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Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2014
Counselor Muhammad Abd al- Salām, legal advisor to the Azhar Shaykh, stated that the Bayt al- Zakāh, which was approved by President al-Sīsī is a credible institution which Egyptians can give their zakāh (alms) to. The institution will distribute alms (zakāh) to poor citizens. He added that the...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2014
The three Coptic church families [Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant] have started meetings to make suggestions for a new Church building law in order to submit it to the state in the coming period. Farīd al- Bayādī, member of the Evangelical Community Council, stated that it was agreed that each...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 14, 2014
Mosques in Ismailia, Gharbia and Minufia, have all followed the subject in the Friday sermons that had been decided by the Ministry of Endowments. This was about sexual harassment, combating it and the position of Islam on it. The preachers called for a return to Islamic teachings and assured that...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 13, 2014
Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abd al- Rāzziq, Deputy of the Ministry of Endowments, stated that monitoring the Friday sermon will be of critical importance in the history of the Ministry. He added that there is no backing off to the Law of Sermons’ Regulations. He added that the law will be implemented starting...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2014
State institutions started to take action against offenses of harassment and sexual assault after President ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī visited the victim of sexual assault in Tahrir Square and was then hospitalized. He gave her a bouquet of flowers and offered an apology to her, vowing to hold...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2014
President ‘Abd al – Fattāh al- Sīsī requested the Ministry of Interior to implement the law decisively against the phenomena of sexual harassment. He requested that the officer who rescued one of the victims is to be honored. He also requested the people to return the values and morals to the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 2014
Religious scholars praised the call of President al- Sīsī to renew the religious discourse. They stated that the problems that took place in the past years was due to having people who are not specialized give religious lessons and sermons. Shaykh Muhammad Zakī Amīn, Secretary General of the...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2014
In the first speech after swearing in, President al- Sīsī stated that being president of Egypt is a great honor and responsibility. He asked God to light his road and assist him to perform well as to satisfy Him. He stated that throughout history Egypt did not witness a democratic transfer of...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 2, 2014
Ambassador Mirvat al-Tillāwī, head of the National Council for Women, has reportedly dismissed the delegation of the EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) at a conference held Saturday (May 31), in the Cairo Opera House, to discuss women’s participation in the presidential elections. According to...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2014
Al- Azhar Deputy Abāss Shūman supports the decision of the Minister of Endowments, Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, concerning the removal of all posters at mosques that promote any group or association. The Azhar also supported Jum’ah’s warning to the Ansār al- Sunnah group to stop their attempts to...
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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.