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Date of source: Monday, June 22, 2020
Dina Bouchkouch, a Muslim Moroccan- French student, interned twice at the Center for Arab-West Understanding, once in 2017 and again in 2019. In 2017 Dina came to know Egyptian Christianity. She wrote about Saint Simon the Tanner’s Monastery and went with Chinese intern Shangyun Shen to Maghagha,...
Date of source: Monday, June 22, 2020
Former French-Moroccan CAWU intern Dina Bouchkouch spoke with students at the webinar of June 22-24, 2020, about her personal experiences with interfaith/intercultural dialogue and why CAWU has been so important to her own personal development. This text was recorded and edited by the different...
Date of source: Sunday, April 26, 2026
"Apostasie (Ridda - ردة)” in Chems-Eddine Hafiz (ed.), Musulmans En Occident : Pratique Cultuelle Immuable, Présence Adaptée (Paris: Grand Mosque of Paris/Albouraq Publishers, 2025), 94-95.
Summary: This is an English translation of the article on “apostasy” included in Musulmans En Occident :...
Date of source: Thursday, April 16, 2026
In this interview, the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Chems-Eddine Hafiz (Shams al-Dīn Ḥāfiẓ), discusses Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Algeria from April 13 to 15.
He reflects on the state of Franco-Algerian relations and the anti-Algerian sentiment in France. He believes that the point of no...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
The Grand Mosque of Paris has announced the date of the traditional "Night of Doubt," a key step used to determine the end of the month of Ramaḍān and to officially set the first day of ʿEīd al-Fiṭr 2026 in France. This religious meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.,...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
The announcement of the first day of Ramaḍān reignites divisions within Europe’s Muslim communities. While in predominantly Muslim countries citizens generally comply with the official announcement and fast collectively on the same day, in non-Muslim European states the beginning and end of Ramaḍān...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2026
The Grand Mosque of Paris has published Muslims in the West: Unchanging Religious Practices, Adapted Presence, a 900-page book led by rector Chams-Eddine Hafiz (Shams al-Dīn Ḥafiẓ) and published on February 10, 2026. The project, developed over five years by around fifty imams and theologians in...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2026
On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, the Grand Mosque of Paris published a 900-page guide aimed at helping French Muslims "reconcile their faith with the principles of republican secularism." The guide, called "Muslims in the West: Unchanging Cultural Practices, Adapted Presence," addresses a wide range...
Date of source: Friday, October 10, 2025
In 2024, the Ministry of the Interior, then led by Gérald Darmanin (member of Renaissance, a political party typically described as liberal and centrist or center-right), commissioned a group of senior officials, more precisely a retired diplomat and a prefect, to conduct in-depth research on...
Date of source: Friday, August 29, 2025
The Dean of the Great Mosque of Paris and the Algerian Archbishop warned in a message, published by "Le Monde," to the officials of Algeria and France about the negative consequences of the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the two countries, and they emphasized the need to spare the people from...
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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.