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Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2014
While the UK celebrates the ‘Feast of St. George’, many Palestinians also celebrate the feast and look upon him as a national hero. The flag of Saint George, waving on top one of the Churches in the West Bank is very similar to the UK flag.
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2019
Major General Hāshim Āmna visited Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of the Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Marc – at the Monastery of Saint Bīshūy in Wādi al-Naṭrūn. The Governor presented the Beheira Governorate shield to the Pope and expressed his congratulatory...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Copts celebrated on March 19 the Feast of the Cross, which is the first of the Coptic feasts during the big fast in preparation for Easter. Pope Tawadros II will lead the mass in the St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abāssiyah. Churches in Egypt, and the cathedral will undergo intense...
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2014
The Azhar and Dār al-Iftā’ will not stipulate a specific form of takbīr (the exclamation ‘Allahu Akbar’), according to puresunnah during ‘Īd al-Fitr, and in a fatwá stated that the form of takbīr used by Egyptians for a long time, as opposed to that used by the Companions of the Prophet, was...
Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 2014
Sheikh Sharīf al-Hawārī, member of the al- Da'wah al- Salafīah shūra “advisory” council, announced his support for the police reports filed against outspoken non-observers of Ramadan.
Date of source: Saturday, July 19, 2014
The Papal Council for Religious Dialogue at the Vatican congratulated Muslims for the upcoming ‘Īd al-Fitr, marking the end of the month of Ramadān of fasting, prayer, and charity work.
Date of source: Friday, July 18, 2014
A Salafī leader announced that the sheikhs of his organization would not be observing any of the Ministry of Endowments’ rules regarding i’tikāf . The source affirmed that none of the Salafi sheikhs or youth have registered for i’tikāf , as per the new laws, and that they will all embark on this...
Date of source: Monday, February 24, 2014
Today the Copts start the “big fast” that lasts for 55 days and will end on Easter on the 20th of April (Girgis Fikrī, al- Shurūq, Feb. 24, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, February 22, 2014
Salafī coalitions have warned Shī’ah Muslims against holding any celebrations on the occasion of the birth of al- Hussayn. A number of Salafī coalitions have announced that they are organizing stands in front of al- Hussayn mosque in Cairo starting today in order to stop the Shī’ah from holding any...
Date of source: Saturday, July 5, 2014
Dr. Ahmad al- Tayyib, the Azhar Shaykh requested each Egyptian house to be moderate in spending and avoiding excessive spending, stating that Ramadan is a month of prayer and asceticism and not one of pleasure, or having fun.
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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.