Date of source: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
On June 4, Studenten Internationale Betrekkingen (SIB) in Leiden, https://sibleiden.nl/, invited three former members to speak about their careers with references to their time as members of the SIB Leiden student society. One of the speakers became a diplomat, now serving at the Dutch Embassy in...
Date of source: Friday, October 10, 2025
In 2024, the Ministry of the Interior, then led by Gérald Darmanin (member of Renaissance, a political party typically described as liberal and centrist or center-right), commissioned a group of senior officials, more precisely a retired diplomat and a prefect, to conduct in-depth research on...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
This paper examines the impact of various civil society organizations in Egypt on intercommunal and interreligious relations in the country. The analysis builds upon a brief overview of the status and role of civil society in Egypt, which considers the complex historical legacy of intercommunal and...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
In June 2025, I was able to gain valuable insight into the current situation in Syria after the fall of the Assad government by spending almost two weeks travelling and doing field research in the cities of Damascus, Maʿlūlā, Ṣaydnāyā, Aleppo, al-Raqqa, al-Qāmishlī, and al-Ḥasakah. With its rich...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
On Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, the Grand Imām of Al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyib, delivered remarks on the occasion of the Prophet Muḥammad’s birthday (mawlid) at the Manāra International Center in Cairo. For Muslims, this year’s anniversary was significant because it represented 1,500 years...
Date of source: Friday, August 29, 2025
The Dean of the Great Mosque of Paris and the Algerian Archbishop warned in a message, published by "Le Monde," to the officials of Algeria and France about the negative consequences of the ongoing diplomatic tensions between the two countries, and they emphasized the need to spare the people from...
Date of source: Sunday, August 31, 2025
Khalīl Ṣāyegh was born into a Christian family in Gaza in 1994 at the height of the Oslo peace process. In 2009, he moved to the West Bank where he studied at the Bethlehem Bible College, earning a B.A. in 2018. In 2022, he completed an M.A. in comparative politics at the American University in...
Date of source: Saturday, June 28, 2025
Elections for the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders were concluded on Saturday (June 28), resulting in the election of 10 new members from 70 Sufi orders from a pool of 14 candidates vying for the council’s membership.
Date of source: Sunday, August 3, 2025
In recent decades, the concept of taqiyya has become a prominent component of Islamophobic discourse in Western societies about the dangers posed by Islam and Muslims. According to this understanding, taqiyya is a doctrinal position in Islamic law which permits or even encourages Muslims to lie...
Date of source: Thursday, July 31, 2025
In a phone call with Syrian President Aḥmad al-Sharaʿ, French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the latest developments in Syria and ways to support pathways to stability and a political solution, in addition to regional and international issues of mutual concern.