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Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2023
Between inspiring and decisive humanitarian positions to stop disputes and to protect feelings and sanctities, al-Azhar has spent the year of 2023 leading campaigns on all religious and political levels, from protecting the Holy Qurʾān when it was burned in a number of European nations, to assuming...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
There is an ancient inclination going back to the humanity’s origin to explain natural disasters as the wrath of God or “a divine being.” This inclination goes back to humanity’s instinctual need to be connected to the force of nature that has control over disasters and surpasses humanity’s...
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2005
Some 70 Members of Parliament reject a visit to be paid by the US Congress Freedom from Religious Persecution Committee, which they view as an attempt to interfere in domestic political affairs and have an impact on the public opinion trends within the period in which Egypt is preparing for the...
Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2005
Natural disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes and famines are not God’s revenge on the people of the world, Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī said.
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2005
No one paused to ask himself/herself why girls convert to Islam. Is it because of special problems regarding the personal status file, which has been neglected by the Church and must be opened immediately? The whole thing simply lies with the Church in Egypt, and the sensitivity with which matters...
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2005
Dr. Zaghloul al-Najjār said, “Whoever says that the tsunami is a natural disaster is a kafir.” I say that it is 100 percent a natural disaster and it is not a punishment from God. Am I really an apostate?! Is my knowledge that I gained from God a reason for rendering me an apostate?
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2005
According to Muslim shaykhs’explanations of the tusnami, we should understand that God punished Muslims, destroyed their lands, and cruelly crushed them because they welcomed tourists and allowed them to play music, dance and feel happy. It seems that the happiness of tourists must have disturbed...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Dr. Zaghloul al-Najjār has been repeating over and over that the tsunami victims deserved what happened to them because they are sinners and adulterers. I asked Dr. al-Najjār what would you say about the recent flood in Pakistan, which is an Islamic country, the earthquake in the Islamic Republic...
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2005
The recent deadly tidal waves known as tsunami, which claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands in several Asian countries, will not go unnoticed by scientific research institutions in the West. The matter, however, is totally different in ignorant backward countries. The casualties were mostly...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
While some people explained the tsunami as a punishment from God for the low sexual morals of the people of the area where it happened, others explained it as a natural disaster. Dr. Zaghloul al-Najjār stressed that whoever says that the tsunami earthquake is a natural phenomenon is kāfir [...
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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.