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Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2019
A new problem has emerged in Egypt in recent days. It is about the freedom of Christian women in general to change their religion to Islam and the consequent possibility of marriage to a Muslim and the transition from a Christian family to a Muslim family. This is the background of tensions...
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2021
Today, Friday, the Ministry of Awqāf inaugurates 12 mosques in six governorates, including 11 that have been rebuilt and one that has been recently restored. This brings a grand total of 258 mosques which have been opened since 1st July, 231 of which have also been rebuilt and another 27 that have...
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 2021
Dr Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Church of Alexandria, participated in joint theological dialogue sessions between the Anglican Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches around the world through a Zoom meeting.
Date of source: Thursday, October 21, 2021
The Islamic Research Academy launched the first female advocacy convoy of al-Azhar preachers to the Red Sea governorate. Female preachers from various governorates of the Republic participated, under the directives of the Grand Imam, Prof Dr Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib , to advocate the role of female...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2021
The monastery of ‘St Dimiyyāna’ in Bilqās center is considered one of the most important Coptic monuments in the Daqahliya governorate. The monastery is located in the northern Delta region, an area full of ancient monasteries and churches scattered across the region. The monastery welcomes...
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: Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Witnesses shared videos on social networking sites of the demolition of a church in the village of ‘Basṭara’ in al-Buḥayra (Beheira) governorate. This comes following a removal order by the Damanhūr city council in cooperation with security forces. This resulted in clashes between Coptic citizens...
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2021
The deaf educational unit for the Anglican Episcopal Church in Egypt will organize courses for teaching Egyptian sign language for everyone next March.
Archbishop Munīr Ḥannā, head of the Alexandria region for the Anglican Episcopal Church, said that workshops consist of three levels in which...
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 4, 2021
Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, the Archbishop of Alexandria Province of the Anglican Episcopal Church, welcomed Dr. Ibrāhīm al-Jamal, General Director of al-Azhar Preaching, Head of the Fatwa Committee and Secretary-General of the Egyptian Family House in Alexandria, to congratulate him on his inauguration as...
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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.