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Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2023
On Saturday, June 03, 2023, the Court of Administrative Justice of the Council of State is handing down a verdict in the lawsuit filed by the head of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, Dr. Andrea Zakī, in which he requested the irrelevance of the Constitution of the Episcopal/Anglican Church and...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 30, 2023
The Episcopal/Anglican Church in Egypt organized a conference on the role of religious leaders in preserving the environment as part of the church’s activities in light of the efforts of the Egyptian state to support climate change initiatives.
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2023
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem has extended its congratulations to its congregation and to Christians across the world on the occasions of Palm Sunday and the Holy Week. Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem has emphasized the importance of these events within the Greek Orthodox...
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2023
At the Virgin Mary Church in Shubrā, the Horus scout group has organized a series of services aimed at providing help to families before the Easter holidays. These services, which include distributing parcels of food and toys, are often enacted by the Horus group, which endeavours to offer help to...
Date of source: Thursday, April 6, 2023
The Family Affairs Court has explained the reasoning behind its decision to allow Copts to apply their own religious law when it comes to matters of inheritance in the Christian community. This followed a lawsuit brought forth by a Coptic woman seeking to amend the inheritance to be received by her...
Date of source: Thursday, April 6, 2023
The President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, has spoken on the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and think tanks in the United States of America, expressing that strong bonds still exist between the two. Elsewhere, whilst speaking during a conference on...
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2023
The President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, has identified plans by Saudi Arabia to build the first evangelical church in the country and the event of a Christmas mass being held for the first time there, as signs of the country’s increasing openness. Dr. Zakī also...
Date of source: Monday, April 3, 2023
The Church of the Virgin Mary in the Cairene district of al-Zaytūn held a celebratory mass to mark the 55th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary above the church. The apparition occurred in 1968 when a group of workers sighted the figure of the Virgin Mary above the dome of the church....
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2023
Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawāḍrūs II, led prayers for five new nuns entering the convent of Mār Jirjis (Saint George) in Old Cairo. After touring the new developments of the convent and listening to the hymns offered by the nuns, the Pope addressed them and spoke of the beauty...
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...
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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.