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Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2021
Today, Saturday, the Administrative Court of the State Council decided to postpone a lawsuit which was filed by lawyer Samīr Ṣabrī until the January 8 session for review. The lawsuit demanded a ban on wearing the niqāb in public, private and international schools.
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2021
On Saturday, the Coptic poet Maryam Tawfīq signed her book, "An Imam for All Egyptians", at the al-Azhar Convention Centre in Nasr City, which examines the personality of the Grand Imam, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib.
Date of source: Friday, November 26, 2021
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, head of the Evangelical community in Egypt and the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), concluded the “Peace Building Perspectives in Arab Societies” conference, in Amman, Jordan. Present were Prince al-Ḥassan bin Ṭalāl, Chairman of the Board of...
Date of source: Friday, November 26, 2021
Copts in Farshūt, north of Qinā governorate, participated in the opening of the new al-Raḥmān Mosque in the village of al-Hāj Salām, after its renovation which was paid for by the people.
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2021
Dayr al- Sulṭān, which is located within the old city of Jerusalem, has sparked controversy recently after the continuous attempts of Ethiopian monks to control it, despite the right of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2021
The Islamic preacher Dr. Mabrūk ʿAṭiyya said that a second, third and fourth wife is permissible in Islam, and there is nothing wrong with it, as long as the husband is able to support them. However he released a controversial comment regarding women's divorce in case of ploygamy.
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2021
Nihād Abū al- Qumṣān, an activist for women's rights, said that Article 11 of the Personal Status Law obligates the husband to prove before the marriage official [al-māʾzūn] the number of his wives before marrying another.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The Youth Bishopric will start today the Coptic Book Fair, from 16 to 26 November, at St. Mark's Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāssiyya.
Date of source: Monday, November 15, 2021
Ambassador Nabīla Makram ʿAbd al- Shahīd, Minister of State for Immigration and Egyptians Abroad Affairs, witnessed the signing of a tripartite cooperation protocol between her ministry and the Coptic Orthodox Church represented by the “Bishopric of Public, Social and Ecumenical Services” and the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 14, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s first official response said, in a statement on Saturday, that he had been cut off from its service for more than 18 years.
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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.