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Date of source: Saturday, December 22, 2012
The Azhar body strongly condemned the clashes that erupted around the al-Qāꞌid Ibrāhīm Mosque in Alexandria leading to llines of riot police cordoning off the mosque. According to al-Misrīyūn report, protesters against the upcoming Constitutional plebiscite besieged the Mosque. Grand Shaykh Dr....
Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2013
The Azhar's initiative for dialogue "Family House" or "Bayt al-‘Aylah" called on President Muhammad Mursī to freeze the recently issued Constitutional declaration and to engage in dialogue with national powers as soon as possible in order to bring Egypt out of its current crisis.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Controversial Fatwas
Egypt is not only facing a period of political but also of religious polarization. Many religious scholars issue Fatwas that have a political meaning and some of them are almost inciting fights and vandalism.
Egyptians saw most of the Fatwas that provoked conflicts during the...
Date of source: Monday, January 13, 2014
A calling for the need to participate in the referendum on the draft constitution and vote "Yes" to spare the country foreign conspiracies also confirms Salafist call - wing "Yasser Barhami", through to emphasize the absence of anything that touches the Islamic law according to Al-Azhar. The end...
Date of source: Friday, January 11, 2013
In another context, Jum’ah said that greeting Christians for Christmas is praiseworthy and is encourage by Islam (Fathī Majdī, al-Misrīyūn, Jan. 11, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, November 25, 2013
Salafī Call Vice President, Yāssir Burhāmī, has made a fatwá (religious decree) that it is not permitted to watch sarcastic TV shoes or video clips similar to the program that was presented by Dr. Bassem Youssef entitled “al-Birnāmij”.
Burhāmī also responded to a question that was submitted...
Date of source: Thursday, March 7, 2013
That came during a “Family House” training session to “rationalize religious discourse”. The training included a number of Azharians and Christian preachers (Fathī Majdī, al-Misrīyūn, Mar. 7, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the Azhar has expressed its hopes for friendly relations with the Vatican. This comes two years after the Azhar cut all relations with the Vatican as a result of a statement of the resigned Pope that Christians in the Middle East are being persecuted...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 12, 2015
The Sheikh of al-Azhar, Doctor Ahmad Tayyib, called for young people to resist the spread of atheism, saying that they are the ones most able to use electronic media to explain the truth about Islam to atheists. He said that there are many problems in society that have no solution except for faith...
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.