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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, February 16, 2015
Sufī Shaykhs argue about whether or not to celebrate the Mawlid (translator's note: birthday celebrations of important religious figures of the past. If these religious figures were martyrs the date of martyrdom is seen is being born into eternal life) of al-Hussayn bin-Ali (626–680). The general...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
The public prosecutor's office of Talkhā in the Governorate of Dakahliadecided to keep 61-year-old Shi’ite doctor Mahmūd 'Abd al-Khāliq Mahmūd imprisoned for 15 days on charge of condemning (Sunni) religion while investigations were carried out. Amongst his possessions, a picture of Shaykh Hassan...
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2014
The Egyptian Coalition for Minorities has organized on Wednesday a collective iftār in the Jewish Synagogue , which was attended by representatives of religious minorities.
Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2014
A Jewish rabbi has called for establishing a Jewish Caliphate to face the Islamic Caliphate that ISIS is trying to establish in Iraq and Syria.
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2014
Love is stronger than terrorism.
Date of source: Thursday, February 13, 2014
Police arrested a 61-year old retired doctor from Mīt Zanqar, Dakahlia, on charges of contempt of religion. The police inspected the man's house and found a photo frame with a picture of Hasan Nasrallah, secretary-general of the Lebanese Shi’ite party Hizbullah, several Shi’ite books and CDs, and...
Date of source: Thursday, February 13, 2014
Sabrah al-Qāsimī, general coordinator of the Moderate Front (an Islamist initiative to combat extremist Islamism thought) that supports al- Sīsī’s bid for presidency , said that the front's religious committee is preparing a project named “Revisions of thought” to include all Islamist parties -...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 12, 2014
A violent fight erupted between a Sunni and Shiite Muslim in the village of Zāwiyah Abū Musalam in Giza. Sunni Muslim Sālim Mahmūd accused his neighbor of practicing Shiite rituals, warning him against a repetition of the massacre that took place on June 23, 2013, costing the life of four Shiites...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Mazhar Shāhīn, imām of the Umar Makram mosque at Tahrir square, who preached that it is possible for a man to divorce his wife if she is a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer explained that this divorce is to take place if she used violence and not for differences in opinion (Muhammad Abd al- Lattīf, al...
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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.