Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2024
Xavier Abū ʿĪd, Rooted in Palestine: Palestinian Christians and the Struggle for National Liberation 1917-2004 (Beit Jālā: Dār al-Kalima University Press, 2022)
Reviewed by Noha Heraiba, Database Editor for Dialogue Across Borders
Publication Date: October 5, 2024
Rooted in Palestine:...
Date of source: Monday, September 16, 2024
The life of the Afghan woman has changed considerably over the past few decades. In the past, women had equality, voting rights, and legal protections, polygamy was not permitted, weddings were reserved for girls over the age of 21, and while traditional attire was the norm, some women preferred to...
Date of source: Friday, August 9, 2024
There was wide-scale controversy in Iraq after the Ministry of Justice proposed a draft law to lower the age of marriage to 9 years of age for females and 15 years of age for males.
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2024
The Roman Catholic Church’s Pope Francis is currently in Indonesia, which has observers confused because this largely Islamic country only contains a small minority of Christians. However, they fail to realize that since Pope Francis assumed office in 2013, the pontiff has declared his adoption of...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Dr. Ashraf al-Rāʿī will soon publish a new book titled “Electronic Crimes - Objective Rulings on Crimes of Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence,” which discusses Jordanian statute 17/2023 on electronic crimes.
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2024
Once again, proposed changes to the personal status law are causing a rift in parliament, uproar in the media, and heated debates on social media.
Date of source: Thursday, July 11, 2024
Grand Imām of al-Azhar and Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, met with Vice President Maʿruf Amīn of the Republic of Indonesia to talk about ways to enhance cooperation.
Date of source: Monday, June 17, 2024
A report by the Persian language unit at Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism highlighted the struggles of female breadwinners in Afghanistan.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Al-Azhar Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayīb is embarking on a tour of Southeast Asia in early July. He will visit Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand to discuss al-Azhar's role in promoting Muslim evangelism (daʿwa) and education in these countries with a host of officials and religious and cultural leaders....
Date of source: Saturday, May 18, 2024
On behalf of Prince ʿAlī bin al-Ḥusayn, Jordan's Minister of Culture, Hayfāʾ al-Najjār, opened the 17th conference of Christian youth students on Saturday, May 18.