Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2023
Palestinian President Maḥmūd ʿAbbās and Pope Francis shared a phone call where they discussed the latest developments in Palestine, including Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2021
Today, the number of Palestinian Christians in Palestine does not exceed 1 percent, although they constituted nearly 12 percent of the population before the year of 1948. What is the main reason for their decline in numbers? And why do they migrate to other lands to live? What is the relationship...
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2023
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Queen Rānyā of Jordan accused Western leaders of having a ‘glaring double standard’, which is apparent in their failure to condemn the killing of Palestinian civilians who are victims of Israeli shelling in Gaza.
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2023
The Muslim Council of Elders is hosting a conference in Indonesia, chaired by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, to discuss the role of religions in confronting the negative impacts of climate change.
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2023
A decision to set up a new college teaching the Ḥanbalī fiqh (jurisprudence) at the World Islamic Sciences & Education University (W.I.S.E) in Jordan has raised many questions. While some view it as a plan to empty the Ḥanbalī fiqh from its content and make a new Salafism that is more appealing...
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Sharīʿa Council extended the tenure of Grand Muftī Shaykh ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Diryān for an additional five years. His term was supposed to expire in one and a half years, which is when he reaches the legal age of 73, but this extension has allowed him to stay in his post until...
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2023
On September 3, 2013, Amman hosted dozens of guests from all over the world upon an invitation from King ʿAbdullāh II of Jordan to attend the conference on challenges facing Arab Christians, in which the monarch stressed that, “Defending the Arab Christian identity is not a luxury, but a duty.”
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2023
In Iraq, Christianity is the second largest religion in the number of followers after Islam, and is followed by other religions like the Sabians, or Sabaeans, Shabaks, Yazidis, Kakais, Bahais, Shikhis, and Zoroastrians.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2023
The Coptic Catholic Church took part in the 10th annual canon law conference of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Jordanian resort area of the Dead Sea.