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Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2023
In a recent video clip, the Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota, Jacob Frey, was shown signing a document to allow the raising of the adhān (Muslim call to prayer) using loudspeakers five times a day, thus respecting both the religion of Islam and the concept of freedom of religion.
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2023
Nādiya Qaḥf has become the first ḥijāb-wearing Muslim woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court in the US state of New Jersey. Judge Qaḥf is Syrian-American, having come to America at the age of 2 with her family. Preceding her appointment to the Supreme Court of New Jersey, she specialized in...
Date of source: Thursday, September 1, 2022
In the context of Cornelis Hulsman showing me his nice draft newsletter article on Salman Rushdie for feedback, I recalled an article I wrote when I was at Georgetown University during what we may call the “Satanic Verses Crisis.” I had at the time a talk which lasted for long hours with the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Paid text of Coptic Solidarity (USA) in Christian Newswire alleging that Egyptian Christian leader Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī is an ‘agent’ of President al-Sīsī.
I have been a subscriber to Christian Newswire for many years now and was shocked to see such an attack on an Egyptian Christian leader by a...
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Asha is from South Sudan. She went to the Matariya Adventist school. She told me that this school used to have a partnership with an international Brazilian private school, the Nile Union Academy which is also under the Adventist church. The Nile Union Academy is a boarding school. If you really...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2022
Coptic emigration has gone through numerous stages for different reasons. “Coptic diaspora” (aqbāṭ al-mahjar) mainly refers to Coptic immigration to European countries, the US, and Australia. Waves of migration to these countries began in the early 1960s, and it was a common for Egyptian citizens...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī affirmed that Egypt will not accept harming or comprising its water interests.
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2021
In this investigative report, Mada Masr [Madā Miṣr] interviews the victims of Michael Fahmī, who has been accused of sexually assaulting underage Coptic girls through his pseudo medical practice. This summary focuses on the aspects of the report that examine Fahmī’s relationship with the Coptic...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 13, 2021
After failing to reach a binding agreement over the Renaissance Dam in Kinshasa, Egypt and Sudan have intensified their rhetoric towards Ethiopia. So, what are the remaining options to avoid all-out war?
Date of source: Thursday, January 28, 2021
A large collection of Egyptian artifacts previously held at the Museum of the Bible (MOTB) in Washington, USA, has arrived at Cairo International Airport. The artifacts have been returned as a result of efforts made by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign...
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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.