Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2021
The Hadāʾiq al-Qubba, al-Waylī, and al-ʿAbbāsīya churches sector organized a ceremony to hand out awards for winners in the November 2021 contest of “Our Youths Reading” initiative, launched the previous month with the aim of encouraging the youth to read.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 5, 2023
The first scholarly forum on Imām al-Shāfʿī and his school of thought was held at the Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies for Girls at al-Azhar University in Banī Sūwayf, according to the faculty dean, Dr. Ḥanān ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 4, 2023
The Institute of Coptic Studies is the most prominent education institution of the Coptic Orthodox Church, focusing on studies of Coptic history, civilization, heritage, and culture.
Date of source: Saturday, August 19, 2023
“A Reading Family … A Rising Nation” is the motto of the summer book fair 2023 that started its cultural activities in the area of al-Raml, central Alexandria, where 50 Egyptian, Arab, and foreign publishing houses took part.
Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2023
A professional professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in al-Minyā University has sculpted a statue of the Virgin Mary to decorate the route of the Holy Family in the city of Drunka in the Asyūṭ governorate.
Date of source: Saturday, August 19, 2023
More than 80 houses of Christians and 19 churches were vandalized in the state of Punjab, Pakistan, when hundreds stormed a Christian neighborhood after news of Christians allegedly desecrating the Qurʾān.
Date of source: Friday, August 18, 2023
More than 80 houses owned by Christians and 19 churches have been damaged in acts of riot in Pakistan, as announced by the Pakistani police on Friday (August 18) according to Al Arabiya news channel.
Date of source: Monday, August 14, 2023
President of the Protestant Community of Egypt, Dr. Andrēa Zakī, said that the state has played a major role in the legalization of churches, adding that the Coptic Evangelical community has 1,500 churches, from which 500 were registered.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2017
Former Grand Muftī, Dr.ʿAlī Jumʿa, said defectors from Islam should never be killed and that their punishment must be left to God to decide on Judgement Day, asserting that Islam allows for freedom of thought.
Date of source: Thursday, October 22, 2020
“We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say” (Q 15:97) and “But those who abuse the Messenger [of Allāh] will have a grievous penalty” (Q 9:61). These are the rulings of the Qurʾān on any person who insults the Prophet Muḥammad in words or actions.