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Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
Islamist activists in Salafī forums lashed out at Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī, Deputy Chairman of the Salafī Daʿwah [Call] Movement, over a published photograph showing him hugging Bishop Būla of Ṭanṭā that some have even accused Burhāmī of loyalty to Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2015
Bishop Būla confirmed that the passage of the 2014 constitution and its recognition of a national role for the Coptic Church marks a new era for Copts in Egypt. He added that the new constitution guarantees national rights for the Copts including rights to religious practice and the right to...
Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2015
Bishop Būla: the January Revolution was a tsunami that invaded the country
Bishop Būla confirmed that the passage of the 2014 constitution and its recognition of a national role for the Coptic Church marks a new era for Copts in Egypt. He added that the new constitution guarantees national rights...
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2007
The different days of celebrating Christmas are related to anthropological considerations rather than doctrinal disagreement.
Date of source: Monday, January 29, 2007
Journalist Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Qudūs, chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Prisoners of Opinion and Freedom at the Journalists Syndicate, has launched a website entitled, ’Hurriyatunā’ [Our freedom] which contains an Islamic and Christian religious page for the first time in Arab history.
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
A
fatwá issued to Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah
regarding smoking and if it annuls
al-Iḥrām sparks controversy among scholars and the public alike.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
The author criticizes the fatwá of Dr. ‘Ali Jum‘ah, which makes it permissible for mobile phone networks to fix antennas to the minarets of mosques.
Date of source: Monday, September 22, 2003
The author criticized the opinions of Poet Ahmed Abdel Mo´ti Hegazi in a seminar that took place in the Biblioteca Alexandrina. Hegazi defended Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid, called for a new religious discourse, praised the Arab Culture Conference and criticized Islamizing sciences. He even criticized the...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
The Tunisian minister of religious affairs has rejected the hijāb as a symbol of sectarianism which has no place in a modern country like Tunisia.
Date of source: Monday, October 24, 2005
Out of the blue, the Fatwa Committee of the Azhar al-Sharīf in Alexandria has issued a fatwa allowing parliamentary candidates to offer gifts to their constituents.
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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.