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Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
The conflict between the Copts over personal status laws entered a new phase as many are beginning to resort to ‘Urfī marriages in light of the difficulties many face in getting divorces. Coptic jurists consider ‘Urfī marriage adultery which therefore guarantees no rights to either the husband or...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 10, 2015
"Oppression and injustice suffered by the Arab people create a suitable environment for the ideology of takfiri to feed on. Thus joining armed groups becomes the only option for the youths who suffer tyranny and whose freedom is suppressed,” and “we are facing only two options. First, the current...
Date of source: Saturday, March 28, 2015
The Sheikh of al-Azhar is calling for Arab society to critically read the precepts of Islam saying that it is urgent that Islamic texts be revisited in order to prevent youth from joining militant groups. He is also calling for the drafting of a clear strategy to diminish the lure of extremist...
Date of source: Saturday, March 28, 2015
An NGO called the “Sisters’ Network” is holding the first ever panel that addresses problems confronting modern women from an Islamic perspective. The President of the organization explained that the organization relies on principles of women’s rights in Islam. The conference is being held in...
Date of source: Saturday, March 28, 2015
An NGO called the “Sisters’ Network” is holding the first ever panel that addresses problems confronting modern women from an Islamic perspective. The President of the organization explained that the organization relies on principles of women’s rights in Islam. The conference is being held in...
Date of source: Saturday, March 28, 2015
The General Egyptian Agency for Books recently published an edition of its “Societal Sciences” series called “From the Secret Archives of Egyptian Culture” by Ghālī Shukrī. In the book introduction Ghālī writes, “this book is merely a drop in the sea in terms of the errors and crimes that the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
Ahmad Masalmānī has said that ISIS has called the overthrown president Mohammad Mursī and Osama bin Lādin infidels. They have labelled Mursī a rebel and apostate tyrant and have condemned bin Lādin for not having declared Mullah ʿOmar, leader of the Taliban(and who ISIS consider perverted) to be an...
Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
Stephen Cook, employee of the American Ministry of Foreign Relations and specialist in affairs of the Middle East, claims that Erdogan requested Mursī’s release in order to improve Turkish relations with Egypt. However, it is clear that the release of the former Egyptian President is not a...
Date of source: Friday, February 26, 2016
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark inaugurated on Sunday the third seminar of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Titled “Church Services and The Coptic Family”, the seminar reviewed a number of papers, including the personal...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Five women’s rights activists released in China
On Monday, the Chinese police released five female human rights activists who were detained last month during International Women’s Day celebrations. The five women, who belong to a Chinese women’s rights association, will remain under police...
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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.