Date of source: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī met with Mafḍal Sayf al-Dīn, the Sultan of the Indian Bohra community, on Thursday. The two sides emphasized the importance of dialogue among all nations and all various faiths and communities. The Sultan of Bohra announced his support for Egypt and donated 10...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
The bishopric of Maṭāy in Minyā, Upper-Egypt, released a statement on the events which occurred in the village of Minbāl, denying the attacks on members of the [Coptic] congregation and describing what happened as “inconsequential, without intending to offend our Muslim brethren.”
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2018
For nearly thirty years, Egyptian society has witnessed the encroachment of the niqāb, this questionable phenomenon, and the risk of national security it generates. Imposed by the Salafism hardliners, the niqāb, or rather its true meaning from the Arabic concealment – is alien to Egyptian Muslims...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
In a poem dedicated to his son, the Turkish poet Naẓīm Ḥikmet writes: “Believe in seeds, earth, and the sea, but people above all. Love clouds, machines, and books, but people above all. Grieve for the withering branch, the dying star, and the hurt animal, but feel for people above all. Rejoice in...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Riḍā Thābit acquired his PhD from the Pittsburgh Presbyterian Seminary in Pennsylvania, USA, which is one of the oldest theological schools in the world. Tackling the thesis of ‘Missional leadership’, Thābit focuses on the Church inclusion of the Christian Youth in light of changes that have...
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2018
The celebration of festivals and manifestations of the rituals of ʿĪd can be traced back to the Pharaonic era. Ways of celebration have varied from era to era throughout Egyptian history up until the present day: -
Date of source: Saturday, May 26, 2018
In my article yesterday, we concluded the need to distinguish between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, which is necessary, and even inevitable, explaining that what Egyptian MP ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ʿAlī was exposed to by the French press and some of its writers is rather a distortion of the Egyptian...
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2018
Criticizing the attack on the chairman of the Egyptian media portal ‘al-Bawāba’, Egyptian columnist Muḥammad ʿAlī Ibrāhīm writes on two subsequent editions:
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French newspapers and websites launched a frenzied campaign against Dr. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ʿAlī, chairman of al-Bawāba newspaper and...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2018
In response to the economic reform process Egypt is undergoing – hence, affecting some social sectors in general and the poor and those below the poverty line in particular - the head of the Coptic Evangelical denomination launched the initiative "One for All" campaign to encourage young people of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
As a part of his visit to Egypt Mr. David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund – IMF- was received yesterday by Dr. Khālid al-ʿAnānī, Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, at the Religious Complex, home to the three monotheistic religions and some of the oldest...