Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 to Thursday, September 27, 2018
In brief, the first day showcased the different areas of educational and pedagogical expertise that each institutional partner would contribute throughout the summer school.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Learning to think about religion/religions in a multi-disciplinary way
Understanding the concept of “sacred history”
Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Interpretations of sacred history
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of majority, it is the time to pause and reflect”
Questions are always asked. Who is better? Who will win? What’s next? Do we need to emigrate? Why there are conflicts? Are the Egyptians aware enough to avoid these questions? Or do they skip points like...
Date of source: Thursday, December 5, 2019
This article first appeared in Pokrof in 2011 under the title Strakke Koptische Huwelijkswetgeving leidt tot spanningen; binnenkerkelijk, politiek en interreligieus. AWR reader Dr. Rachel Scott, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 11, 2019
In the immediate wake of the September 11th attacks, Manāl ʿIzzat, a Muslim American engineer at the Pentagon, the headquarters for the American Department of Defense, felt great pain and sadness due to the reactions of her colleagues at the Pentagon. As she walked the halls, she used to hear her...
Date of source: Thursday, July 4, 2019
It is important to realize that there is not one narrative about the position of Christians in Egypt. Depending on where you stand, each narrative can seem plausible. That is what makes understanding Egypt so difficult.
Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2019
Human rights activist and member of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, Mīnā Thābit, uncovered that the Egyptian national security apparatus demanded a church to remove a marble plaque, commemorating the lives of those lost in front of the Maspero Television building in 2011. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Diana Sakakini [Diana al-Sakākīnī] was born in Milan, Italy, from the prestigious al-Sakākīnī family of Christian Syrian origins that has left indelible marks in Egypt as the majestic al-Sakākīnī Palace in Old Cairo testifies. She was educated in Italy but later returned to Egypt where her parents...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 24, 2019
The Secretariat General of the Muslim World League, Dr. Shaykh Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Karīm al- ʿĪssā, held a historic summit with Patriarch Kirill the First, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, at the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow. The summit is considered to be one of the most important...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 28, 2019
v. Fr. Lūqā Asʿad, bishop of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Rashīd, Buḥayra governorate, has called on the Supreme Constitutional Court to decide on the lawsuit filed by the church acting on behalf of Pope Tawādrūs II, Bishop Bākhūmiyyūs, bishop of Buḥayra, Maṭrūḥ, and the five western cities,...