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Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2025
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said that coordination is underway with al-Azhar, the Ministry of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in order to devise a legal framework to regulate fatwas in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, February 22, 2025
The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine (HCC), led by Ramzī Khūrī, sent messages to churches around the globe in which it warned of Israel’s “serious escalation” against Christian presence in Jerusalem.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2025
The Centre of Christian-Muslim Understanding & Partnership (CCMUP), affiliated with the Anglican Episcopal Church in Egypt, witnessed today, Thursday, (January 30), a ceremony to hand the Dr. ʿAlī al-Sammān Awards for Interfaith Dialogue, for which the center received applications last November...
Date of source: Friday, January 31, 2025
The 56th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), the International Plaza Hall 2 hosted a symposium entitled ‘Omani Achievements in the Space of Humanity,’ attended by Dr. Khamis al-ʿAdawī, an advisor for civilization studies at the Omani culture ministry.
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Minister of Culture Aḥmad Fū’ād Hannū opened the 56th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), one of the largest book fairs across the globe, in the presence of the Minister for Religious Endowments (awqāf), Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, as well as the Chair of the General Egyptian Book...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Bayyūmī, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, convened a meeting to outline the council’s participation in the 56th session of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2025, scheduled to run from January 24 to February 5.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2024
Counselor Yūsuf Ṭalʿat, the legal advisor for the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, stated that the new personal status law for Christians provides a precise explanation of the issue of divorce, emphasizing that the law avoids abstract terms by offering detailed provisions.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād has stated that Dār al-Iftā’ approves of many of the issues raised within the draft law on personal status affairs.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
According to the Ṭība Archbishopric for Coptic Catholics, a Christian man, along with other individuals, disconnected the power to a church in the village of al-Marīs, destroyed its gate, and stole items within.
Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2024
According to a Health Ministry official, Egypt’s female circumcision rate has significantly decreased, especially for girls under the age of 19.
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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.