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The Council of  Churches in Egypt decided to launch a celebration on February 8th in St Mark’s cathedral in Abāssiyah attended by Pope Tawadros II, Rev. Safwat al- Bayādī and Patriarch Ibrahīm Issāc of the Catholic Church in addition to Bishop Munīr Hanna, head of the Episcopal Church on the...
The Episcopal Church of Egypt stated, on Sunday, that a meeting has been held between Lord George Carey, Former Archbishop of Canterbury, and Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar. The meeting was attended by Dr. Munīr Ḥannā Anīs, President Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Egypt.
The Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, has recommended a delegation of the Anglican Church from the United States to speak of the return to good morals during their sermons. The Grand Shaykh discussed the Azhar’s rejection of imposing a certain doctrine through power or through...
German organization Misereor decided not to continue support for the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT) after 1 July 2019 for reasons of policy change. CIDT has been supporting the Center for Arab-West Understanding in turn. Misereor has been good for around 35% of their...
  With an agreement achieved surrounding the first articles of the law, and disagreement surrounding the resultant consequences, the meeting between various Christian sects on the project of a unified personal status code came to an end. The meetings and the various sects’ public...
The Supreme Administrative Court headed by Counselor Dr. ‘Abd al- Fattaḥ  Abū al-Layl,  Deputy  Chairman of the State Council, adjourned yesterday, the lawsuit filed by Archbishop Munīr Anīs;  to overrule the Supreme Administrative Ruling of denying to recognize the Anglican community in Egypt, to...
Forty-three persons, including nine Americans outside Egypt, were referred to the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of involvement in illegal foreign funding, according to investigations. [‘Imād al-Fiqī and Muhammad Hijāb, al-Ahrām, Feb. 7, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
The attack on the church in Alexandria this weekend marked a new deep trench in the deteriorating relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt. Shortly before this act of terror, Trouw gauged the atmosphere among Egyptian Christians and Muslims. See footnote 1 in the full text. This text is...
Editor: Muslims prayed at Tahrir Square. This was followed today by a Christian prayer at Tahrir Square. This prompted our board member Dr. Amin Makram Ebeid to visit Tahrir Square for the first time the demonstrations started. The following is his report.   My wife Jailane and I accompanied my son...
With the passing of Sheikh Tantawi as Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar we at Arab West Report have had opportunity to remember him through several interactions which took place between him and our editor-in-chief, Cornelis Hulsman, who often conducted interviews with him on behalf of various delegations....

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