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Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2023
Bishop Ermia, the president of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, has spoken about the late Pope Kyrillos VI during an interview with al-Waṭan newspaper. He described Pope Kyrillos VI as a devout man of prayers, who was chosen by the heavens, and who displayed a great love for the Church and its...
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2023
Omar Marwān, the Egyptian Minister for Justice, has affirmed President al-Sīsī’s dedication to eliminating slow litigation processes and achieving justice, as well as his desire for the judicial sector to benefit from technological developments to improve the quality of its services. During an...
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllam, has stated that there is no difference between the Muslims and Christians regarding martyrdom, as both die in defense of the homeland and in the name of God. During an interview with Naẓra talk show, Dr. ʿAllam listed the five types of martyrs and spoke...
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2023
Sinai University has summoned Maī ʿAbdullah, a dentistry student in the first grade, to be investigaed on charges of contempt of religion, after she has been accused of insulting the prophet Mūḥammad, and mocking the ḥijāb and heaven, as well as adherents of Islam. The dean of the faculty of...
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2023
Speaking during the 67th session of UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, Dr Māyā Morsī, president of the National Council for Women in Egypt, has called for more recognition of the role played by sharīʿa in the emancipation of women, and the Qurʾān for recognising their important role and...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2023
The al-Azhar conference hall hosted ceremonies to congratulate the winners of the “Heritage of Imām al-Māturīdī” research contest. The ceremony was attended by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, as well as leaders from various research organizations. The contest was implemented...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2023
Dr. Ibrāhīm Najm, a senior advisor to Egypt’s Grand Muftī, has reviewed the efforts of the Dar al-Iftāʾ in combating extremism, during a meeting with a delegation from the European Parliament, led by Tomáš Zdechovský. He cited the various initiatives enacted by the Dar al-Iftāʾ to confront...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Sūlāf Darwīsh, the Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Manpower Committee, has praised comments made by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, about the misuse of the term ‘freedoms’ by the West. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb had stated that the world was in need of religion to help solve...
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, received a delegation from the U.S. House of Worship foundation, currently on a visit to Egypt for interfaith dialogue. Sohā Jindī, the Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates' Affairs, also attended the meeting, in which Pope...
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2023
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Elders, and Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, met to discuss the best ways to strengthen cooperation in the area of East-West dialogue. Judge ʿAbd al-Salām expressed his appreciation for Rev. Welby’s efforts to promote...
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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.