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Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 6, 2012
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hamīd al-Atrash, former chairman of the Azhar’s Fatwá Committee, said that hadd al-Hirābah must be applied on protesters who block roads, terriorize citizens and burn cars. [Dīyā’ Abū al-Safā, al-Akhbār, May 6, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2013
Pope Tawadros II called on all Coptic Christians to attend mass this Christmas, stressing that the anniversary of the attacks against Copts on this holiday should not prevent Copts from expressing joy during the festive season. Due to Egypt’s political turmoil and the recent approval of the country...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2012
“The Azhar expresses appreciation for demands to adopt another initiative to lay criteria for selection of members of the constitution-drafting panel and activation of the Azhar’s post-revolution freedoms proposals,” said ‘Azab.
He voiced the Azhar’s support for the unity of the Egyptian people and...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2012
As Islamists – Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists – stepped in the world of politics after the January 25 revolution, Egypt is overwhelmed with a religious face that is a far cry from the country’s civil features it has always been used to since the turn of the 19th century, writes Dr. Mu’taz Salāmah...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2012
“The Azhar expresses appreciation for demands to adopt another initiative to lay criteria for selection of members of the constitution-drafting panel and activation of the Azhar’s post-revolution freedoms proposals,” said ‘Azab.
He voiced the Azhar’s support for the unity of the Egyptian people and...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2012
The Azhar clerics and scholars praised the agreement brokered between Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb and representatives of political powers, MPs and heads of professional syndicates that the Azhar undertakes contacts with all Egyptian political groups to form a constituent assembly to draft a...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2012
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has emphatically stressed equality in rights and duties. Copts pay their taxes like any other citizen. I would not be exaggerating if I said one-third of the tax duties of the state are contributed by Copts. Coptic businessmen like Najīb Sawirus and Munīr...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 12, 2012
Meanwhile, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb said the top Sunnī establishment is soon releasing a document indicating the rights of women as adopted by the Islamic sharī’ah (law), highlighting women’s interest in education.
“Islam has granted women rights that have not been included in...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 20, 2012
Official Muslim organizations – the Azhar, the Academy of Islamic Research, the Iftā’ House and the Ministry of Awqāf (Endowments) – sent high-ranking delegations to offer condolences over the death of Pope Shenouda, mourning the Coptic religious leader as a “symbol of peace and amity that will be...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 20, 2012
Official Muslim organizations – the Azhar, the Academy of Islamic Research, the Iftā’ House and the Ministry of Awqāf (Endowments) – sent high-ranking delegations to offer condolences over the death of Pope Shenouda, mourning the Coptic religious leader as a “symbol of peace and amity that will be...
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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.