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Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Azhar, commenting on the ruling, said the top Sunnī establishment supports the judiciary and the respects legitimacy, adding justice has the final say on everything.
“The Azhar is not dictating anything to any institution. It has expressed rejection against participation in the constituent...
Date of source: Friday, April 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: Friday, April 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: Friday, April 27, 2012
On the other hand, the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy rejected assaults on religious figures and emphasized support for the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar and all scholars.
“Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb has resigned from the former National Democratic Party (NDP)’s Policy Secretariat...
Date of source: Sunday, July 7, 2013
Further, Watanī reported on the looting of a celebration hall affiliated to the Coptic Catholic Saint George Church in Diljā village north of Minya, besides the other two churches that were attacked at the same village. Also, armed and police forces prevented an attack on Coptic Orthodox Diocese in...
Date of source: Monday, January 23, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb called on the members of the Egyptian parliament, the first after the January 25, 2011 revolution that unseated President Husnī Mubārak, to keep in mind the impoverished, downtrodden and marginalized citizens and the people who reside in graveyards and...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2012
Meanwhile, Muftī of the Republic Shaykh 'Alī Jum'ah said Islam guarantees that non-Muslims may practice their rituals and the principles of their faiths freely.
"The amendment of Article 2 of the constitution is needless because after all no one can encroach on the principles of the sharī'ah, a...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2012
Islam criminalizes attacks on churches and non-Muslim houses of worship as Islamists, namely the Muslim Brotherhood and a number of Salafī parties, volunteered to protect churches during the New Year celebrations. [Dīyā' Abū al-Safā, Akhbār al-Yawm, p. 7, Jan. 1]
Date of source: Thursday, January 9, 2014
In a series of fatwás (religious edicts) by terrorist Shaykh, the Kuwaiti preacher, Dr. ‘Ugāyl al Nishmī, the head of the Sharī’ah Scholars Association in the countries of the Gulf, has issued a fatwá inciting for the killing of al-Sīsī (Diā’ Abū al-Safā’, al-Akhbār, Jan. 9, p. 3).
Date of source: Thursday, December 29, 2011
The Azhar's Academy of Islamic Research, in a session on December 28 under Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, discussed a code of ethics for the mass media and satellite channels so that they would not insult divine religions. The Academy also decided to present a memorandum to the minister of...
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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.