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Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2025
The Coptic Orthodox Church recently released a book that documented the incident of the martyrdom of 21 Egyptians in Libya, where they were slain by members of the terrorist Daesh organization in 2015.
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2025
Sheikh Khālid b. Tūnis (Khaled Bentounès) is a respected figure in contemporary Sufism and a fervent advocate of peace. Born in Mustaghānim, Algeria, he is the spiritual guide of the ʿAlawiyya Sufi brotherhood, founded by his ancestor Sheikh Aḥmad al-ʿAlāwī. This movement is renowned for its...
Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2025
Dr. Samuel Rubenson is Professor Emeritus of Church History and affiliated with the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University in Sweden. After spending much of his childhood in Ethiopia, he has dedicated his career to the study of Eastern Christianity, with special attention to...
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2025
On 21 April, the Vatican announced the death of Pope Francis, aged 88. This is an opportunity for Morocco to remember his visit to Rabāṭ in 2019, only the second time a head of the Church has visited the country.
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2025
As Eīd al-Fiṭr approaches, Muslims around the world are preparing to pay the Zakāt al-Fiṭr, an obligatory almsgiving that symbolizes solidarity and generosity. In Algeria, the amount of these alms for 2025 has been officially announced by the religious authorities.
Date of source: Friday, March 21, 2025
In this interview with TSA Algérie, Shams al-Dīn Ḥafīẓ, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, talks about the role of the institution in bringing peace between Algeria and France, whose relations are going through a serious crisis.
Date of source: Friday, March 7, 2025
Morocco’s permanent representative at the UN Office in Geneva, ʿUmar Znīber, has highlighted the Moroccan model of religious coexistence and its efforts to boost values of tolerance, mutual respect, and interfaith dialogue.
Date of source: Friday, March 14, 2025
Over the past few days, a number of Facebook posts have claimed that the new Tunisian Constitution has removed the reference to Islam as the state religion. What exactly is this about?
Date of source: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
In a TV message read out by Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, the Minister of Ḥabūs and Islamic Affairs, King Muḥammad VI calls on Moroccans not to perform the ritual sacrifice of ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa.
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2025
Many Moroccans warmly welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Religious Endowments, Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, about the cancellation of this year’s ‘Eid al-Aḍḥā sacrifice, especially given that it will spare a large part of the population from the soaring livestock prices that had skyrocketed last year...
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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.