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Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2021
World Arabic Language Day is celebrated every year on 18th of December because it is the day on which the UN General Assembly adopted its resolution no. 3190 in December 1973, by which it approved the inclusion of Arabic among the official and the working languages of the UN.
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2021
Dayr al- Sulṭān, which is located within the old city of Jerusalem, has sparked controversy recently after the continuous attempts of Ethiopian monks to control it, despite the right of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Sunday, November 21, 2021
HRH Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are currently visiting Egypt, their first visit to the country in 15 years. Prince Charles is well-known for his work in interfaith dialogue. Prof. Dr. Hassan M. Wageih Hassan [Ḥassan Muḥammad Wajīh Ḥassan], a close friend of Arab-West Report, recalls the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
In a meeting with the Dutch ambassador Han-Maurits Schaapveld in Cairo, on Tuesday, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib stated that world peace today faces a major problem called the “arms economy”, which is based on the manufacture of hatred and igniting conflicts in order to achieve profit at the expense of...
Date of source: Thursday, October 7, 2021
Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍuwaynī, Undersecretary of al-Azhar al-Sharif, said that the relationship and coexistence between peoples is one of the origins of Islam, and a universal societal necessity. He stressed that constructive civilizational communication should go beyond slogans to actions and be...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
The International Conference on Religions for Peace kicked off yesterday in Lindau, Germany. The conference was headed by the Egyptian Dr. ʿAzza Karam, the General Secretary of Religions for Peace Organisation, in addition to 130 speakers and religious leaders attended with 1700 participants in...
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2021
The Grand Imam Shaykh of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, signed a joint appeal document among the religious leaders participating in the Summit of Religious Leaders for Climate Change, held on Monday in the Vatican, prior to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2021
The Grand Imam, Dr Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Shaykh of al-Azhar and His Holiness Pope Francis, Pope of the Catholic Church, held a meeting on Monday at the Vatican, following their participation in the Interfaith Leaders Summit on Climate Change.
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Rome Bids Farewell to Ambassador Hishām Badr after the End of his Term
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2021
Fr. Barnābā, Bishop of Rome and Turin, held a ceremony in honour of Ambassador Hishām Badr, the Ambassador of Egypt in Rome, with his term coming to an end, at the headquarters of the Coptic Church, in the presence of a group of priests, officials from the embassy and a large number of members of...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2021
Al-Azhar has been always at the fore, when it comes to confronting extremism and terrorism, and spreading the true religion. This article highlights the most important efforts of al-Azhar in the face of terrorism and extremism in the world.
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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.