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Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
This article provides an overview of the views of Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, Coptic Evangelical (Presbyterian) pastor and head of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, based on Arab media reporting as selected and summarized throughout the years by Arab-West Report/Dialogue Across Borders in response to...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2022
Dr. Ṭāriq al-Jammāl, President of Asyūṭ University, praised the positive interaction of the student delegations participating in the second forum of “Peoples’ Week” organized by the University from March 23 to 28, 2022. This forum witnessed the massive participation of Egyptian students and...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
The Supreme Administrative Court delivered a final ruling that prohibits an ʾimām from delivering the sermon (Khuṭba) from the pulpits (al-Minbar) or delivering fatwās on social media, because of his extremism that goes against moderate teachings of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2022
The power of religion among the people of Egypt is great and widely recognized. This helped Islamists movements to overthrow the regime of President Ḥusnī Mubārak in 2011 and brought President Muḥammad Mursī to power in 2012-2013. But how to measure Egyptian religiosity? Previous presidents had to...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2022
On Saturday, the Egyptian Embassy in Belgrade organized an event entitled "Cairo's contribution to the enrichment of Islamic culture: Architecture, calligraphy, artifacts", hosted by the Islamic Sheikhdom of Serbia.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Yesterday, al-Mansūra Misdemeanor Court ordered the release of researcher and human rights activist Patrick George Zakī. The court postponed Zakī’s trial until February 1, because the defense’s arguments still need to be heard.
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2021
2021 was a transformation year for Egypt’s foreign policy. During this year, actions to advance understanding were taken and reconciliations were conducted with both Qatar and Turkey. The relations between the two countries and Egypt were complicated for many years due to their support to the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2021
Amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act under Law No. 94 of 2015 have established essential parameters to confront terrorists and block the sources which finance extremist activates. These amendments were approved by the Parliament’s Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, headed by...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Ambassador Aḥmad Ḥāfiẓ, Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the negotiations that were held in Kinshasa on the 4th and 5th of April, with the aim to re-launch future negotiations over the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, failed to reach an agreement. Ḥāfiẓ said that Ethiopia...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2021
MP Hayyām Fārūq, member of the Senate for the Coordination Committee of Party's Youth Leaders and Politicians (CPYP), submitted a proposal with a desire to include the victims of the terrorist attack in Libya in the fund which honors the martyrs, victims, missing persons, injured veterans, and...
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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.