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Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2011
'Abd Allah al-Husaynī, Minister of Awqāf (Endowments), underlined the necessity of protecting mosques.
The minister noted that imāms will no longer come under security guardianship.
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Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2011
The Ministry of Awqaf [Endowments] asked the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces [SCAF] and the Ministry of Interior Affairs to interfere in protecting al-Nūr Mosque in 'Abāsīyah.
The mosque was subject to attacks on April 22, 2011, by followers of a Salafī preacher in the Suez, Shaykh Hāfiz...
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Salafist preacher, Wajdī Ghunaym, gave a speech in a mosque in Qalyubia April 5, 2011 in which he attacked the Azhar and the ministry of Awqaf for building relations with Copts and refusing to segregate between Muslims and Copts. Ghunaym told the worshipers not to greet Copts. He added, that Copts...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood is holding a meeting in Luxor temple on Thursday, April 6, to define their position over Copts and discuss the issue of the destruction of shrines, viewed by some as a sign of idolatry, according to ‘Isām Dirbālah, a leading MB member.
During a symposium held Monday, April 4...
Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2011
Some Salafists elements have attempted to appease the intimidated public opinion from Salafists threats to apply hadd and kidnap women who are wearing makeup. Despite these assertions, some Copts' lawyers accused certain salafists elements of terrorizing Copts in Dayr Mawwās, Minya governorate, who...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2011
On Friday, both Rose al-Yūsuf and al-Ahrār boasted major front-page stories on the Azhar’s decision to freeze its religious dialogue with the Vatican.
Under the banner headline “Azhar Freezes Dialogue with Vatican Indefinitely,” the former reports, “The Islamic Research Academy, in clear,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2011
Rose al-Yūsuf reports that the crisis between the Azhar and the Egypt Peace Lovers Society has escalated.
It says this is because the society, headed by Hānī ‘Azīz, had "jumped onto" the proposal by Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, for the creation of a joint Muslim-Christian...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
Shaykh Sālim ‘Abd al-Jalīl, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Endowments, has told shaykhs to not pray for President Mubārak on Friday, saying that it is inappropriate to mix Du‘ā’ and politics together.
Various media have revealed that the Ministry of Endowments previously asked shaykhs and mosque...
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 2010
The article talks about a commission headed by Azhar Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib that will coordinate with Egyptian churches on making a joint response to the United States religious freedom report, which claims there to be religious discrimination in Egypt. The commission is said to include...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2010
The Ministry of Endowments cancelled a lecture by Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā yesterday at the al-Nūr mosque in ‘Abbāsiyyah, Cairo. The reason behind the cancellation was that the ministry fears al-‘Awwā might once again make controversial comments such as those made when he was responding to...
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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.