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Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 25, 2018
On behalf of the Egyptian Government, the Minister of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ʿUmar Marwān (Omar Marawan) required the adding of the representative of the Egyptian Church to the permanent committee of technical, legal and administrative experts on the protection of manuscripts.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 2014
Dr. Alī Jum’ah, the Grand Muftī, stated that Dār al- Iftā corrects 20-30 incorrect fatwás daily and responds to it in 8 different languages.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2014
Dr. Ahmad Karīmah, professor at al-Azhar, also condemned the recent terrorist attack in Tābā and said that the attack aimed to damage Egypt’s economy, similar to what happened in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Dr. ‘Abd al-Hādī al-Qasabī, head of the Supreme Council of Sūfī Orders, described the perpetrators as...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 2014
Grand Imām Dr. Shaykh Ahmad al- Tayyib head of the Azhar stated that the Custodian of the Two Holy Places, King ‘Abd ‘Allah Ibn Abd al- ‘Azīz al- Saūd is a wise and experienced leader who is alert to the conspiracies that is arranged from forces of evil to Arab and Muslim countries
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2014
The religious establishment denounced what had been shared about the fatwá of al- Nūr party that prohibit buying the certificates of Suez Canal as a form of ribā (interest) that is considered harām (religiously prohibited.)
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2015
Controversial Fatwas
Egypt is not only facing a period of political but also of religious polarization. Many religious scholars issue Fatwas that have a political meaning and some of them are almost inciting fights and vandalism.
Egyptians saw most of the Fatwas that provoked conflicts during the...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2014
There are several demands from Azhar Scholars, Salafīs and Sufīs to implement the “Had al- Hirābah” (an Islamic law that leads to the amputation of limbs for those who engage in thuggery).
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2014
In the first time in Egypt’s history the TV program called The Dancer, which organizes competitions for belly dancing among ladies worldwide has led to the anger of the Azharite Scholars.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 16, 2015
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, arrived in Cairo yesterday as the head of a delegation from London for a two-day visit. It is his second visit to Egypt since his inauguration in March 2013. He met Pope Tawadros II and high ranking officials from al-Azhar and other institutions. Sources...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 9, 2014
Al- Azhar has delivered the draft law of the ‘Alms House’ to Eng. Ibrhīm Mahlab for presentation to the Council of Ministers (Wā’il Fāyiz, al- Watan, July 9, p. 2).
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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.