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Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2004
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Sheikh Muhammad Sayed Tantawi, came under a suspicious attack on the part of some sheikhs and newspapers in the Gulf, a matter that raised several questions over the true purpose behind this collective attack and whoever stands behind it.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 31, 2004
For more than twenty
-five years, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim has been participating in making events all over the Arab
World. He propagated the culture of human rights when he first founded The Arab Organization for
Human Rights. He then embraced the cause of minorities in his conference in 1994 on...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 13, 2004
For four concessive weeks, the issue of prohibiting wearing the hijab in French schools
occupied the Arabic press. Tens of articles have been published as to elucidate Chirac’s decision
from different aspects. On the one hand, few writers believe such decision is a French domestic
subject that...
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The Sheikh of the Azhar confirmed that the Palestinian fedaye [self-
sacrificing] operations are martyrdom operations [the person who carry such operations is
considered a martyr], whether carried out by males or females. He said that women could
accomplish these operations even without wearing...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2004
Gihan Al-Husseini, a journalist of Asharq Al-Awsat, sent a message to the
Editor- in-Chief of Al-Usboa, complaining of the offensive treatment she received from Dr.
Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Sheikh of the Azhar, who she claims insulted her very badly during
an interview.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2004
The article is a comment
on news reported by both the London-based newspaper of Al-Hayat and Al-Usboa about the offense
the Grand Imam directed to Mrs. Jihan Al-Husseini, a journalist at Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper,
while she was interviewing him.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2004
The
article is an interview with Dr. Reverend Ekram Lama’i, pastor of an Evangelical Church in
Shubra, and a professor at the Evangelical Theological Seminary. Rev. Dr. Lama’i, who is also the
author of many important books about religion, the religious discourse and Zionist penetration of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 20, 2004
The article discusses the issue of national unity between Christians and Muslims in Egypt. The author cites the relation of love and intimate friendship between Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Tantawi. Bibawi tells a story about Amr Bin Al-As who returned the head of the St. Mark...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 3, 2004
The author
explains that Islam in Egypt is highly esteemed by both the followers of Muhammad and the
followers of other religions all around the world. This estimation is due to the fact that Islam
in Egypt is characterized by purity and tolerance within different Islamic schools. Al-Azhar...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2004
The article
discusses the issue of the punishment for apostasy from Islam. The author explains the opinion of
the Grand Imam of the Azhar, which he expressed while in a visit to Germany.
Dr. Tantawi
explained that a Muslim who commits apostasy is not punished until he sets himself as an enemy...
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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.