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Date of source: Saturday, August 12, 2023
The Muslim Council of Elders under Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, called for the need to work on developing the youths’ skills to play an active role in facing global challenges and achieving a more sustainable future.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 11, 2023
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is convening an urgent session on July 11, 2023, during its 53rd ordinary session in Geneva.
Date of source: Sunday, February 16, 2020
His Excellency Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, Grand Mufti of Egypt and Head of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, left to Geneva to participate in the activities of the conference: "Protecting the Youth from extremist and violent Ideologies". The conference will be held throughout the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 25, 2019
Hiba Hajras, a member of the National Council for Women and Rapporteur of the Committee on Women with Disabilities, met with the wife of Pakistani President and First Lady Samina Alvi on the sidelines of a high-level global meeting to discuss planning for a World Report on Technology for Persons...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Summary: The Arab-European Forum for Dialogue and Human Rights, a rights group based in Geneva, has filed a complaint with the Complaint Processing Committee of the OHCHR in Geneva against Qatar because of its “support for and funding of terrorist groups.” The organization filed the complaint...
Date of source: Sunday, April 14, 2019
"The role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is important in disseminating and promoting the provisions of international humanitarian law and global humanitarian principles" said Muḥammad Fāʾiq, president of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR).
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Ambassador ʿAlāʾ Yūsuf, Egypt's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, responded Wednesday to the allegations made by the Ministers of foreign Affairs of Iceland and Canada in their statements during the 37th high-level session of the Human Rights Council.
Date of source: Sunday, November 2, 2014
On Wednesday, during the periodic review of the human rights situation in Egypt before the International Human Rights Council in Geneva, several questions are addressed to Egypt that focus on four issues: the demonstration law, the detention of citizens without trial, the imposition of death...
Date of source: Friday, September 19, 2014
In an open letter to the United Nations Office at Geneva, yesterday, various leaders of Middle Eastern Churches urged the United Nations to protect religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, to prevent atrocities and massacres, and to officially condemn the human rights violations committed by the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 17, 2014
Fr. Isisaurus al-Samuely, priest of MarMorcosChurch in Zurich, Switzerland,stated that Egypt about 12 million Christian citizens, and that there is no possibility that all of them seek asylum within Europe.
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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.