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Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II recently honored Muslim journalist Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī, the reporter in charge of Coptic affairs, for his coverage of church news.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2023
During an episode of the Ramaḍān TV series, Risālat al-Imām, which tells the life story of one of the four great sunni Imāms, Imām al-Shāfiʿī, the topic of inheritance within Islamic sharīʿa was addressed. Within Islamic sharīʿa, the ḥadīth of the Prophet Muḥammad are held as the guiding...
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt has said that there are no specific conditions of prerequisites for the recitation of the Qurʾān. Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām made the comments while speaking on an episode of his television show broadcast daily during Ramaḍān and explained that whilst it is admirable to profess...
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2023
The al-Azhar Global Fatwa Center has announced its plan for the holy month of Ramaḍān, and the various services that it will provide to Muslims during this period of fasting. The diverse range of services include a hotline to answer questions relating to fasting, broadcasting television and radio...
Date of source: Friday, March 17, 2023
During the holy month of Ramaḍān the Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, will present a daily program on the Egyptian TV station al-Nās (the People) in which he will discuss various matters related to the rituals on Ramaḍān including sīyām (fasting), charity, and spending. In addition, he will...
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2023
The Egyptian Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) has issued a statement in response to the circulation online of a video showing an imām playing football with a group of youths inside a mosque. The Ministry discredited the video, stating that it was an old clip that had been re-shared on...
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2023
Preparations have begun for the television series Imām al-Shāfiʿī that tells the story of the famous founder of the Shāfiʿī school and the science of jurisprudence starring Khālid al-Nabawī to be premiered in Ramaḍān 2023.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2022
In his video, the Azhari shaykh Mabrūk ʿAṭiya mocked Christ saying he is not a ‘sayyid’ (venerated leader) as people refer to him.
The video was a response to journalist and TV host Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā dating back to 2016 but was re-posted recently about the values in Jesus Christ’s ‘Sermon on the Mount.’
Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
The core argument of Coptic Solidarity for accusing him to be an “Agent' of al-Sīsī Government in the US” is that Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) prior to his last visit to the USA. They believe this is sufficient evidence for their claims.
It seems...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
This article provides an overview of the views of Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, Coptic Evangelical (Presbyterian) pastor and head of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, based on Arab media reporting as selected and summarized throughout the years by Arab-West Report/Dialogue Across Borders in response to...
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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.