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Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2023
The Dār al-Iftāʾ in Egypt (a governmental, non-profit organization offering guidance to Muslims) will once again implement its annual plan of service to Muslims during the month of Ramaḍān, according to Dr. ʾIbrāhīm Najm, an advisor to the Grand Muftī of Egypt. Such services include the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
The final night of the mawlid (birthday) of al-Sayyida Zaynab was attended by large crowds at the mosque bearing her name in Cairo. The Ṣūfī orders taking part distributed food, drinks, and sweets to visitors, in addition to organizing dhikr circles and hymns. In recent years, people have been...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2023
A Coptic delegation from the Parish of Esnā and Armant has congratulated the Orthodox Coptic inhabitants of al-Dayr village in the south of Luxor on the occasion of the annual celebration of the birth of Aḥmad ibn Idrīs. The village is home to a mosque bearing the name of the saint, whose lineage...
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2023
On Sunday, the shrine of Imām ʿĀlī ibn Abī Ṭālib in Najaf, Iraq announced the participation of more than two million visitors in the commemoration of the birth of Imām ʿĀlī over the weekend.
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2023
Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, Archbishop of the Alexandria Region of the Episcopal Church, concluded the Regional Synod of 2023 by ordaining the deacon, Crimson, as a priest in the Church of Jesus King in Tripoli, Libya, during the mass at the Episcopal Cathedral of All Saints in Zamalek.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2022
The feast of St. Mark’s Epiphany and the anniversary celebration of St. Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria, which is the first church in Africa, began this evening (Nov. 5).
Date of source: Saturday, October 8, 2022
Today, Arab countries and the Islamic world celebrate the birth of the Prophet, but the way they celebrate differs between buying sweets they are used to eating every year, preparing food and distributing it to the poor, and other rituals for celebrating this day.
Date of source: Friday, August 19, 2022
Archpriest Mūsā Ibrāhīm, the spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, confirmed that Muslims and Copts have a strong relationship with the Virgin Mary.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Fr. Yūwāqīm, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Isna and Armant, has taken a pastoral visit to the Holy Land. He was accompanied on his journey to Jerusalem by several fathers and priests.
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2022
A crime that has shocked al-Minyā Governorate, where three Copts in the village of Abshādāt, in the center of Mallāwī, were shot at, killed and mutilated by a group of individuals in an alleged case of revenge [thāʿr], as the perpetrators danced on the victims’ bodies.
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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.