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Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The shaykh of the Azhar asserted that he did not send any letters asking Pope Benedict to apologize for his remarks during a speech in Germany, and indicated that he could not judge Pope Benedict because the pope said that he did not mean to be offensive.
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
It seems that all the battles that break out between the Azhar and the Americans are predestined to fail. To illustrate, the former Muftī issued a Fatwá that anybody who detonates himself among Israelis is a martyr. Another Fatwá by ShaykhShaykh Nabawī al-cIsh says it is forbidden to deal with the...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The medical tests that Shaykh of the Azhar Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī is undergoing in Saudi Arabia raised the ambitions of several Shaykhs to assume the dignified and highly respectable office of Shaykh of the Azhar.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
al-Maydān reports about Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī’s new book.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
In a meeting, the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar
decided to cut ties with the Vatican.
Meanwhile the Muftī established contact with the
Anglican church in the U.K.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Jehovah’s Witnesses could break through the Egyptian haphazard societies to spread their preaching. The review provides the historical background of the group and the opinions of some Coptic figures.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Al-Maydān interviewed the leader of the Washington- based U.S. Coptic Association, Michael Munīr, about his recent visit to Egypt, during which he attended a number of conferences and asked him for his opinion on a number of political issues, including the increasing role of the Muslim Brotherhood...
Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2006
The controversial document of
religious rights has
disappeared from the Azhar sheikhdom, raising many questions over the grand
imām’s
relations to it. Al-Maydān publishes a picture of Dr.
Tantāwī and Shaykh
cAmr al-Bastawīsī, the former head of the office
of the grand imām,
shaking hands...
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
Nearly 255 people, including members of the
"banned”
Muslim Brotherhood, have been detained on charges of defying a security ban on public
demonstrations.
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
A few days ago, the
president of the American University in Cairo (AUC), David
Arnold, decided to remove Islamic and Arabic contents
from a number of AUC textbooks, including syllabi in
Islamic history, Arabic literature and social sciences. A
large number of the university’s staff has...
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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.