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Date of source: Tuesday, July 14, 2020
In an interview with the program “The 9th” on Egyptian Channel One, Dr. Aḥmad Karīma, professor of Islamic law [sharīʿah] and comparative jurisprudence [fiqh] at al-Azhar University, said that it is prohibited to take up hostile acts against religious places of worship for Jews and Christians [ahl...
Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 2010
This article sheds light on Sāmih Mahrūs’ book “Muslims and Copts under Mubārak” in which he tries to diagnose the Muslim-Christian situation in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 4, 2010
Rose al-Yūsuf reports on recent decisions concerning students wearing niqāb during their exams.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Lawsuits were filed against the decision to prevent the niqāb in exams halls at University. The decision was taken to prevent using the niqāb in cheating. However, an Egyptian lawyer accused the Azhar, the ministry of endowments and the muftī of being reluctant in defending the niqāb against the...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2008
The article reports on the decisions of Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, shaykh of the Azhar, to permit women to work as ma’dhūns, and to allow female students to travel abroad without mahrams.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
The authors
write about the demonstrations held by Muslim Brotherhood students in relation to student union elections at
‘Aīn Shams, Hilwān, and Assiut universities.
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
Journalists call for President Husnī Mubārak to
fulfill his promise to abolish imprisonment in publishing related cases, but they continue attacking each
other in
the newspapers.
Date of source: Thursday, October 1, 1998
Islamist writer Fahmy Howaidy sees many areas where Muslims are weak and suffering from bloodshed. Howeidy therefore dreams of forming a unified stand by Islamic countries.
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.