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Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2023
Bishop Ermia, the president of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, has spoken about the late Pope Kyrillos VI during an interview with al-Waṭan newspaper. He described Pope Kyrillos VI as a devout man of prayer who was chosen by the heavens and who displayed a great love for the Church and its...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2023
Significant controversy was triggered by Maī ʿAbdullāh, a first-division student of the Faculty of Dentistry at Sinai University, after she posted through a leaflet on her personal account directing insults at the Prophet Muḥammad, and mocking heaven and the ḥijāb.
In her post, Maī said: “I believe...
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2023
The Egyptian Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) discredited a video clip showing an imām playing soccer inside a mosque, which sparked an outcry amongst Muslims in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, December 18, 2022
Bishop Pāchūmīūs, Bishop of al-Buḥayra and the Five Western Cities and the Head of the Monastery of St. Makārīūs of Alexandria in Jabal al-Qalālī in al-Buḥayra, arrived in Egypt today after he had traveled to London for medical treatment. He had stayed in London for three weeks, and upon his...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Politicians, intellectuals and clergy have emphasized that Egyptian society is characterized by pluralism, diversity and citizenship. On 19 December, during the conference "Towards a Citizenship that Supports Cultural Diversity" organized by the Forum for Intercultural Dialogue that is part of the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2022
Dr. Mabrūk ʿAṭiya, professor of Islamic Sharia at al-Azhar University, is again raising controversy because of his statements about Jesus Christ, which some considered as mockery of Jesus.
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2022
The Public Prosecutor ordered an investigation into journalist Ibrāhīm ʿĪssā, following his controversial statements in which he criticized the Miʿrāj of the Prophet (PBUH) during the journey of the ʾIsrāʾ and Miʿrāj (the Prophet’s night journey and ascent to the heavens).
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2021
Amnesty International called on the Egyptian authorities to release Patrick George Zakī, a graduate student at the Italian University of Bologna and researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), who has been held in pretrial detention for nearly 20 months, after allegedly...
Date of source: Monday, February 15, 2021
ʿAlāʾ Mubārak, son of former president Ḥusnī Mubārak, responded to MP Muṣṭafā Bakrī’s statement in which he stated that it was the former president who issued the decision to concede the islands Tīrān and Ṣanāfīr, saying, “Mr. Muṣṭafā Bakrī… stop distorting and falsifying history.”
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 2021
In a few words, Muslim Brotherhood journalist Ḥamza Zawbaʿ announced that he would disappear from the media scene in Turkey, in order to join his colleagues Muʿtaz Maṭar and Muḥammad Nāṣir.
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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.