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Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Tayyīb said the top Sunni Muslim establishment preserves the principles of the sharī'ah against any corruption or twisting of texts.
Tayyīb's remarks came in his speech at a conference on the service of the sunnah (the Prophet Muhammad's tradition),...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 15, 2012
On the other hand, a number of Azhar scholars and leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church vehemently rejected images showing U.S. soldiers urinating over the dead bodies of the Afghan Taliban Movement fighters, describing the act as "ugly, barbaric and violating respect for humans".
Muhammad Ra'fat '...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2012
Pursuing Egyptians' efforts to recover the spirit of the revolution, a meeting hosted by the Azhar on Wednesday (January 11) called for consummating power handover to a civil government as scheduled, refraining from bringing civilians before military courts and releasing all political prisoners....
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 11, 2012
The statement underlined some controls and governing principles of these freedoms in light of the Arab Spring revolutions in a way that would preserve societal accordance and public interests in a stage of democratization in several Arab countries.
The statement noted that the Azhar's call was only...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 10, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb is holding a press conference on Tuesday morning to offer the outcome of meetings of senior intellectuals and Azhar scholars throughout three sessions to adopt the Four Public Freedoms document.
An Azhar source told al-Dustūr newspaper that the paper...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 10, 2012
Former Deputy Shaykh of the Azhar Mahmūd ‘Āshūr categorically dismissed that the dīyah (blood money) should be offered to the martyrs’ families against their will, adding if the dīyah is accepted without any coercion then there would be nothing wrong with that.
“In premeditated murders, there has...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2012
“Muslims and Christians in the East make a united national fabric. Past dictatorial and despotic regimes have harmed both Muslims and Christians,” Dr. Tayyīb said during a meeting with Patriarch Gregory III Laham of the Church of Antioch on January 5.
The top Sunni Muslim cleric also appealed to...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2012
Meanwhile, the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy approved in a meeting on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, amendments to the law on the Azhar, including the retirement of the Grand Shaykh at the age of 80 or upon his request.
Grand Shaykh Dr. Tayyīb, during the three-hour session, was in favor to have...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2012
Al-Azhar vehemently rejected the setting up of a so-called Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), asserting that the top Sunni Muslim establishment is the only Muslim reference concerned with religious affairs in Egypt. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Jan. 5, p. 14...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2016
The Eminence of the Grand Imam Dr. Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭayib, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, visited the Cathedral of St. Mark in Al- ʿAbassiyyah yesterday to congratulate Pope Tawadros II and the Coptic brothers on the occasion of the Easter Feast. The Grand Imam was received by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II...
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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.