al-Azhar gives condolences to a Palestinian doctor over the death of her 9 children
Date of source: 25 May 2025
By Lū’aī ʿAlī
Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib offered sincerest condolences to Palestinian physician Dr. Ālā’ al-Najjār, a mother of nine children killed in a brutal Zionist attack on their house in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Najjār’s husband and her only remaining son were injured in the heinous crime that...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
"A journey into the land of Coptic Martyrs" - Pope Tawāḍrūs documents an incident that shook lands and peoples
Date of source: 22 May 2025
By Niḍāl Mamdūḥ
The Coptic Orthodox Church recently released a book that documented the incident of the martyrdom of 21 Egyptians in Libya, where they were slain by members of the terrorist Daesh organization in 2015. The book, titled "The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs" – a Western vision of a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Hear and Speak Forum’s final statement: The systematic integration of the Palestinian cause in educational curricula at all levels
Date of source: 6 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
In its recommendations, the forum’s final statement emphasized the importance of developing training programs specifically for young people, focusing on community engagement and leadership skills. It also stressed the need to provide financial and technical support to civil society organizations...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar and the Pope Agree to Continue on the Path of Dialogue and Human Fraternity
Date of source: 14 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
His Eminence, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmed el-Ṭayyib, Sheikh of al-Azhar, congratulated Pope Leo XIV during a phone call on Wednesday on his election as Pope of the Catholic Church. During the call, the Grand Imam expressed his best wishes to the newly elected Pope for success in promoting...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
ʿAmr Mūsa: "Trump’s Gulf tour was not only for economic reasons."
Date of source: 18 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
ʿAmr Mūsa, former Foreign Minister and former Secretary-General of the Arab League, has said that US President Donald Trump’s tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, was not only for economic reasons. In a phone call to Al-Ḥekāya program on MBC Misr on Saturday evening, Mūsa added that the visit...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Sheikh Khaled Bentounès: A leading Sufi figure and advocate of intercultural dialogue
Date of source: 10 May 2025
By Brahim Saci
Sheikh Khālid b. Tūnis (Khaled Bentounès) is a respected figure in contemporary Sufism and a fervent advocate of peace. Born in Mustaghānim, Algeria, he is the spiritual guide of the ʿAlawiyya Sufi brotherhood, founded by his ancestor Sheikh Aḥmad al-ʿAlāwī. This movement is renowned for its...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
New Pope thanks everyone who voted for him to succeed Pope Francis
Date of source: 8 May 2025
By No Author Mentioned
The new Pope, American Cardinal Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, delivered his first address from the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica, broadcast on Cairo News Channel. Pope Leo XIV opened his first address with a call to peace for all people, thanking all those who voted to elect him as...
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Translator Jack Heron
Pope Tawāḍrūs II’s extensive European tour: lectures, meetings with heads of states, and church inaugurations
Date of source: 8 May 2025
By Ṣada al-Balad
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II arrived at Cairo International Airport this evening, returning from the Czech Republic following his tour of four countries within the Diocese of Central Europe: Poland, Romania, Serbia, and the Czech Republic. His Holiness the Pope was received at the airport by His...
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Translator Jack Heron
Pope Tawāḍrūs II: 15 million Copts live in Egypt alongside 90 million of our Muslim brothers
Date of source: 5 May 2025
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
Two Serbian TV channels and a news agency conducted interviews with Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church on Monday (May 5), during his current visit to Serbia, which is part of his pastoral visit of the Diocese of Central Europe. Pope Tawāḍrūs expressed joy for visiting Serbia, stressing...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Al-Azhar’s 4th forum on combating extremism publishes recommendations
Date of source: 6 May 2025
By Maḥmūd Muṣṭafā Abū Ṭālib
Dr. Rihām Salāma, the executive director of al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism, announced the recommendations of the 4th edition of the "Listen & Speak" Forum held on Tuesday (May 6) at al-Azhar’s conference center. "The event represented a vital platform for exchanging insights and...
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DEO, an Oasis of interreligious Education in Egypt
Date of Publication: Monday, June 8, 2020
By: Nour Saad [ Nūr Saʿad]
The paper aims at presenting the religious education at the German School in Cairo (DEO) as one of the very few examples of schools offering interreligious education in Egypt.  In order to give the cooperative religious education at DEO a fair examination, interviews were carried out with students and teachers at the school. The author explains
The Worldwide Threat of Nuclear Weaponry
Date of Publication: Thursday, April 30, 2020
By: Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
Throughout his life, AWR friend Henk Glimmerveen (1923-2020) showed that engaged citizens can make a difference. He was an extremely effective activist for Christian migrants from Turkey in the Netherlands in the 1980s (please see my in-memoriam about this remarkable man). Henk was a keen observer and a critical one, not just accepting any story
Political and Legal Changes in Transitional Egypt 2011 - 2020
Date of Publication: Sunday, April 26, 2020
By: Madeleine Hall
This paper begins by reviewing Egypt’s post-2011 transition prior to 2013, which includes briefs on the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections, the 2012 presidential elections, and unrest and sectarian violence during the period between Ḥusnī Mubārak’s overthrow and the summer of 2013. The paper then transitions to the period following July 2013 and
Coptic Demographics, Migration, and Bureaucracy
Date of Publication: Monday, December 23, 2019
By: Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
For decades now, Egyptian Coptic Christians and Muslims have been citing widely diverging numbers for the percentage of Christians in Egypt. In the absence of reliable, published data, the figures vary wildly, anywhere from 6 to 24 percent of population. Typically, figures claiming high percentages of Christians in the country correlate with
An Example of Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Muḥammad Anwar al-Sādāt's Speech at the Knesset
Date of Publication: Sunday, December 1, 2019
By: Veronica Merlo
As President of the Republic of Egypt, Muḥammad Anwar al-Sādāt distinguished himself for various domestic and foreign policy reforms having a long-lasting impact on the history of Egypt, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the whole region. Most notably, his 36-hour visit to Jerusalem and his speech at the Knesset represented a major pivotal event for
Universal Harmonization in a Dualistic World: An Inquiry Into the Tension Between Universalism and Dualism in Sayyid Quṭb’s Thought
Date of Publication: Thursday, November 28, 2019
By: Veronica Merlo
 Milestones (Maʿālim fī al-Tarīq, 1964), one of Sayyid Quṭb’s most prominent books, is widely renowned as a cornerstone of most of contemporary radical Islamic movements. While the book contains several references to the need for violent action in order to fight the condition of ignorance (Jāhilīyah)of the time, it equally includes a message based
Religion and Politics Case study: The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt until 2013
Date of Publication: Monday, June 10, 2019
By: Mājid R. Buṭrus (Maged R. Botros)
Abstract This paper aims to gain insight into future political scenarios of Egypt by analyzing the Islamic political and religious ideologies in conjunction with their political strategies.  It portrays the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle East in general, and Egypt in specific.  In further analysis, it explores the
The Evolution of Egyptian Nationalism: Identifying essential categories and patterns of Egyptian Identity
Date of Publication: Monday, March 25, 2019
By: Yūsuf al-Banna
Political and social theorist Sir Isaiah Berlin famously compared nationalism to a ‘bent twig’, ‘forced down so severely that when released, it lashed back with fury’ (Berlin 1972). Berlin referred to the resilience of nationalism in the face of purportedly countervailing trends such as sectarianism, multiculturalism and competing sources of
‘Not a revealed religion and nobody could set himself up to be its defender’ - The construction of the arguments against Egyptian Bahāʾīs
Date of Publication: Monday, November 5, 2018
By: James Digby
Writing in 1999 for al-Usbūʿ newspaper, Hānī Zayyāt and Muṣṭafā Sulaymān expressed their disbelief that the United States’ International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 appeared to condone freedom of worship for Egyptian Bahāʾīs. They noted that the Bahāʾī Faith was ‘not a revealed religion, and nobody could set himself up to be its defender. This
Book Translation Project: "Al-Ḥaqāʾiq bī al-Wathāʾiq ʿan al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn” (The Documented Truths about the Muslim Brotherhood)
Date of Publication: Monday, October 29, 2018
By: ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ʿAsākir
Egypt has been deeply divided between sympathizers of the Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents. This has resulted in Islamic thinker ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ʿAsākir publishing in July 1996 a book titled “Al-Ḥaqāʾiq bī al-Wathāʾiq ʿan al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn” (The Documented Truths on the Muslim Brotherhood).” The second updated edition of this book

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Egyptian activists protest military trials in new draft constitution
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2013
By: Al Monitor
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CAIRO — Sinai novelist and activist Mosaad Abu Fajr was jailed for nearly three years under the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak for his campaign “Wedna Ne`ish” (We Want To Live), which protested issues faced in the Sinai and among the Bedouin community. Today, he is one of
Egypt Remains Confused by White House Policy
Date of source: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
By: Washington Institute
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Conversations with senior Egyptian officials indicate that Washington should focus on preserving its strategically important geopolitical interests, not on using aid suspensions to influence the country's domestic politics.
How to recognize an Egyptian activist
Date of source: Wednesday, November 27, 2013
By: The Arabist
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How to recognize an Egyptian activist
In Egypt, ideas of a radical Islamist make comeback
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
By: Reuters
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Students belonging to the opposition Muslim Brotherhood stand in a line in front of riot police during a protest against a military court's ruling in front of Cairo University.
Quota for Copts in Egyptian Parliament Would Prevent Sectarian Violence, Says Rights Activist
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2013
By: The Christian Post
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Said Abdel Massih, head of the Egyptian Center for Development and Human Rights (ECDHR), has called on the 50-member committee tasked with amending the 2012 Egyptian constitution to allocate a quota for Copts in parliament in an effort to quell sectarian strife and provide added representation an
Given Egypt's brewing power struggles, the current state of relative calm..
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
By: The Washington Institute
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Clan Warfare in Egypt - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Given Egypt's brewing power struggles, the current state of relative calm should not be mistaken for progress, let alone stability.
American TV channel correspondent arrested in Minya for inciting sectarian strife
Date of source: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
By: Egypt Independent
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Security forces in Minya have arrested a correspondent working for an American TV channel, accusing him of inciting sectarian strife and broadcasting false news, state-owned news agency MENA reported.
Egypt: 'Three killed in sectarian clashes in Minya '
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2013
By: Adnkronos International
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Minya, 29 Nov. (AKI) - Three people were killed and several injured in clashes between minority Coptic Christians and Muslims in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya, daily Al-Ahram reported Friday.The clashes broke out late on Thursday when
Baptist Press -Egypt: Militants, criminals extort Christians
Date of source: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
By: Baptist News
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CAIRO (BP) -- Islamic extremists and criminals are extorting Christians in Egyptian towns, while trouble brews over the country's new protest law and constitution.According to Morning Star News, a news service reporting on the persecuted chur
Coptic "Dhimmitude" [Living as "Tolerated" Citizens who Pay for "Protection"] in Egypt
Date of source: Monday, December 2, 2013
By: Right Side News
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Job Opening at the Arab West Report
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The Legal Framework of Mosque Building and Muslim Religious Affairs in Egypt
Newsletter Number: 13
Year: 2011
Ramadan Kareem from the Arab West Report Team!
Year: 2011
Hulsman: Why Bashing Islam Doesn't Make Us Safer
Newsletter Number: 11
Year: 2011
Egyptian Court Ruling Allows Christians Who Had Converted to Islam to Include Religion on ID Cards
Newsletter Number: 10
Year: 2011
Hulsman: Geert Wilders Verdict Does Not Advance Freedom of Expression
Newsletter Number: 9
Year: 2011
Sectarianism, Dialogue, and Tolerance: Working Together to Reduce Tension and Violence in Egypt
Newsletter Number: 8
Year: 2011
Update: The Imam and the Pastor: A Peacebuilding Workshop
Newsletter Number: 7
Year: 2011
The Imam and the Pastor: A Peacebuilding Workshop
Newsletter Number: 6
Year: 2011
Egyptian Government Approves Draft Version of Unified Places of Worship Law
Newsletter Number: 5
Year: 2011

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