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Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Ḥasan Ḥanafī is a Muslim liberal leftist thinker who has been and still is a professor in philosophy at Cairo University since 1988. His vast knowledge on a broad field of philosophy and religion has given him many positions and invitations throughout his career. Ḥanafī's political understanding of...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2007
Ayman Nūr is a strong proponent of liberal political reforms in Egypt as well as a strong profile on human rights. He has used his seat in parliament to carry out "investigations on everything from bread prices to torture." Only three months after establishing his new party, Ayman Nūr was stripped...
Date of source: Monday, August 17, 2015
Commenting on the decision of the United Arab Emirates to allocate land for the building of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, the columnist Dr. Khāled Muntasser suggested to run a referendum for building a mosque for Egypt's Shi`a-Muslim community.
Date of source: Friday, April 10, 2015
Iran releases an activist of the Bahā’ī community
The Iranian Security Authorities released on Friday human rights activist Nasīm Ashraqī of the Bahā’ī community after the end of her period of imprisonment which lasted a year in the Evin prison, in the northern part of Teheran. The website “Maf...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Oxford university professor Ṭāriq Ramadān was interviewed by DW to discuss raising Islamic radicalism and contemporary problems of Muslims in Europe. Ramadān thinks that the problem is in Muslims themselves and the way they market their religion and leave it for radicals to hijack and claim for...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
According to a statement issued by the office of the Attorney General’s office “the Muslim Brotherhood group is responsible for the Air Defence stadium massacre because they financed the Ultras Zamalek FC or the “White knights””. The statement added “the MB used their relationship with some leaders...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
The Clarion Project, a terrorism research institute, reported that the Muslim Brotherhood is beginning a period of retaliation against the Egyptian government.
Date of source: Thursday, November 19, 2015
Yesterday I received the unexpected news that Ezzat al-Salamony (ʿIzzat al-Salāmunī) died ... back in August. He was a leader in al-Gama'a al-Islamiya (the Islamic Group), designated a terrorist entity by the United States. I was able to interview him a couple of times.
Date of source: Sunday, November 15, 2015
During an aired interview delivered to Sky News Arabic TV Channel on Saturday evening, Grand Imam Dr. Ahmad al-Tayeb of Al-Azhar Al-Sharīf condemned the terror attacks that hit the French capital Paris on Friday. He said, “The news on these criminal attacks shocked me like anyone else who is...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Al-Azhar which has resisted and persecuted those who have attempted to reform Islam since the end of the 19th century, is now being called upon by Egypt’s president to do what they have long suppressed:. reforming Islam. The response of the shaykhs of al-Azhar has been to announce conferences and...
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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.