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Date of source: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Public Prosecutor, Muḥammad Shawqī, ordered that the individual who issued a fatwā allowing for the theft of water, electricity, and gas, be referred to a criminal court on charges of disrespecting family values in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Sunday, August 11, 2024
After a man was found guilty of contempt of religion, the Port Said (Pūr Saʾīd) Criminal Court, presided over by Chief Justice Jawdat Mīkhāʾīl Qiddīs, sentenced him to three years of harsh imprisonment.
Date of source: Sunday, June 9, 2024
A lawsuit against the Takwīn center’s board of trustees was launched by attorney and former president of al-Zamālik sports club Murtaḍā Manṣūr. On Sunday, June 9, the State Council’s Court of Administrative Justice decided to postpone the case.
Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2024
The young man, Sharīf Jābir, received a sentence of a total of five years in jail by the al-Ismāʿīlīya Court of Misdemeanour for posting films on social media that incited atheism and insulted religion. Prior to this, he had caused controversy with videos he posted on his YouTube channel...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
The Ṭanṭā Economic Court sentenced Coptic young man Kyrullus Rifʿat Nāshid to six-month suspended imprisonment term and a fine of EGP100,000 (roughly $3,235) on charges of contempt of Christianity and infringement of family principles and values.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The Coptic Orthodox archdiocese of al-Minūfīya in the town of Shibīn al-Kūm entrusted Mīlād Isṭifānūs ʿAjāybī, a lower with the Court of Cassation and Supreme Constitutional Court, to take all the legal procedures for reconciliation with a Coptic Christian on a misdemeanor case.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The Sohag [Sūhāj] Family Court has ruled that the husband’s conversion to Islam is not sufficient cause to grant his Christian wife a divorce, refusing to apply the official statute of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2022
The Administrative Court ruled on Saturday against accepting the lawsuit of lawyer Samīr Ṣabrī, which demanded the prohibition of the niqāb in public, private and international schools.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
The Supreme Administrative Court delivered a final ruling that prohibits an ʾimām from delivering the sermon (Khuṭba) from the pulpits (al-Minbar) or delivering fatwās on social media, because of his extremism that goes against moderate teachings of Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2022
The State Security Prosecution decided to renew the pretrial detention of YouTuber Ahmed Spea [Aḥmad Sibīʿ] for 45 days pending investigations in the case No. 1111 of 2020, on charges of contempt of Christian religion, inciting to sedition and disturbing public opinion.
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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.