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Date of source: Tuesday, May 5, 2020
The role that ʿAwaḍ ʿIryān mosque plays in Banī Suwayf City is no less than the role that the biggest mosques in the governorate play. ʿAwaḍ ʿIryān mosque is considered a genuine symbol for the region of “Muqbil” where a Christian majority lives.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Since President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī took office in Egypt, he has taken care to achieve the principle of citizenship and defeat any effort to divide citizens not through scripted phrases but through serious work and emphasizing the unity of the Egyptian people.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Are diseases and pandemics among the signs of the Hour of the Resurrection…Question and Answer by Shaykh Aḥmad Wisām, Secretary of Fatwas [fatwā] for the Egyptian Dār al-Iftāʾ. During the live broadcast on the Dār al-Iftāʾ official page, he explained that diseases are not among the signs of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center welcomed 150 imāms and pastors for a training program, called “Because I am a Father,” sponsored primarily by the Egyptian “House of the Family” [Bayt al-ʿ Āʾila], Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Imam and Shaykh of al-Azhar, and Pope Tawāḍrūs II, pope of Alexandria and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Is the Coronavirus mentioned in the Qur’an? The Coronavirus is headed towards hitting the world and making thousands victim to it. Its infection has spread to most countries, and some people have employed verses of the Qur’an according to their desires.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Dr. Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumaʿa, Minister of Endowments [al-Awqāf] emphasized that whoever is talking about how it is forbidden [ḥarām] to close mosques in these current circumstances are either ignorant or enemies of the nation and humanity.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 1, 2020
The Global Fatwa Index (GFI), which is under the authority of the Egyptian Dār al-Iftāʾ and the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, presented statistics about Christmas fatwas.
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2019
Major General Hishām al-Ḥalabī, advisor to the Nasser Higher Military Academy, said that the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group was planning to bring the people of Gaza to the Sinai. However, following the failure of this plan, terrorist groups were planning to seize northern Sinai.
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2019
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt and the rest of the world celebrated the anniversary of the entry of Jesus to Egypt, and His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II of Alexandria, Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, presided over the services of the Holy Mass at Sergius and Bacchus Church [Kanīsa al-Shahīdīn...
Date of source: Saturday, November 16, 2019
Dr. Ṭāriq Manṣūr writes about his personal reflections on the meaning of religious tolerance as seen from Islam and Christianity in Egypt. He focuses on examples from the Prophet’s life and the Quran [al-Qurān] that support religious tolerance from an Islamic perspective.
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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.