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Date of source: Saturday, May 17, 2014
Salafīs continued to violate the decision of the Ministry of Endowments prohibiting sermons given by politicians and non-Azharites.
Date of source: Saturday, April 12, 2014
Najmal-DīnI. M., aged 32, teacher and member of the Muslim Brotherhood, has been arrested in the Governorate of Aswan, according to a statement of security forces on Sunday. He is alleged of having participated in provoking the bloody strife between the al-Dābūdīya and Banī- Hilāl families.
Date of source: Monday, September 29, 2014
‘Iffat al-‘Iryān, the husband of ‘Imān Marcos, known as the woman of Jabal al- Tayr that the leaders of the church sent his wife to an unknown place until things calm down in the village.
Date of source: Saturday, April 5, 2014
Dr. Ahmad Karīmah, Professor of Sharī’ah at the AzharUniversity, accused the Muslim Brotherhood of burning his car Friday morning, inside the garage of his house in ‘AyātCity. This led to its complete destruction before the fire brigades arrived. Dr. Karīmah has registered a formal complaint at ‘...
Date of source: Friday, April 4, 2014
Muhammad Mukhtār Gum’ah, Minister of Endowments, has dismissed Ahmad Issá Hassan al- Ma’sarāwī from his post as the head reciter due to his vocal support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Rab’ah Square during the sitin (Wā’il Fāyiz, al- Watan, April 4, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2014
Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, former Muftī of Egypt, stated to al-Watan that reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood is not permitted. He added that this is due to their actions including violence, carrying arms, terrorizing the innocent and destroying the nation. He added that those who kill and...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Prime Minister Eng. Ibrāhīm Mahlab stated that Egypt is waging a war on terrorism on behalf of all the countries in the region. He added that Egypt is the first line of defense for the Arabic and Islamic ummah (Wāil Fāyiz et al, al- Watan, March 26, p. 2).
Date of source: Friday, March 7, 2014
The Azhar has declared the American film ‘Noah’ unlawful due to its incarnation of one of the prophets, and stated that it will make efforts to ban the film entirely. The Azhar released a statement saying that “Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, Grand Imām and Shaykh of the Azhar, the Council of Senior Scholars...
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2014
The Azhar and Dār al-Iftā’ will not stipulate a specific form of takbīr (the exclamation ‘Allahu Akbar’), according to puresunnah during ‘Īd al-Fitr, and in a fatwá stated that the form of takbīr used by Egyptians for a long time, as opposed to that used by the Companions of the Prophet, was...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib donated the prize awarded to him by the United Arab Emirates as Islamic Personality of the Year to the ‘Long Live Egypt’ bank account for economic and social development.
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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.