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Date of source: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Pope Leo XIV will make an official visit to Algeria from April 13 to 15. This highly anticipated trip carries religious, symbolic, and diplomatic significance. As the event approaches, Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers, outlined the main elements of the program and the objectives of...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
The Grand Mosque of Paris has announced the date of the traditional "Night of Doubt," a key step used to determine the end of the month of Ramaḍān and to officially set the first day of ʿEīd al-Fiṭr 2026 in France. This religious meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.,...
Date of source: Sunday, March 8, 2026
On Sunday, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nāṣer Bourita, expressed Morocco’s unwavering support for its Arab brothers during the Arab League meeting held in Cairo to discuss Iranian aggression towards the Gulf countries.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Algeria’s National People’s Assembly passed a bill criminalizing French colonization (1830–1962), defining colonial abuses as "state crimes." Approved in a plenary session led by Brahim Boughali (Brāhīm Būghālī) with key ministers present, the law is presented as a step to preserve national memory...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 3, 2026
A report by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, produced with the Foundation for Global Governance and Sovereignty, examines the role of Moroccan religious diplomacy in strengthening the country’s geopolitical influence. The study argues that Morocco leverages its religious heritage, particularly ṣūfī...
Date of source: Monday, February 23, 2026
Pope Leo XIV's historic visit to Algiers and Annaba in Algeria in April is expected to be officially confirmed by the Vatican in the coming days. The program will feature key spiritual stops and aim to strengthen ties between Algeria and the Holy See. The project was discussed at el-Mouradia Palace...
Date of source: Saturday, February 21, 2026
After a period of diplomatic tensions, Morocco and France are preparing to take a new step forward by signing a strategic friendship treaty aimed at rebuilding their relationship on a sustainable, institutionalized basis, sheltered from political uncertainties. In a regional environment marked by...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
The announcement of the first day of Ramaḍān reignites divisions within Europe’s Muslim communities. While in predominantly Muslim countries citizens generally comply with the official announcement and fast collectively on the same day, in non-Muslim European states the beginning and end of Ramaḍān...
Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2026
As every year with the beginning of Ramaḍān, the same rumor is spreading on social media: many Facebook posts speculate that the "insult to fasting"— eating in public during the day—is to be sanctioned by up to 3 months of prison, according to the penal code. These posts usually spread rapidly and...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2026
The Grand Mosque of Paris has published Muslims in the West: Unchanging Religious Practices, Adapted Presence, a 900-page book led by rector Chams-Eddine Hafiz (Shams al-Dīn Ḥafiẓ) and published on February 10, 2026. The project, developed over five years by around fifty imams and theologians 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.