Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said the visit by President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī to the church on Christmas eve was a beautiful gesture that had great influence over all Egyptians, and not just Christians, adding that the president was congratulating all Egyptians over the new year and Christmas.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that it is not correct to use old ways of thinking when it comes to solving current issues. Although they may have worked out well in the past, they are inapplicable in the present and since each era has its own needs and visions, it is therefore important for the individual...
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has declared that what is happening on the ground in Palestine is a hideous atrocity and a crime of unprecedented magnitude, stressing that these events cannot be described as war, since war is typically fought between two equal sides. He described...
Date of source: Saturday, December 23, 2023
A company was established with the responsibility of legitimizing the theft of Palestinian land — which was central to the colonial project — and inventing a narrative that the colonial countries, along with the most knowledgeable of the twentieth century, would approve for the sake of making this...
Date of source: Saturday, December 16, 2023
Near the end of the 1980’s, the Middle East Council of Churches formed a working group to examine Christian Zionism, and issued a focused booklet that was published in both the Arabic and English languages. In this booklet, the research team refuted the starting premises of Christian Zionism that...
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2023
Studying a course of American law for religious freedom in early 1995 allowed me to see the role played by the religious right-wing trinity in partnership with the Jewish and Zionist lobby and its various manifestations, which can be religious, political, social, or economic —and include Christian...
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar and the Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, sent a message to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, wishing him good health and a speedy recovery. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb also expressed great respect for the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE...
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2023
Geert Wilders, the controversial Dutch politician known for his extremist views, recently expressed his anger towards the Palestinians, calling for their expulsion from their own country or their relocation to Jordan.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2023
In my recent article, I highlighted how Israel’s brutal aggression on the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip has raised important questions about the establishment of Israel in 1948 and the historical justifications behind its creation.
Date of source: Thursday, August 31, 2023
Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, praised the role and constant efforts by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad Ṭayyīb, to promote an enlightened religious discourse and counter hate speech.