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Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
In a related development, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II chaired the “Seminar on Monasticism,” which resumed its work yesterday January 14 in Saint Bishoy Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn. During the meeting, monasticism in Egypt has been discussed through the presentation of a project submitted by...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
An article in the English The Telegraph on Jan. 13 said that the number of Coptic Churches in the United States has grown from four churches to 200 in 40 years. There are so many Coptic refugees from Egypt fleeing, if they can, to the United States that some Coptic Churches have had to be extended...
Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2018
These are edited remarks from Matthew Anderson's public dissertation defense at Georgetown University on May 22, 2018, presented to Arab-West Report at the request of Cornelis Hulsman who was in attendance.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
On Thursday,the Ministry of Endowments will hold a symposium at al-Ḥusayn Mosquetitled 'The Danger of Propaganda Rhetoric', Among the participants are Dr. ʿAbd Allāh al-Najjār, member of al-Azhar Islamic Research Academy, Dr. ʿUthmān Aḥmad ʿUthmān, Professor of Economy and the deputy of the Higher...
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
Dr. ʿAbbās Shūmān, deputy of al-Azhar, said that al-Azhar would not infidelize any person (takfīr), stating that the appropriate description of terrorists is that they fight God and the Prophet and that they are corrupted. Their judgement in Islam would be death and crucifixion, and the chopping...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
In an article entitled “No. 9 and the kidnapping of Coptic Minors”, Egyptian journalist Muhammad al-Bāz comments on the situation of Copts under a growing Salafī threat and police forces reluctant to interfere of fear that the Salafī may “attack the Ministry of Interior” (quoting minister of...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
Mahallah city, Gharbia governorate, witnessed intensified security mobilization to protect private properties, banks, and governmental institutions as precautionary measures against expected clashes between revolutionary youth and the Muslim Brotherhood supporters. A barbed-wired fence was strung...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Shūrá Council’s financial and economic affairs committee has endorsed the Islamic Research Academy’s rejection of the Finance Ministry's proposal for Islamic bonds.
“We reject the bonds in terms of economy and in terms of Sharī’ah,” committee chairman Muhammad al-Fiqī said.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī, Islamic preacher, said in an interview with Akhir Sā’ah Magazine that it is allowed to use mosques to mobilize people to vote in the elections or referendums for the victory of the Islamic sharī’ah. However, liberals and secularists are not allowed to use mosques to call for...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Members at the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy has rejected a Finance-Ministry-proposed bill sectioning the introduction of Islamic financial bonds.
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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.