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Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2014
Pope Tawadros called the Copts to mingle with the society and get out of their isolation. Also, he has called for separation of the church from politics.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2014
Dr. Shawqī Allam the Grand Muftī of the Republic has met with Ambassador Wafā’ Bāssim who is nominated to be the ambassador of Egypt in the Holy Sea. This is in order to seek religious cooperation between Eygpt and the Vatican in the coming period after the developments in the relationship between...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 12, 2015
The Sheikh of al-Azhar, Doctor Ahmad Tayyib, called for young people to resist the spread of atheism, saying that they are the ones most able to use electronic media to explain the truth about Islam to atheists. He said that there are many problems in society that have no solution except for faith...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 11, 2016
Sheikh Muhammad al-Bastawīsī, head of the Imams, accused Muhammad ‘Abd al-Rāziq, the official spokesman of the Egyptian Religious Endowment, of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood. al-Bastawīsī said in an interview with “Misr al-‘Arabiyya” that belonging to the Brotherhood has almost become a...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 2, 2016
Doctor ‘Alī Jum’a, the previous Grand Mufti of Egypt, said that wearing the hijāb is incumbent upon all Muslim women at all times, even during prayer. In an interview he said that not wearing a hijab is equivalent to refusing prayer and infidelity. He emphasized that it is required for Muslim...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2011
Meanwhile, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb vehemently denounced "deluded groups" for the bombing attacks that targeted a church in the Nigerian Capital Abuja and the shedding of innocent blood.
[Reviewer's Note: The extremist Islamist group Boko Haram had claimed responsibility for the...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 28, 2015
The Sheikh of al-Azhar is calling for Arab society to critically read the precepts of Islam saying that it is urgent that Islamic texts be revisited in order to prevent youth from joining militant groups. He is also calling for the drafting of a clear strategy to diminish the lure of extremist...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, the Azhar’s Grand Shaykh, sent a congratulatory cable to the Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III along with the head of the three Coptic churches in Egypt (Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical) in which he greeted them over the Christmas. Minister of Transport, Dr. Jalāl Sa’īd,...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2011
The committee concerned with the law on developing the Azhar finalized the draft and will refer it to the Islamic Research Academy. The development includes restructuring the senior ulema board and choosing the Azhar’s Grand Shaykh among them. [Muhammad 'Abd al-Khāliq, al-Ahrām, Dec. 27, p. 14]...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb said that the core and crux of the top Sunni establishment's survival is its moderation in intellect and behavior.
"The Azhar's curricula help the society maintain its belief and faith in the face of any extremism or deviation," Tayīb said during a meeting...
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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.