Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2024
Egyptian Copts and the diaspora are preparing for this year’s three-day Nineveh fast, commencing on February 26, fifteen days ahead of the Lent. The fast is observed in honor of the Prophet Yūnān (Jonah), who remained inside the belly of a whale for three days.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2024
An official from the Islamic Research Academy affirmed that al-Azhar is open to all religious institutions within and outside Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, February 22, 2024
Kyrios Kyrios Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine and Jordan, inaugurated the Christian Family House in Jordan and prayed for the success of all those working for the new initiative.
Date of source: Thursday, February 22, 2024
The Palestinian Christian Kairos Palestine initiative delegation met the Secretary-General of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and his accompanying delegation at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) headquarters in Jerusalem.
Date of source: Sunday, February 25, 2024
Monṣif Sulaymān, the Coptic Orthodox Church’s legal advisor and a member of the House of Representatives’ Religious Affairs Committee, anticipates the official promulgation of the personal status law for Copts in June, pending the completion of the Justice Ministry’s review.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2024
President of the Egyptian Nūr-Mubārak University of Islamic Culture, Dr. Muḥammad al-Shaḥāt al-Jindī, emphasized the imperative need to heed the calls from religious leaders advocating for the establishment of an international law criminalizing contempt of religions.
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, expounded on five important fatwās (religious edicts) during his weekly appearance on the show Naẓra (Vision) on the Ṣadā al-Balad TV station with talk show host, Ḥamdī Rizq.
Date of source: Friday, February 2, 2024
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, expressed his significant distress over the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip amidst an “inhumane, unjustifiable and weak” global silence.