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Date of source: Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Muslim Broterhood has big hopes of becoming a major and legitimate political force, though there might be a cost.
A delegation of the Muslim Brotherhood visited the Azhar's Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb.
He invited all Islamist movements to participate in the forthcoming conference the Azhar will...
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, said he would visit the church of the Two Martyrs in Atfih April 16, 2011 to congratulate Copts on the rebuilding of their church.
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2011
Hamdī Rizq, editor in chief of al-Musawwar, interviewed Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah, Muftī of the Republic. Jum'ah believes that there is no fitnah tā'ifīyah in Egypt but it is used by dissolved powers to terrorize the society.
Jum'ah wants to have a dialogue with Copts, through the "Family House" initiative...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The author states that the deterioration of the Azhar's role in general is a result of various factors, and the most important is the emergence of political Islamist groups.
He believes that the policy adopted by Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, augurs well about a change in the...
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2011
A group of salafists in al-Menoufiya governorate set a Muslim shrine on fire under the pretext that tombs of Muslim scholars, considered holy by many Muslims, are against the Muslim faith.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb said that whoever demands the destruction of shrines belong to bloody...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
Hamdi Rizq writes that Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, muftī of the republic, pointed to the possibility of his resignation if article two of the constitution is canceled. Article two lists that Islam is the religion of the country, and Islamic Sharī‘ah is the principal source of legislation. Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah...
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2011
Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah, Muftī of the republic, says that the second article in the constitution is not up for discussion, because it keeps citizenship and the rights of non-Muslims.
He added, that he was put under pressure by the former regime for his anti-succession fatwá and went on to say that he does...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday preachers from different Cairo mosques focused yesterday on the events of fitnah of 'Ātfīh which Egypt's been witnessing lately. The preachers stressed the duty to protect Christians and their worship places as directed by Islamic sharī'ah.
In al-Rushdān mosque in Nasr City, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2011
Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, the grand muftī, stressed that any attack on churches is forbidden under Islamic Sharī'ah. He added that attacking Christian Egyptians is a step away from citizenship pointing to the fact that Christians have a right to live in Egypt peacefully with Muslims.
When asked about...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
Editor: AWR received this text before President Mubarak announced he would step down. Nothing in the media indicated that this could happen tonight, yet it did.
Ever since the demonstrations began on January 25, men of religion have been stressing the importance of them not being transformed from...
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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.