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Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church has expressed his gratitude to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the government and offered his congratulations to Muslims on the occasion of the imminent ʿEīd al-Fiṭr.
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2023
During an address welcoming a French delegation of journalists, politicians, and writers, Pope Tawāḍrūs spoke on the role of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, as well as the status of Christians in the country and wider region. He warned of the dangers that would result from a diminishing...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
In a speech to mark the last ten days of Ramaḍān, and Laylatul-Qadr in particular, the Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī gave a speech in which he offered his congratulations to attendees of the religious celebrations and emphasized the importance of the occasion. He identified Laylatul-...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
During a speech made on Tuesday, Egypt’s President al-Sīsī spoke on the need to spread more moderate teachings of Islam and an accurate representation of the faith. He made the comments during celebrations held at the al-Manāra International Conference Centre in New Cairo, to mark the final ten...
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2023
The Egyptian President, ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī, has revealed that work is underway to draft a law stipulating that any verbal divorce lacking official documentation will not be accepted. The President cited statistics from the Dār al-Iftāʾ stating that it deals with hundreds of thousands of divorce...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
During a weekly sermon on Wednesday at the Saint Mark Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāsīya, Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church offered his congratulations to Muslims over the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramaḍān.
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2023
On Monday, 27 February 2023, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights announced the launch of the "Map of Religious Freedoms" in Egypt after six years of work, with the aim of providing a documentary reference for all matters relating to freedom of religion and belief and the violations of that...
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2023
The Egyptian Minister for Justice, ʿOmar Marwān, has affirmed President al-Sīsī’s dedication to eliminating slow litigation processes and achieving justice, as well as his desire for the judicial sector to benefit from technological developments to improve the quality of its services. During an...
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2022
Bishop Bākhūm stated that President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s participation in Christmas celebrations has confirmed that he is the president for all Egyptians from all sects and religions. He also confirmed that that the Catholic, Anglican, Syrian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox denominations celebrate...
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2022
The Egyptian state has been working to strengthen citizenship for the sake of the country’s stability and worked to promote this goal after the revolution of June 30, 2013, when it made efforts to remove the stigma of “the marginalization of Copts” in political life.
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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.