Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2023
The Public Relations Committee of the Holy Synod held its annual conference under the title 'Contemporary Challenges in Egyptian Society' from Thursday 20th April to Saturday 22nd, at St. Mark’s Conference House in al-Khaṭāṭba. The conference was attended by the Metropolitan of Naqāda and Qūṣ,...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Dr. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Maḥmūd Al Maḥmūd, a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in the Kingdom of Bahrain, expressed his pride in attending the inauguration of Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), along with President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī during the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2023
The Egyptian National Dialogue held a meeting with leaders of rights organizations in Egypt to discuss issues related to the Egyptian human rights movement. The meeting was held within the National Dialogue’s current focus on working to create a positive atmosphere to effectively foster dialogue....
Date of source: Monday, December 2, 2019
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery commemorates the United Nations’ 1949 ratification of the Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others and aims to shed light on contemporary forms of slavery. Recent books from authors...
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2023
The Egyptian Environment Minister, Dr. Yāsmīn Fūʾād, has spoken on the cooperative relationship between her ministry and the Coptic Orthodox Church, highlighting it as a valuable and productive partnership. Dr. Fūʾād highlighted the church’s role in raising awareness of the dangers of climate...
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2023
On Monday, 27 February 2023, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights announced the launch of the "Map of Religious Freedoms" in Egypt after six years of work, with the aim of providing a documentary reference for all matters relating to freedom of religion and belief and the violations of that...
Date of source: Friday, February 3, 2023
In a period of fewer than two days, the American, French, German, and Italian embassies sent warnings to the embassies of Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Finland, saying that these countries’ nationals might be subjected to retaliatory attacks by “Islamists”, particularly in Turkey, after a...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2023
Dr. ʾIbrāhīm Najm, a senior advisor to Egypt’s Grand Muftī, has reviewed the efforts of the Dar al-Iftāʾ in combating extremism, during a meeting with a delegation from the European Parliament, led by Tomáš Zdechovský. He cited the various initiatives enacted by the Dar al-Iftāʾ to confront...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Manpower Committee, Sūlāf Darwīsh, has praised comments made by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, about the misuse of the term ‘freedoms’ by the West. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb had stated that the world was in need of religion to help solve the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2023
The Egyptian Minister for Justice, ʿOmar Marwān, has affirmed President al-Sīsī’s dedication to eliminating slow litigation processes and achieving justice, as well as his desire for the judicial sector to benefit from technological developments to improve the quality of its services. During an...