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Church leaders send Eid al-Fitr greetings to leaders of Egyptian government and Islamic institutions
Date of source: Friday, May 22, 2020
Church leaders in Egypt wished various leaders of the Egyptian government and Islamic institutions a happy Eid al-Fitr [ʿĪd al-Fiṭr] holiday.
The Global Fatwa Index provides the top 10 statistics on the provisions for celebrating Mother's Day
Date of source: Friday, March 20, 2020
The Global Fatwa Index (GFI), affiliated with Dār al-Iftāʾal-Miṣriyyah and the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, presented the top 10 statistics and results on the provisions of celebrating Mother’s Day, by monitoring approximately (2000) fatwas for that occasion issued by...
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2012
Bishop Mūsá of Youth greeted Muhammad Mursī for Eid al-Fitr and Muslims, as well as Christians for the Virgin Mary feast.
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2012
Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahallāwī, an Islamic preacher who was in prison during late President Anwar al-Sādāt's time, lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and accused her of driving a wedge between Muslims and Copts. He made the remarks after Clinton’s statements that the United States...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youth called on all Muslim and Christian young people to seek tranquility so they can think about the future of their own country with depth, honesty and collective work.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Despite announcements from the government that it would organize outdoor spaces for ‘Īd (Eid) prayers, and would not permit others organized by the people, the Salafi Call organized prayers in 40 squares in Alexandria as well as 7 in Marsá Matrūh.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
President ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī led the prayers of ‘Īd al-Fitr (Eid al-Fitr) yesterday at the mosque of Leadership of the Egyptian Air Force. Minister of Religious Endowments Muhammad Mukhtār Jum‘a said in his sermon that there were two great meanings for Ramadan, the first divine, as people...
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2014
The Azhar and Dār al-Iftā’ will not stipulate a specific form of takbīr (the exclamation ‘Allahu Akbar’), according to puresunnah during ‘Īd al-Fitr, and in a fatwá stated that the form of takbīr used by Egyptians for a long time, as opposed to that used by the Companions of the Prophet, was...
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 2014
Mustafá ‘Izat Hamdīn, the imam of ‘Amr Ibn al-‘As Mosque, was referred for questioning by the representative of the Ministry of Endowments in Cairo, Jabir Tayi’. The imam is being investigated for having left work and allowed someone else to take his place, without prior agreement from the Ministry...
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 2014
Sources within the Ministry of Endowments have released that the ministry has prepared a list of 3,800 prayer sites nationwide for the ‘Id al-Fitr prayers. The ministry has also appointed 7,600 of its imams, two for every prayer site, to lead the prayers and deliver the relevant sermons.
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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.