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Date of source: Tuesday, December 8, 2020
The concept of citizenship, the author argues, is in line with the Islamic Sharīʿa . Citizenship has already been applied by the prophet and his companions.
The author is in strong disagreement with the presentation of former Dutch Member of the European Parliament Bas Belder. Belder refers, based...
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2025
On May 28th, 2025, the Ismāʿīliya appellate court in northern Egypt issued a controversial judgment related to a property dispute concerning St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula. The judgment triggered strong reactions across the Greek Orthodox community and broader Christian world and...
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2023
The unified sermon of the Friday’s Muslim congregational prayer all over the mosques of North Sinai governorate will be themed ‘Qurʾān is a book of mercy for the world’ upon instructions from the minister of awqāf (religious endowments), Muḥammad Mukhtār Jum ͑a.
Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2022
The village of Saint Catherine in the Sinai Peninsula is witnessing a heavy tourist turnout from many countries in the world as the winter tourist season begins in order to enjoy its spiritual atmosphere and visit its religious and archaeological sites.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The SEKEM initiative in Egypt represents an acknowledged sustainable development model that integrates ethical business with human and ecosystem development in the desert. Together with its supplying farmers, SEKEM was the first entity to apply biodynamic farming methods in Egypt. Biodynamic...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Community, represented in, Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, the President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, mourn with great sadness the martyrs of the homeland who died in the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 2020
The Tourism and Aviation Committee of the House of Representatives commended Prime Minister Dr. Muṣṭafā Madbūlī’s inspection of the first phase of development on the entrance to the Saint Catherine Monastery and the surrounding area. The project has been implemented at a cost of £40 million EGP....
Date of source: Saturday, January 4, 2020
Forces from the military and police in Egypt intensified their security preparations hours before Christmas Eve mass on Monday evening, January 6th, as according to the Eastern calendar, which the Egyptian Orthodox Church is based on. During a meeting with several of his aides on Saturday,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 14, 2019
The Cairo Criminal Court continues to hear the prosecutor's pleading in the retrial of the ousted President Muḥammad Mursī and 23 Brotherhood leaders in connection with Ḥamas with the maximum sentence imposed on the defendants.
The session will be held under the chairmanship of Judge Muḥammad...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Dr. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Rīḥān, General Director of research and archaeological studies in South Sinai, has confirmed that religious tolerance in Egypt was a historical reality. He cites a Quranic verse calling for the preservation of Christian, Jewish and Islamic sacred sites. The verse itself, Verse 40...
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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.