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25 May 2026
Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, received on Monday a delegation from the Egyptian Episcopal Church headed by Bishop Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Alexandria Region of the Episcopal Church, and Bishop Dr. Munīr Ḥannā, Archbishop Emeritus of the Episcopal Church and Director...
24 May 2026
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II sent a congratulatory telegram to His Eminence Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyāḍ, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, on the occasion of the blessed ʿEīd al-Aḍḥā.
24 May 2026
Based on participant observation and interviews with two bawwābīn in al-Munīra neighborhood of Cairo, this report examines the position of doormen in contemporary urban Egypt. By following the experiences of bawwābīn Wā’il and ʿAīd, the paper shows how the boundaries between work and private life...
23 May 2026
The new draft family law has reorganized polygamy in Egypt by establishing a set of controls and legal procedures aimed at protecting the rights of wives and children while preserving the Sharīʿa.
22 May 2026
The new draft personal status law has revived debate over the issue of polygamy, following official clarifications from the chairman of the drafting committee. He stated that the draft does not include any provision requiring the husband to obtain written consent from the first wife before marrying...
22 May 2026
Rev. Dr. Yazīd Saʿīd is senior lecturer at Liverpool Hope University in the United Kingdom. Born into a Palestinian family in Galilee, he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA) and Cambridge University (BA, MPhil, PhD). An Anglican priest, Dr. Saʿīd is the author of Ghazālī’s Politics...
20 May 2026
In a notable development within the draft law on personal status affairs for Christians, Article 30 revealed specific exceptions to the prohibitions on marriage, most notably allowing marriage to the wife’s sister or the brother’s wife in the event of death within some denominations. This provision...
20 May 2026
Al-Azhar al-Sharīf vehemently condemns the terrorist attack that was carried out by two armed extremists incited by hate speech against Islam. The gunmen targeted the Islamic Center in San Diego, California and killed three worshippers at the mosque as well as the mosque’s guard. This brutal attack...
20 May 2026
The Personal Status Law for Christians has sparked controversy within legal and ecclesiastical circles, prompting calls for a broad societal dialogue before its final approval in parliament.Human rights researcher and lawyer Hudā Naṣrallah said the new law includes several positive aspects, most...
19 May 2026
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād, affirmed that Islam has granted women a high status and considered them an essential partner in life, praising women’s role in the development of homelands.
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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.