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Date of source: Thursday, October 9, 2025
The Church emphasized that this method does not represent a genuine change in faith but rather violates a constitutional principle stipulating that Christians should abide by their own religious laws on personal status matters.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Abstract: Inspired by Asmāʾ al-Sharqāwī’s 2025 book, Kāmilāt ʿAql wa-Dīn (“Complete in Mind and Religion”), this brief essay by Sāra al-Sherbīnī engages one of the more contested ḥadīths in the Islamic tradition — a text frequently cited to diminish women yet also defended and reinterpreted by...
Date of source: Saturday, August 30, 2025
Rev. Girgis al-Qummuṣ Filbis, priest of the Cathedral of St. Girgis the Great Martyr in the 10th of Ramadan City, conducted an interview with media presenter Radwā al-Shirbīnī, in which he spoke about the status of women in Christianity and their influential role throughout history.
Date of source: Sunday, August 17, 2025
About the author: Sara ʿAllām Shaltout worked as the Christian affairs editor for the newspaper al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ from 2015-2020, a position usually reserved for Egyptian Christians. The fact that she was entrusted with this position as a Muslim is a testament to her independence and objectivity....
Date of source: Sunday, June 22, 2025
Professor Omaima Abou Bakr has taught English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University since 1992. She completed her academic training at Cairo University (B.A.), North Carolina State University (M.A.), and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.). Her doctoral thesis was a study of...
Date of source: Monday, September 2, 2024
From September 2nd through 4th 2024, Dialogue Across Borders cosponsored a third round of the “Journey of Learning” interfaith program with the Centre for Christian-Muslim Understanding and Partnership (Anglican/Episcopal) in Cairo. The conference offered Christians and Muslims an opportunity to...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Media personality Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa has stated that Salafīsm and the Ikhwān (Muslim Brotherhood) represent a major cause of economic deterioration in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, August 24, 2024
The former grand muftī and chairman of the House of Representatives’ Religious & Awqāf Affairs Committee, Dr. ʿAlī Jumʿa, noted that the Awqāf conference is unique in that it highlights the role that women play in awareness-raising.
Date of source: Sunday, August 25, 2024
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī presided over the 35th conference of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, which began on August 25 and 26 at the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) headquarters. Minister Osāma al-Azharī served as the conference chairman.
Date of source: Saturday, July 27, 2024
On Friday, the 26th of July, millions of people around the world witnessed the opening of the Olympic games in Paris, the capital of France. I was not lucky enough to watch the ceremony due to the time difference between Australia and France. I was however surprised at the amount of criticism faced...
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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.