Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2019
Egypt has a long history related to issues between Muslims and Christians. Apparently, this was the fundamental reason for creating that conference which is sponsored by the center of Arab-West Understanding in cooperation with a huge electronic English database about the religion’s role in the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Anglican Archbishop Mouneer proposed the title Comparing inclusive Citizenship in Egypt with Europe. The comparison with Europe was important to the Archbishop since it is not all rosy in Europe, yet Mr.Belder chose to focus on Egypt alone.
Mr.Bas Belder is a former journalist for the...
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, August 12, 2022
The September 2020 Webinar “Comparing inclusive Citizenship in Egypt with Europe,” led to a discussion about the so-called Covenant of ʿUmar, also known as the Capitulations of ʿUmar, a 9th-century document prohibiting church building, the rebuilding of destroyed churches, and displaying a cross on...
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[The text was written as a chapter for Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission, Edited by Hans Aage Gravaas, Christof Sauer, Tormod Engelsviken, Maqsood Kamil and Knud Jørgensen. Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series, Vol.
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Intercultural and interreligious dialogue brought Cornelis Hulsman from a conservative Christian Reformed bubble in the Netherlands to a deeply ecumenical attitude, refraining from absolutist statements about faith since any religion is the outcome of a human search for meaning in life.
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This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof.
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The purpose of this study is to present the most accurate data on the statistics of Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2023
The Egyptian Family House (Bayt al ʿĀʾila) in the southern Egyptian province of Asyūṭ held a conference to express support for the political leadership’s decision regarding the Palestinian issue and to also back the candidacy of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī for another term in office.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2023
On November 12-13, the Faculty of Arabic Language at al-Azhar University will hold its sixth international scientific conference called “Contributions of the Handicapped in Building Human Civilization in the Past and Present.” This will be under the auspices of the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad...