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Christian denominations celebrate Palm Sunday—is it an official holiday?
Date of source: 12 Apr 2025
By No Author Mentioned
Christian denominations around the world will celebrate Palm Sunday tomorrow, April 13. This day marks the seventh Sunday of Great Lent, a 55-day fasting period that concludes with the celebration of Easter Sunday on April 20, 2025. Churches worldwide are getting ready for Hosanna Sunday, popularly...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Pope Francis: a final farewell without Israeli attendance?
Date of source: 22 Apr 2025
By Balkis
The former Israeli ambassador to Italy, Dror Eydar, sharply criticized Pope Francis the day after the announcement of his death, calling on the Jewish state not to attend his funeral. Pope Francis, a central figure in the Vatican since 2013, died on Monday at the age of 88, prompting a...
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Press release by the Great Mosque of Paris on the death of Pope Francis
Date of source: 21 Apr 2025
By Shams al-Dīn Ḥāfiẓ
It is with infinite sadness that the Great Mosque of Paris has been informed of the death of Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church and an emblematic figure of interreligious dialogue and human brotherhood, on Easter Monday. Shams al-Dīn Ḥāfiẓ, Rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, the religious...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Hundreds of Christians participate in the Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
By Jirīs Baṣīr
Hundreds of Christian believers participated in the Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem. The procession started from the Monastery of Bayt Fajjār in the town of Al-Tūr and passed through the streets of the town, including the road to the Church of Gethsemane, the Church of Santa Maria, and the road...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
Patriarchs of Jerusalem churches say strike on Gaza’s Al-Ahlī Hospital insulted all Christians
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
By No Author Mentioned
A pastor of the Anglican Cathedral of St. George in Jerusalem said, "The Israeli occupation’s bombardment of al-Ahlī Hospital in the city of Gaza, rendering it out of service on Palm Sunday, is insulting all Christians and violates all rules of human behavior." "During the early morning hours of...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Israel denies Christians access to Jerusalem for Palm Sunday
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
By ʿAbd al-Wahāb al-Jindī
Israeli occupation authorities denied Christians from the West Bank access to the occupied city of Jerusalem to attend the Palm Sunday celebrations, according to the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA). Eastern and Western churches celebrate Palm Sunday, the last Sunday before Easter and...
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Khoury: The bombing of the Baptist Hospital on Palm Sunday is a heinous crime and is an insult to Christians and to humanity
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
By No Author Mentioned
The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine strongly condemned the odious crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces as they bombed the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, run by the Anglican Church in Gaza City, on Palm Sunday, one of the holiest days for Christians. The committee...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Is it permissible for Christians to marry outside of their denomination?
Date of source: 12 Apr 2025
By Batūl ʿEṣām
Many wonder about the possibility of the marriage between Christians of different denominations. In light of this, the Coptic Orthodox Church has agreed on a new set of rules regarding marriage, which aim to regulate personal status within the sect. Foremost among these rules is the requirement...
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Translator Jack Heron
Orthodox Church criticises Israel for violating Christian and Islamic religious rituals
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
By Aḥmad ʿAlāʾ
Archpriest Mūsa Ibrāhīm, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, has expressed his solidarity with Christians in the West Bank after the Israeli occupation prevented them from reaching Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday in the city’s churches, in particular the Church of the Holy Sepulchre....
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Translator Jack Heron
France could recognize Palestinian statehood "in June," says Macron
Date of source: 10 Apr 2025
By No Author Mentioned
On Wednesday, 9 April, Emmanuel Macron announced that France could recognize a Palestinian state "in June" at a conference it will co-chair with Saudi Arabia at the United Nations in New York, which, according to him, would also lead to the recognition of Israel by a number of countries. "We must...
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Egypt – the Church under Pressure
Date of Publication: Tuesday, September 1, 2015
By: Ramez Atallah
[The text was written as a chapter for Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission, Edited by Hans Aage Gravaas, Christof Sauer, Tormod Engelsviken, Maqsood Kamil and Knud Jørgensen. Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series, Vol. 28, Regnum Books International, Oxford, 2015. This chapter was edited by Prof. Knud Jørgensen]. Muslim-Christian relations in
The Political Dimension of Statistics on Religious Minorities in the Middle East: Case Study of Egypt
Date of Publication: Wednesday, July 1, 2015
By: Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
During the European –Arab Conference, “The Contribution of Religious Minorities to Society”; launching event of the academic exchange program between the University of Vienna and higher education institutions in Lebanon and the Arab World, July 1-3, 2013, Vienna, Austria I presented a paper of the political use of statistics of Christian
Interfaith relationship in Egypt misunderstood by European media and activists - Conference “Europe and Islam,” Olomouc, Czech Republic, March 2013
Date of Publication: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
By: Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
Abstract This paper provides examples of a Western discourse about Egypt, which is critical about Muslim-Christian relations and human rights in Egypt and is largely focused on incidents, but is also insufficiently aware of the wider context which is presented in this paper.  Three abrupt political changes in Egypt in the past four years are
The Coptic Orthodox Church under Pope Shenouda III Observations about his Theology and Biography. Review of the thesis of Matthias Gillé
Date of Publication: Monday, June 30, 2014
By: Fabian Weinert
  Fabian Weinert wrote an extended review of the thesis of German Protestant theologian Matthias Gillé about the life and work of Pope Shenouda III, the late but still influential, and beloved pope of the Coptic-Orthodox church who is widely recognized as the most important Egyptian church leader in the second half of the 20th century. Gillé  used
Writing a Her-story of Egypt. An Illustration of Islamic Women’s Movement in Post-colonial Egypt
Date of Publication: Tuesday, June 17, 2014
By: Byeongsun Ahn
The identity of Muslim women in post-colonial Egypt has largely been marginalized in the transition to modernity. A subalternized position of women that remains highly underrepresented in the nationalist/fundamentalist discourse of post-colonial politics coincides with a Western-oriented conceptualization of Muslim femininity that fails to
Coptic statistics in English and French literature (1900-1960)
Date of Publication: Friday, May 2, 2014
By: Esther Schoorel
Statistics about Christians in Egypt has been a problematic topic for many years. While literature uses a number of six percent at the lowest, other sources also state the percentage of Copts in Egypt at twelve, fifteen, or even as high as twenty percent. In this research patterns in the use of statistics in English and French literature from the
Christians as victims of the growing Islamist non-Islamist divide; the urgent need for peace and reconciliation
Date of Publication: Wednesday, September 11, 2013
By: Hina Fathima
This report by Arab-West Report explains the context of the massive destruction of churches and Christian institutions in Egypt in August 2013. Very often media describe tensions between Muslims and Christians in Egypt in generalized terms, but this report prepared for the German organization, Missio, shows that tensions are primarily between
Freedom of Religion in Egypt prior to the Egyptian Revolution
Date of Publication: Thursday, August 1, 2013
By: Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
  This report was commissioned by the German organization, Missio, in 2004. It was never published because we encountered difficulties in obtaining additional information on various legal issues and application of the law due to insufficient funding for quality legal experts. We have a strong network and have also used this in our efforts to
Signs of hope; Muslims and Christian scholars working towards dialogue
Date of Publication: Sunday, June 9, 2013
By: Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
We often hear about the radical statements and fatwás of Muslims and about uncompromising Christian or secular activists who can appeal to populist sentiments and mistrust of the ‘other’. A major problem is that they also often refer to religious texts, which pours oil on the fire of the feelings of those who believe that particular religions are
Mapping the Coptic Movements: Coptic Activism in a Revolutionary Setting
Date of Publication: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
By: Jayson Casper
One of the distinguishing sub-themes of the Egyptian revolution which began on January 25, 2011, has been the proliferation of Coptic movements. Largely, though not entirely, contained in the church during the Mubarak era, Christian Egyptians joined their Muslim counterparts as ‘one hand’ to challenge the authority for the sake of ‘freedom, bread

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Egyptians Deeply Divided Over Law Restricting Public Protests
Date of source: Tuesday, January 28, 2014
By: MEMRI
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On November 24, 2013, Egyptian Interim President 'Adly Mansour approved a bill for a protest law submitted to him about a month previously by the government.
Egypt's Anglicans hopeful despite tough times
Date of source: Saturday, January 18, 2014
By: Al Jazeera
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Last summer, as unrest raged in Cairo, Egypt’s small Anglican community started looking for a way out. One family made for Canada, another went to Australia, and several emigrated to the United States.
Western media distorts Egypt’s constitutional approval
Date of source: Monday, January 20, 2014
By: Canada Free Press
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Egyptians, passionate and elated, leap for joy in the aftermath of a major victory sealing the death of Morsi’s autocratic regime and his Muslim Brotherhood backers as Egypt’s new draft constitution is approved by a huge margin. A woman exiting a poll opens her heart and cries ou
A Sisi presidency – what it could mean
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2014
By: European Council on Foreign Relations
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The Egyptian authorities hoped that the constitutional referendum would draw a line under the question of the legitimacy of the 3 July regime, and they are showing all the signs of believing that the 98 percent “Yes” vote means they have achieved that.
New Egypt constitution nudges Christian hope
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2014
By: Baptist News
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CAIRO, Egypt (BP) -- Egyptian voters have approved a new constitution, leaving Christians a bit more hopeful, though it does not secure basic rights for religious minorities.One Egyptian Christian leader said the difference in attitudes he ob
Muslim Brotherhood calls for unity on Egyptian revolution anniversary
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2014
By: UPI
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CAIRO, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday it was calling on Egyptians to display a sense of unity and devotion to the spirit of the 2011 revolution.
Egypt's Multiple Power Centers
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2014
By: The Washington Institute
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Given the limitations and internal divisions of Egypt's various power centers, neither the military nor any other single institution is solely in charge at the moment.
EU calls on Egypt to develop 'truly representative' political system
Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2014
By: UPI
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STRASBOURG, France, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Egyptian democracy needs to be supported by different political views in a future government, the Greek foreign minister told the European Parliament.
Egypt, Turkey and the Middle East. Then and now
Date of source: Friday, November 15, 2013
By: International Security Observer
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This artic
Oscar-nominated 'The Square:' How Egypt's hope turned to fury
Date of source: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
By: CNN
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(CNN) -- A revolution squeezed into its margins -- but that's where it started.

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