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Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Sharīʿa Council extended the tenure of Grand Muftī Shaykh ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Diryān for an additional five years. His term was supposed to expire in one and a half years, which is when he reaches the legal age of 73, but this extension has allowed him to stay in his post until...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 16, 2023
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine (HCC) urged the representatives and heads of churches, as well as the international community, to take whatever measures necessary to condemn Israel’s crimes and encroachments on the Christians’ sanctities and properties in...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Whether North European countries stopped licensing the burning of copies of the Holy Qurʾān, or any other holy book, or not, or whether the UN adopted an agreement banning contempt of others’ sanctities and beliefs, or not, this disgraceful act is a shame on the authorities that protect it!
Date of source: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine (HCC) has condemned an attempt by Israeli extremists to assault the St. Eliās Church of the Greek Catholic Church in Ḥaifā.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Palestine’s parliamentary committee condemned the assault by extremist Jews on the Mār Eliās Church in the city of Ḥaifā, which was (according to Zionists) under the pretext of official security protection.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
On Wednesday, al-Azhar condemned a raid on the al-Aqṣā mosque and on Palestinian worshippers by the “Zionist entity” as “a repeated act of terrorism”, decrying the silence of the international community which “pays only lip service to the protection of places of worship.”
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2023
Today is the anniversary of one of the most painful memories for the people of Palestine, as well as for Arab and Muslim communities around the world: the 75th anniversary of the Dayr Yāsīn massacre, which was carried out by two extremist Zionist groups on April 9, 1948. The attack was perpetrated...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2023
On Friday 17th, The United Arab Emirates opened the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, a day after the Mufti of Oman, Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Ḥamad al-Khalīlī, released a statement attacking the event. The inauguration was a result of the signing of the “Document on Human Fraternity” between the Grand...
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2022
With his recent visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, Bishop Rāfāʾīl, general bishop of the churches of central Cairo and head of the youth bishopric, sparked criticism of the Coptic Orthodox Church and accusations of normalization with Israel.
Date of source: Friday, October 21, 2022
Dār al-Kalima Press, which is affiliated with Dār al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, launched its latest publication, Rooted in Palestine: Palestinian Christians and the Struggle for National Liberation 1917-2004 by Xavier Abu Eid [Xavier Abū ʿĪd]. The launch ceremony took place in the hall of St....
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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.