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Date of source: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper speaks to Sheikh Ahmad al-Sayih, a professor of Islamic doctrine at Al Azhar University who is originally from the governorate of Qena, about the attacks against Coptic Christians in Nag Hamadi.
Date of source: Thursday, April 23, 2009
The Administrative Court approved the Azhar decision not to enroll Christian students at the Azhar University.
Date of source: Sunday, January 11, 2009
The author believes that Christian students should be allowed to enroll in the non-theological schools of the Azhar University but does not support the idea of a Coptic university.
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2008
The article presents speeches of a number of Azhar scholars that have been delivered in a symposium on human rights in Islam.
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
Deputy-head of the National Council for Human Rights, Aḥmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, allied with Minister of Endowments Ḥamdī Zaqzūq when he announced that mosques should not be a place for expressing political opinions or objecting to the ruling party’s policy.
Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2007
Professors of the Azhar University threatened to strike yesterday in protest of the defamation campaign waged against the university.
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Following the presidential decree that appointed Dr. Ali Goma?a as the new mufti of Egypt, succeeding Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayyeb who takes over as rector of the Azhar University, succeeding Dr. Ahmed Omar Hashim, many papers interviewed the two men and gave short backgrounds about each of them. In these...
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah has issued a Fatwá allowing girls who have lost their virginity to have grafting hymen surgery and not to tell partners about past sexual experiences. The Fatwá caused debates amongst religious scholars, sociologists and people as it violates traditional norms.
Date of source: Sunday, February 25, 2007
Muḥammad Nāṣir discusses the idea of the Azhar having a satellite channel.
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On the desert road between Cairo and al-Isma‘iliyyah, a miraculous tree is attracting the attention of all Egyptians who rush to pray and praise the power of God present in the tree. Many Muslim men of religion do no better than the public in praising the tree.
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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.