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Date of source: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The author says that the Azhar remained silent and neither denied nor confirmed whether Camellia converted to Islam or not and neither did the church. Bahiyy al-Dīn Husīn, general manager of the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, argues that there exist a secret agreement between the religious...
Date of source: Thursday, February 22, 2007
Shaykh of the Azhar Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī asserted that he had not yet announced his final approval to visit the Vatican, stating that the decision as to whether to approve or reject the visit requires deliberation and would not be made until the Azhar receives a formal invitation from Pope...
Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2002
The head of the International Forum of Women in Mexico invited the head of the Azhar Committee of Inter-
religious Dialogue to attend a three-day international conference in Mexico City. The conference includes the issue
of inter-religious dialogue on its agenda.
Date of source:
Many
conferences about terrorism and the distorted image of Arabs and Muslims in the Western media
were held last week.
The International Council for Mission and Aid held an inter-religious dialogue
conference in the Azhar. The Islamic
Council for inter-civilization dialogue and the Islamic...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Committee of al-Azhar for Dialogue with Monotheistic Religions was dissolved due to estimated
shortages of the
committee in facing the recent repeated offenses against Islam. A new committee was
formed.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
A Muslim-Christian conference has been held to face, what the author describes as, the chaos of religious freedom of expression.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
In this article, the author discusses the latest crisis of the ‘Document of Religious Rights’, signed by the Azhar, which he claims allows proselytizing. The author believes that such problems could be avoided by involving the Islamic Research Academy further in such matters.
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The Document of Religious Rights, signed in April 2005 by the former head of
the Interfaith Dialogue
Committee, Dr. Fawzī al-Zifzāf, with visiting U.S. Christian clerics, has
been categorically rejected
by the Religious Affairs Committee of the People’s Assembly, on the grounds that
it "...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
The
Dialogue Committee at the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has
announced a draft bill on respect of religions
and prevention of contempt for the beliefs of ‘the other’.
The draft will be presented at the next session of the
UN General Assembly.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
Shaykh ‘Umar al-Dīb, the new head of the Azhar’s Inter-Religious Committee for Dialogue between the Heavenly Religions, in an interview spoke about the tasks and the financial system of the committee.
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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.