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Date of source: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Hours after Washington classified the “Ḥasm” Movement in Egypt and the “Wilāyat Sīnāʾ” Organization, which is affiliated with ISIS, as foreign terrorist organizations, the American State Department announced placing Egyptians Yaḥyā al-Sayyid Ibrāhīm Mūsā and ʿAlāʾ ʿAlī Muḥammad al-Samāḥī on the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 4, 2020
The Grand Mufti of Egypt Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām said that the Muslim Brotherhood and its dependents are merely a tool to divide Egyptians, leading to self-destruction. He went on to explain that the jurists [al-fuqahāʾ] decided that the rule of political power is a social contract between the people...
Date of source: Saturday, July 4, 2020
Recently Egyptian society has been preoccupied with claims circulating on social media related to incidents of “rape and harassment” of girls by one young man, calling for official legal action against him.
Date of source: Saturday, April 11, 2020
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that the world is currently enduring difficult circumstances as the number of people infected with the Coronavirus increases. We face this situation for the first time but we say with warm hearts “Heal the sick“. In his sermon, coinciding with the Last Friday of the Great Lent...
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2018
In a move considered by observers as crucial in order to counter the plight of terrorist groups’ attempts to disrupt between Muslims and Christians from time to time, imams and church leaders met to discuss ways to counter terrorism.
Date of source: Friday, October 19, 2018
Spokesman of Egypt’s Cabinet Nādir Saʿd stated that in response to the application submitted by the Church Regularization Committee, the Prime Minister Muṣṭafā Madbūlī has ordered to ease the regularization procedures for unlicensed churches.
According to the Prime Minister, the status of 120...
Date of source: Saturday, February 14, 2015
Well-informed sources inside Egypt’s government revealed that the Education Ministry is implementing far-reaching changes inside its pre-university religious education curriculum. The changes will strip the curriculum of disputed subjects that the Muslim Brotherhood used to propagate its...
Date of source: Saturday, March 21, 2015
The ‘Nur’ party returns to their fight against the Muslim Brotherhood and accuses them of recent attacks against its leader and headquarter
After two years of caution, the party returns to open opposition against the Brotherhood whom it accuses of attacks against its leadership and headquarters....
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2011
“Al-Nūr mosque is owned by the Ministry of Awqaf and not by salafists. Salafists only own the buildings attached to the mosque” says Fu’ād ‘Abd al-'azim deputy minister of Awqaf ministry.
There were clashes between salafists and Ministery of Awqaf on who was to preach on Friday in Al-Nūr mosque....
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
This article discusses preparations by Coptic Orthodox Christians, who are getting ready for Christmas celebrations on January 7. The article also mentions preparations for New Year's Eve services, quoting Father Salīb Mattá Sawirus as saying that Copts will celebrate the new year in church, as...
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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.