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Date of source: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Al-Rīmās Film Production Company has completed all its preparations for the film "The Pope" including preparing costumes for characters, building appropriate sets, and obtaining all the approvals and permits for filming from the necessary authorities. The film is based on the life of Pope Shinūda...
Date of source: Sunday, August 30, 2020
In 1943, commenting on an accusation made by a British court about Zionist leaders smuggling weapons to gangs in Palestine, David Ben-Gurion said, “From now on, to be anti-Zionist means that you are anti-Semitic.” This was an early attempt to displace the concept of ‘anti-Semitism’ that was...
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 2020
Not only was al-Azhar one of the only educational institutions in existence before Muḥammad ʻAlī, it was also always at the helm of the Egyptian independence movement. Its scholars were leaders in the successful efforts to liberate Egypt from French occupation. They were also the leaders of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
On Wednesday, August 5, the Egyptian Public Prosecution revealed that the public prosecutor had ordered an investigation into the sexual assault of a woman at the Fairmont Nile City Hotel in Cairo, following a report from the National Council for Women.
Date of source: Saturday, August 1, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church has allowed the partial reopening of churches for masses, funerals, and weddings beginning Monday, August 3, given the continued drop in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths according to data from the Egyptian Health Ministry.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Work has finished on all the final features of the Central Papal Library at the St. Pishoy [Bīshūy] Monastery in Wādī al-Naṭrūn, the location of the papal seat.
Last year when the library officially opened for the first time, Pope Tawāḍrūs II wrote an article on the library’s goals and how it will...
Date of source: Monday, August 24, 2020
Jābir Ṭāyiʿ, head of the Religious Sector at the Religious Endowments Ministry, revealed the details of Endowments Minister Dr. Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumaʿa’s decision to make ʿAbd Allāh Rushdī a legal researcher instead of an imām, his former position.
Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 2020
As al-Azhar and the Council of Senior Scholars escalate their opposition to a bill regulating the Dār al-Ifṭā’, Shaykh of al-Azhār Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib announced on Saturday that he had put in a request with the head of Parliament, ʿAlī ʿAbd al-ʿĀl, to attend the Monday plenary session, which will be...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
On Wednesday Shaykh of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib dispatched an urgent medical and relief convoy from al-Azhar to Lebanon to stand in solidarity with the Lebanese, and mitigate the repercussions of the Beirut explosion that shook the Lebanese capital and the hearts of millions of people around...
Date of source: Saturday, July 18, 2020
Following testimonies given by several women on social media and investigations into accusations of sexual assault, Bishop Makarios [Makāriyūs], bishop of al-Minyā, decided to strip a priest of his rank.
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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.