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Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2023
General Bishop and Chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center (COCC), Anbā Ermiā, underlined the need to tolerate all different political, cultural, and religious opinions that may come up in a civilized dialogue aimed at reaching interaction and good communication.
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2023
Anbā Mīkhāʾīl, born on August 6 1942, became a monk at the al-Barmūs Monastery in Wādī al-Naṭrūn in 1978, under the name Mikhāʾīl al-Barāmūsī.
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2023
The editor-in-chief of the news website Copts United sent a message of gratitude and appreciation to Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church for his encouragement to commemorate the deceased Pope Shinūda III.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2023
Remarks by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, expressing his opinion that altering the religious rules on verbal divorce would require a new sharī ͑ a consensus have triggered controversy in Egypt, where religious opinions interfere with social requirements.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has issued a response to the situation of a boy who was originally adopted and raised by Coptic parents, before being taken into the custody of the state, and declared to be Muslim. The statement, released through the al-Azhar Fatwā Global...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
The Deputy Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī, spoke of the important role played by al-Azhar in endorsing the values of peace and fraternity during a recent meeting with a Dutch delegation. Whilst speaking to the Dutch Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry, Paul Huijts, Dr....
Date of source: Monday, April 17, 2023
The various churches of the Holy Land of Jerusalem celebrated Easter on Sunday 16 April. The celebrations included a traditional procession led by Patriarch Theophilos III of the Greek Orthodox Church, Bible recitations in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and an Easter mass service led by...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
During a speech made on Tuesday, Egypt’s President al-Sīsī spoke on the need to spread more moderate teachings of Islam and an accurate representation of the faith. He made the comments during celebrations held at the al-Manāra International Conference Centre in New Cairo, to mark the final ten...
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2023
The Egyptian President, ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī, has revealed that work is underway to draft a law stipulating that any verbal divorce lacking official documentation will not be accepted. The President cited statistics from the Dār al-Iftāʾ stating that it deals with hundreds of thousands of divorce...
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2023
The holy fasting month of Ramaḍān is an important time for Chadian Muslims who make up more than 80% of their country’s total population. During this month charitable activities become increasingly prominent. Muslims spend the majority of their time at mosques for prayers and Qurʾān recitation, and...
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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.