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Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2025
Bishop Paula (Būla), the Archbishop of Tanta and its suburbs and the person responsible for personal status law within the Coptic Orthodox Church, confirmed that the new Personal Status Law for Christians has set the age of a minor to be under 21 years, instead of 18 years, as is the case in other...
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2025
The former Grand Mufti of Egypt and member of the Council of Senior Scholars at Al-Azhar, Sheikh ‘Alī Gomʿa, answered a question from one of the youths: "If a Christian dies as a martyr for the country, does he go to Heaven?" Gomʿa said, "This is something that should be discussed within the...
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2025
On Monday, Dr. Andrea Zakī, the President of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, visited Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, the Minister of the Awqāf, at the Islamic Cultural Center in the Grand Mosque located in the New Administrative Capital to congratulate him on the approaching ʿEīd al-Fiṭr Holiday. Dr. Zakī,...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
The trio of Makāriyūs, ʿĀdel, and George went out, carrying trays of juices and plates of dates in their hands. They began their distribution to passersby and drivers in front of the Ifṭār cannon in Dolphin Square, located at the entrance to Qenā. No one paid attention to their religion or...
Date of source: Monday, March 10, 2025
The relationship between Pope Cyril VI and the late leader Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer, marked by affection and warmth, is depicted by Moḥammad Ḥassaneīn Heīkal in his book Autumn of Fury. Heīkal writes, “The relationship between Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer and Cyril VI was excellent; they had mutual admiration...
Date of source: Friday, March 7, 2025
On Ash Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio caused media outrage when he appeared with a cross on his forehead during one of the official celebrations. The act raised questions about how this aligns with the Christian faith, as well as questions regarding the political and cultural...
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2025
Many Moroccans warmly welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Religious Endowments, Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, about the cancellation of this year’s ‘Eid al-Aḍḥā sacrifice, especially given that it will spare a large part of the population from the soaring livestock prices that had skyrocketed last year...
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2025
This year, the 33rd edition of the Arab Christian Heritage Conference, organized by the Friends of Arab Christian Heritage Committee, was hosted at the Franciscan Cultural Center for Coptic Studies at St. Joseph’s Church in Downtown Cairo. Titled ‘Christian Legal Writings’, the two-day conference...
Date of source: Monday, February 24, 2025
When Jesus Christ stood before Pontius Pilate, He clearly stated, “My kingdom is not of this world.” (John 18:36), thus proclaiming the complete rupture between His spiritual message and any political project on earth. These words constitute the cornerstone of the separation between religious...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Dr. Ramzī Khūrī, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and head of the Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine (HCC), has sent a telegram to Pope Francis in which he wished him a speedy recovery. He prayed to God for his health and for...
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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.