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Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2024
The 3rd group of a training forum led by Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church began at the Church of Mār Jirjis in the Cairo district of Heliopolis. The aim of the program is to provide training for 1,000 ecclesial teachers.
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Al-Azhar has resumed its scholarly program after the fasting month of Ramaḍān, focusing on elucidating Islamic heritage books with a target of 60 books a week under the guidance of the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2023
Between inspiring and decisive humanitarian positions to stop disputes and to protect feelings and sanctities, al-Azhar has spent the year of 2023 leading campaigns on all religious and political levels, from protecting the Holy Qurʾān when it was burned in a number of European nations, to assuming...
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2023
The deputy imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī, said that it is strange for us to talk about human beings in an era that is lacking in humanity, or to talk about structure in a time when gangs are spreading sabotage and destruction, adding that, “The humanity that is claimed by Western...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church attended a ceremony to graduate the 7th batch of the Ecumenical Council for the Middle East, hosted at the Papal Residence in Cairo.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2023
Al-Azhar has announced the acceptance of a new batch of students at the al-Qurʾān al-Karīm Recitation and tajwīd (intonation) hall as part of its interest in the memorization and education of the holy Muslim book.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2023
Social media in Egypt has been rife with nonsense after a decision by the Ministry of Education to ban the niqāb (face veil) in schools at the beginning of the new academic year.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Political Islam groups never stop their fact-twisting, which can be seen in their claim that banning the ʿabāʾa (loose female Muslim gown) in primary and secondary schools in France is a kind of war on Islam!
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2023
A decision to set up a new college teaching the Ḥanbalī fiqh (jurisprudence) at the World Islamic Sciences & Education University (W.I.S.E) in Jordan has raised many questions. While some view it as a plan to empty the Ḥanbalī fiqh from its content and make a new Salafism that is more appealing...
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2023
In association with the Masār al-Khayr (Path of Benevolence) foundation for sustainable development, the Bible Society of Jordan announced the start of a campaign to hand out packages of stationery to more than 2,000 government school pupils in the provinces of al-Karak, Mādabā and Maʿān.
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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.