Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2023
On Thursday (October 5), Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church visited the Monastery of Saint Maqāryūs the Grand (Abū Maqqār) in the Shīhīt wilderness as part of the pope’s follow-up of the work and activities in the monastery.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church attended a ceremony to graduate the 7th batch of the Ecumenical Council for the Middle East, hosted at the Papal Residence in Cairo.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Secretary-General of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU), Mekkaoui Benaissa, strongly condemned the incident where a copy of the Holy Qurʾān was torn apart in the Netherlands.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Political Islam groups never stop their fact-twisting, which can be seen in their claim that banning the ʿabāʾa (loose female Muslim gown) in primary and secondary schools in France is a kind of war on Islam!
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2023
Bāqī Zakī Yūsuf, one of the most renowned major generals in the October 1973 war, was the mastermind behind opening loopholes within the earthen embankment known as the Bar Lev Line with the use of water pressure.
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2023
The al-Buḥayra and Maṭrūḥ Parish concluded the activities of the 10th Titan conference for the youth at the Virgin Mary and Martyr Abī Sayfayn Church at the district of ʿAbd al-Qādir, al-ʿĀmrīya, Alexandria.
Date of source: Thursday, September 14, 2023
It is something remarkable that the education minister’s decision to ban the niqāb (face-covering veil) in schools has neither sparked anger in clerics’ and salafīs’ circles nor was met with fierce criticism like the decision-taker feared it would in the past.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
A fatwa (religious edict) secretary at Dār al-Iftā’, Shaykh Muḥammad Kamāl, said that fasting on the day of the mūlid (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday) is permissible from the perspective of the Islamic sharīʿa.
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2023
Ben Ezra is one of Egypt's oldest synagogues and was reopened by Prime Minister Muṣṭafā Madbūlī after more than two years of restoration work.
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!