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According to the article, the Vatican shares Egypt's wish to avoid an escalation of inter-religious tensions. This comes after Cairo on Tuesday recalled its ambassador from the Holy See following comments by Pope Benedict XVI, who condemed the church bombing in Alexandria and called for the country...
Security around churches has been tightened and extra police personnel deployed ahead of Coptic Christmas celebrations, which come just one week after the church bombing at Alexandria's Church of Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter. Pope Shenouda III will lead the Christmas Mass as usual, with...
Mai Magdy and Esben Justesen worked on this paper on the controversial Islamist Zaghloul al-Najjār. 
Advisor to the Azhar Grand Shaykh, Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, tells al-Dustūr that the Azhar Center for Dialogue welcomed relations with all religions, including all different sects of Islam, in order to work towards unifying the Islamic discourse and to correct any misconceptions about the religion. He...
The Grand Imām, Dr. Ahmad al-Ṭayyib, yesterday received Shaykh Hamzah Aktan, Head of the Supreme Council for Religious Affairs in Turkey, who is currently visiting Egypt. Among the matters they discussed was the Azhar's call for a meeting of Sunnī scholars in preparation for a dialogue meeting...
Participants of the "Christian-Muslim Brotherhood" international conference in Damascus say that "there is no danger to Christians in the East." Rather, they say that the danger to Christians actually comes from the West and particularly "from the policies of the major powers." The participants...
‘Abd al-Wahāb argues that Islam has advocated dialogue throughout history. He supports his argument by verses from the Qur’ān. In the author's opinion, the discussion of moderation and dialogue in Islam is strictly linked to two main issues: the civilized testimony of the moderate nation and the...
In an interview on an Egyptian satellite channel, Finance Minister and International Monetary and Financial Committee Chairman Yūsuf Butrus Ghālī said that a number of American writers had been insulting Egypt, which led him to respond in his recent article for the Washington Post. He said that he...
Sectarian tension returns to the City of Abū Tisht in Qena after a Coptic girl named Manāl Ramzī ‘Awad Mamlūk went missing. Rumors about her converting to Islam were denied by the church, yet various Islamic websites show videos proving her conversion. The police have imposed special security...
The article focuses on a new bill to allow adoption among Christians in Egypt and the disputes among the three churches on the unified personal status law.

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