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Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2024
Anbā Kyrillos was born Sīdārūs Marqus Jirjis in al-Naghāmīsh village of al-Balyanā town in the Sūhāj province of southern Egypt, but his year of birth is not accurately known. He was brought up by his father to be a devout Christian, and memorized the church hymns and psalms from a young age, and...
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2024
The head of the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, Priest Dr. Andrea Zakī, said President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī has made freedom of worship a priority, praising Egypt’s “excellent” handling of sectarian strife.
Date of source: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Public Prosecutor, Muḥammad Shawqī, ordered that the individual who issued a fatwā allowing for the theft of water, electricity, and gas, be referred to a criminal court on charges of disrespecting family values in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Sunday, October 27, 2024
Dr. Zaynab al-Saʿīd, a fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ, said that denying women their inheritance rights is one of the worst offenses a person can commit.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Currently, the entire world stands idle yet cannot overlook the severity of the genocide in the Gaza Strip, in which fighters, civilians, children, women and the elderly have been targeted indiscriminantly.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Media personality Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa has stated that Salafīsm and the Ikhwān (Muslim Brotherhood) represent a major cause of economic deterioration in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, September 19, 2024
On Monday, September 16, which was the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday), Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, made a speech that triggered wide-scale controversy in religious and media circles.
Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2024
According to a Health Ministry official, Egypt’s female circumcision rate has significantly decreased, especially for girls under the age of 19.
Date of source: Saturday, October 26, 2024
According to a legislator, international accords governing refugee conditions were consulted to develop the new draft law on foreigner asylum to Egypt, which the House of Representatives Defense & National Security Committee recently adopted.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa, a well-known media personality, stated that Egypt is a civil state and that religion has no bearing on the government’s service operations.
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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.