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Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2023
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives will witness the approval of the amendment of Article 6 of Law 26 of 1975 regarding Egyptian citizenship, granting women of foreign origin the right to pass their nationality to their minor children whose fathers are not Egyptians.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2023
On Saturday evening, Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church led the Easter mass at the Saint Mark Cathedral in al- ͑Abbāsīya, thus marking a fast of 55 days for Lent.
The Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark entered into the Church amongst a group of archbishops, priests, monks, and deacons,...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2023
During his weekly Wednesday sermon, Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church expressed his content over signs the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) crisis will be defused after those who had separated from the church repented and returned to their mother church.
Date of source: Thursday, April 6, 2023
The President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, has spoken on the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and think tanks in the United States of America, expressing that strong bonds still exist between the two. Elsewhere, whilst speaking during a conference on...
Date of source: Monday, December 2, 2019
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery commemorates the United Nations’ 1949 ratification of the Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others and aims to shed light on contemporary forms of slavery. Recent books from authors...
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Ahṃad al-Ṭayyīb, has spoken about the status of women in Islam in a Facebook post on his official page. Whilst citing the Holy Qurʾān and the sunnah, Dr. Ṭayyīb expressed that the Prophet Muḥammad insisted on men and women being equal, as well as condemning...
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2023
During an episode of the Ramaḍān TV series, Risālat al-Imām, which tells the life story of one of the four great sunni Imāms, Imām al-Shāfiʿī, the topic of inheritance within Islamic sharīʿa was addressed. Within Islamic sharīʿa, the ḥadīth of the Prophet Muḥammad are held as the guiding...
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2023
On Sunday, April 9th, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the beginning of Holy Week, as churches were decorated with palm fronds, roses, and olive branches. It is an annual tradition at which the children rejoice and make shapes from palm fronds to celebrate the entry of Christ as king into...
Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2023
The city of Luxor in southern Egypt has become a paradigm of amity between Muslims and Copts during the holy month of Ramaḍān after Rūmānī Ramzī ʿAjāybī and his son Bīshūy hosted the largest māʾidat al-raḥman (charitable ifṭār) for their Muslims neighbors in Egypt. The father and son provide this...
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2023
The al-Azhar Global Fatwa Center has announced its plan for the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramaḍān, which consists of the following 10 components:
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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.