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Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 11, 2010
A lawsuit was filed against Minister of Information, Grand Imām, Grand Muftī, and a number of responsible parties that approved airing (Yūsuf al-Sidīq) series on the Egyptian Satellite (NileSat).
According to Islamic Sharī‘ah, prophets can’t be represented by any actor in any cinematic way because...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
The United States Department of State recently issued a declaration claiming that freedom of religion in Egypt is underwhelming, saying that minorities suffer from religious discrimination in various aspects of social and political life. After this, it was announced that the Azhar and the church...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2010
According to the author, the Azhar, as an official religious institution, has taken over the religious state of affairs in Egypt, which has allowed the emergence of religious entities parallel to the Azhar that reject the its monopolization of Islamic Da‘wah.
The history of these associations...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2010
Advisor to the Azhar Grand Shaykh, Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, tells al-Dustūr that the Azhar Center for Dialogue welcomed relations with all religions, including all different sects of Islam, in order to work towards unifying the Islamic discourse and to correct any misconceptions about the religion.
He...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2010
Azhar Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib has decided to postpone the press conference that was previously announced for yesterday.
Instead, a joint statement between Muslims and Christians will be issued in response to the American report on religious freedom in Egypt. The response is expected to say...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2010
‘Abd al-Dāyīm Nusayr, counselor to the Grand Imām, says that the Azhar spends 40 million pounds of Zakāh funds annually, which benefits 13 million poor or sick Egyptians.
He added that there are three season when the aid is primarily spent: ‘Īd al-adhá, Ramadān, and the birthday of the Prophet...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2010
A controversy is brewing between Azhar scholars regarding Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah’s fatwá legitimizing the use of pig tissue during the installation of heart valves during open heart surgery.
The Muftī of Egypt legalized such a use of pig parts, but only when the patient's life depends on it, claiming that...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2010
Shaykh Marzūq al-Shahāt, the head of the Azhar's Fatwá committee, says that Azhar scholars may join political parties. However, he says they are restricted from joining any religious streams, whether Salafī, Muslim Brotherhood, or others.
He added that it is not appropriate for any Azhar scholar to...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2010
In this lengthy interview with October Magazine, Bishop Yūhannā Qultah says that the recent meeting of the Middle East Synod in Vatican City has "changed the church's perception of Islam 180 degrees, encouraging it to respect Islam and Muslims."
The Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2010
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Shakūr believes that since the establishment of the Azhar, it has showed loyalty to rulers and issues Fatwás that support their policies. That is, until Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, who doesn't like to show up unless absolutely necessary, became the grand Imām.
According to the author, the...
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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.