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Date of source: Friday, September 26, 2014
Dār al- Iftā’ confirmed to join terrorist and extremist groups is harām.
Date of source: Friday, September 7, 2012
The Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said that the era of a single-party system in Egypt is gone and was replaced by a great model of solidarity between political powers. He said this during his meeting with the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Bob Carr and...
Date of source: Thursday, November 24, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, the Azhar's Grand Shaykh, called on the Ministry of Interior Affairs to immediately ceasefire against the protesters. Shaykh al-Tayīb called on the Egyptian Armed Forces to avoid any confrontations among the people.
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Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2011
Scholars of Islamic sharī'ah and the Azhar agreed that Shaykh Mahmūd 'Āmir, the chairman of the Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhammadīyah (Supporters of the Prophet's Sunnah) Association in Damanhūr, was not right in his fatwa prohibiting voting in the elections for Muslim candidates who do not observe daily...
Date of source: Monday, October 10, 2011
Muftī of the Republic A’lī Jum’ah condemned attacking Islamic and Christian tombs in the city of Yāfā in Palestine by extremist Jews and writing provocative racial expressions on them.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Dr. Mahmūd 'Azab, adviser to the Azhar's Grand Shaykh, said that the Azhar can have dialogue with Jews except those who are living with Israel. He added that it is a red line that no one can cross. The Azhar as an institution will never accept having dialogue or communicating with any human being...
Date of source: Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Family House initiative on August 3, 2011, assured its refusal of deploying a U.S. envoy to be responsible for minorities' rights in the Middle East. This envoy will be responsible for defending minorities' rights in Arab and Middle Asian countries.
A joint declaration was signed by Mahmūd...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
“Copts in Egypt don’t need any international security, becauseprotecting them is the Muslims duty” says Shaykh Muhamed Hassan, a Muslim scholar.
Date of source: Thursday, May 5, 2011
During the Family House Initiative meeting in the Azhar, solutions of cooling down the fitnah was discussed.
The meeting also tackled ways to prevent foreign interference in Muslim-Christian relations.
A second meeting was held to consider means to achieve independence of the Azhar.
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Date of source: Thursday, March 24, 2011
The Azhar's Grand Shaykh, Ahmad al-Tayīb, met on March 23, 2011 with Bishop Armiyā, representing the Coptic Orthodox Church, to discuss the "Family House" initiative.
Al-Tayīb is waiting for Coptic Pope Shenouda III's response on the initiative.
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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.