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Date of source: Thursday, September 19, 2024
On Monday, September 16, which was the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday), Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, made a speech that triggered wide-scale controversy in religious and media circles.
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2021
‘ Egypt will remain a state of law and institutions… and will not accept a group of individuals assaulting others’. Dr. Māyā Mursī, head of The National Council for Women (NCW), commented on an incident in which a landlord, his wife, and another resident threw a 34 year old female doctor from the...
Date of source: Thursday, August 22, 2013
Vice president of the Salafī Call, Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, released a fatwá that forbids demonstrations to call for a reappointment of ousted Muhammad Morsi at the moment to prevent bloodshed and chaos. Burhāmī said on his website, “Salafī Voice,” that all demonstrations for the ousted president that...
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Friday (Nov. 8) issued a presidential decree appointing Bishop Tawadrus as Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark as the decree was received by acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius. [‘Imād Khalīl, ‘Id ‘Abd al-Jawād, Rashā al...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Al-Nūr Party has warned against amending the article. Dr. Sha’baān Abdal ‘Alīm, the assistant secretary general of the party, stated that amending the third article may allow the marriage of gays and stated that Islam only recognizes Christianity and Judaism.
Date of source: Thursday, July 10, 2014
Dr. Safwat Abd al- Ghanī, a spokesman for al- Jamā’ah al- Islāmiyah, said that the cessation of terrorist acts is related to the return of public freedoms and that the law and justice prevail.
Date of source: Thursday, June 26, 2014
The article written by ‘abūd al-Zumur, member of the Shūra council of the Jamā’ah Islamiyyah, triggered a crisis. In the article, al-Zumur said deposed president Muhamad Mursī no longer has any jurisdiction, given the fact that he is in prison.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The Nūr Party welcomed members of the dissolved National Democratic Party to join its electoral lists in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, provided they were not involved in acts punishable under law.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
The Nūr Party has criticized Dr. Muhammad Mukhār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, for implementing the law that prevents non- Azharites from giving sermons in mosques.
Date of source: Monday, June 9, 2014
The International Union for Muslim Scholars headed by Dr. Yusuf al- Qaradāwī, denounced the death sentences against Dr. Abd al- Rahmān al- Bar, mufti of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Salafi preacher Muhammad Abd al- Maqsud,
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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.