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Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 4, 2012
Facing critiques on whether religious institutions polarize the Egyptian Christians and Muslims in casting their votes for or against the upcoming constitutional referendum, the Minister of Awqāf (Endowments), Dr. Tal′at ′Afīfī said, that any imām who claims having been instructed to do so, will...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 4, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, launched yesterday a new initiative to reunite the political powers and end the state of division among the political parties and their polarizing the Egyptian street after it was announced that the referendum over the draft constitution is scheduled...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 21, 2012
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Barr, the dean of the Usūl al-Dīn (Muslim Theology) College in al-Mansūrah, al-Daqahlia governorate, and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Irshād (Guidance) Office, said he attended the new Coptic Orthodox Pope enthronement ceremony because it is a kind of good deed ordered by...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2012
The Egyptian Orthodox Church refused mediation by the Azhar to return to the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, which it quit on Saturday (November 17) in protest against the panel’s “deviation from national accordance”.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2012
Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Tayyib led a high-ranking delegation to visit Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāssīyah to offer congratulations to the new patriarch over his investiture.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 2012
Former Grand Muftī of the Republic Shaykh Naṣr Farīd Wāṣil, who represents the Azhar on the constituent assembly writing a new constitution for Egypt, said he does not see any reason for the withdrawal of the representatives of churches from the constitution panel, adding the differences are not...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2012
Pope Tawadrus II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark said withdrawal from the constituent assembly is still an option if the Christians were not pleased with the new constitution, asserting acceptance of Article 2 in its current drafting. [Safā’ Shākir and Tāmir ‘Abd al-Ra’ūf, al-...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2012
The Salafī Front, in a statement on Sunday (October 28), refused to send a Coptic girl, who disappeared since late last month and has reportedly converted to Islam and married a Muslim young man, back to her family in Mersa Matrouh. [Mustafá Rahūmah, Sa’īd Hijāzī and Muhammad Bakhāt, al-Watan, Oct...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb expressed support the top post in the Sunni establishment to be through elections from among the senior scholars board, adding he has been one of the earlier figures who called for brining the grand shaykh through elections.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2012
The Azhar settled differences about remarks on some phrases in the citizenship rights textbook for the 2nd grade of the secondary stage of education, asserting that the textbooks do not have anything that violates Islam or the sharī’ah.
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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.