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Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 4, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb held the first session in the second round of meetings with intellectuals, thinkers, and scholars of the Azhar to monitor the reactions on a document on Egypt's future, issued by both sides [the article does not mention who the second side is].
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Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 2011
Two news reports have stoked sectarian tensions in Upper Egypt in recent weeks. The first involves two young Coptic girls who were allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. The second involves a protest at a church were Muslims reportedly threatened to kill the priest...
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Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb said Islam does not acknowledge the conversion of minors nor resorts to "piracy" to force anyone to convert to it.
"The conversion to Islam by the two girls in al-Minya governorate, 17-year-old Christine and 14-year-old Nancy, is not recognized, simply...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 2011
Last week, an Amsterdam court found Dutch politican Geert Wilders not guilty of inciting hatred against Muslims. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman argues that Wilders' inflammatory statements about Islam should not be protected by Dutch law.
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 21, 2011
The Azhar on Monday (June 20, 2011) issued a paper on the future of Egypt during the coming phase, asserting the importance of establishing a "modern, democratic, constitutional and national state" that would guarantee the equality among all citizens in rights and duties.
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Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 13, 2011
Ayman Sādik, Muslim Brotherhood figure, said that there should be a committee of Al-Azhar scholars and Coptic Christian clerics with the aim of reconciliation and an objective study of sectarian strife in Imbabāh.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2011
Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev, bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, praised Azhar's role in spreading moderate Islam in Egypt, its interest in dialogue between different religions, and its respect for all doctrines.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 2011
Global church council delegation praised Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb's, Grand Shaykh, initiative 'Family House' and applying it in reality in cooperation with the Egyptian church to support national unity, face fitnah tā'ifīyah, and prevent religious fanaticism.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2011
Muhammad Badī', the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Murshid [Guide], said that the basis of knowledge and morals in the Egyptian community come from the Azhar, adding that all MB and al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah are brought up on this.
He said that Sayīd Qutb, whom he called a martyr, advised him to take care...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 30, 2011
In the Azhar initiative to have a dialogue with thinkers, Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, continued his third meeting with thinkers and intellectuals.
In the meeting they discussed the relation between the state and religion and criminalizing sedition-mongering.
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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.