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Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2023
Coinciding with the June 30 Revolution anniversary and the presidency of ͑Abd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, al-Azhar was urged by the president to make efforts to renew the religious discourse and combat extremism. These efforts include the establishment of several centers and initiatives.
Date of source: Saturday, May 27, 2023
A scholar of al-Azhar, Shaykh Aḥmad Turk, said the participants at the National Dialogue session have discussed the amendments of the law on guardianship to switch directly from the father to the mother in order to ease the procedures on mothers managing their children’s money after the death of...
Date of source: Friday, June 23, 2023
A researcher in political Islam groups’ affairs said that the issue of religious discourse is absent from the National Dialogue. He added that President ͑Abd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī has made successive remarks for the renewal of religious discourse.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
A member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Shaykh Khālid al-Jindī, said there is some misunderstanding about the ḥadīth (the Prophet’s tradition) that reads "(The Prophet Muḥammed said) A people who make a woman their ruler will never be successful." [Reported by al-Bukhārī].
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2023
On Thursday (August 03), the National Dialogue held a public session to discuss three issues families face after divorce –Ṫāʿa, Nafaqa and al-Kadd wa al- Saʿāya–which are listed on the agenda of the Family & Societal Coherence Committee.
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2023
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives will witness the approval of the amendment of Article 6 of Law 26 of 1975 regarding Egyptian citizenship, granting women of foreign origin the right to pass their nationality to their minor children whose fathers are not Egyptians.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2023
Remarks by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, expressing his opinion that altering the religious rules on verbal divorce would require a new sharī ͑ a consensus have triggered controversy in Egypt, where religious opinions interfere with social requirements.
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2023
Member of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Relations Committee, M.P. Rawān Lāshīn, has stated that the new Personal Status Law will serve the interests of the family as well as preserve the rights and well-being of children. She revealed that the new law, which is being submitted for final...
Date of source: Monday, December 5, 2022
The current leadership of the Coptic Church has a multifaceted reform agenda, both internally in regards to education, monks, rituals and administration, and externally, in regards to opening up dialogues with Western churches confidently and making continuous attempts at rapprochement. This reform...
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2022
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) released a report that revealed state efforts to protect Egyptian women from female genital mutilation (FGM).
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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.