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Date of source: Monday, May 25, 2026
Dr. ʿAbd al-Munʿim Fū’ād, Supervisor of al-Azhar Riwāq, affirmed that Islamic Sharīʿa does not require a man to obtain his first wife's permission to marry another. He asserted that Islam requires "fair treatment" as a basic condition but does not mandate permission.
Date of source: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Prime Minister Muṣṭafa Madbūlī held a meeting on Thursday (April 16) to follow up on draft laws regulating personal status affairs for both Muslims and Christians, as well as the draft law on the Family Support Fund.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, expressed his strong condemnation of the Israeli occupation’s attempt to pass legislation that imposes the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners and detainees, stressing that this step represents a flagrant violation of all humanitarian...
Date of source: Saturday, March 7, 2026
Dār al-Iftā’, in association with Al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, stated that the minimum limit of Zakāt al-Fiṭr (alms for the occasion of ʿEīd al-Fiṭr) for the Hijrī year 1447, corresponding with the Gregorian year 2026, is estimated at thirty-five Egyptian pounds per person.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
This holy month of Ramaḍān, a book titled "The Ramaḍān Dictionary" by Fuʾād Mursī has been published, a blend of collective memory, cultural documentation, and nostalgia for a time when specific Ramaḍān traditions formed an integral part of the daily identity of Egyptian society. The reader...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2026
Prime Minister Moṣṭafa Madbūlī should take the bull by the horns and push the draft Personal Status Law for Christians to the House of Representatives in its new lineup to debate it publicly and endorse it if it is unanimously approved. This is a commendable action by the government, and I will...
Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2026
The public prosecution in Mallawī, al-Minyā governorate, southern Egypt, began examining the site of the collapse of a fence at the ancient Monastery of Saint Abū Fānā, which left four children killed and two others wounded.
Date of source: Sunday, February 1, 2026
The Center of Christian-Muslim Understanding & Partnership (CCMUP) in Egypt organized a ceremony to announce and honor the winners of the "Dr. ʿAlī al-Sammān Award for Peace and Dialogue" in its second edition, coinciding with the 24th anniversary of the signing of the historic dialogue...
Date of source: Friday, January 23, 2026
The Indonesian pavilion participating in the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2026, in its second appearance at the fair after 20 years since its last participation in 2006, witnessed diverse scholarly and religious books in particular.
Date of source: Monday, January 26, 2026
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, said that the January 25 Revolution constituted an important milestone in the history of the nation, in which the Egyptian people expressed their will and aspirations for dignity and freedom, and its sons, through their sacrifices, wrote a bright page in...
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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.