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Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2021
A delegation of 25 Muslim and Christian leaders from Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda and Zanzibar visited al-Azhar al-Sharif on Saturday, as part of the cooperation program with the Anglican churches in the African continent, to spread peace and a culture of acceptance of diversity and...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 2021
Coptic representative Ayman Shukrī, a member of the House of Representatives in Fayoum governorate, participated in the opening of the al-Ḥalīm Mosque in ʿIzbit Naṣṣār in the Fayyūm Centre.
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2021
During his visit to the Shaykh of Al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, the new archbishop of the Episcopal Church in Egypt, presented the idea of establishing a center for Islamic studies within the church.
Date of source: Monday, May 17, 2021
Many non-religious people in the West tend to believe religious people are irrational. Their view of religious Muslims is often even less favorable. They are, unjustly, often associated with religious extremism. Ignorance of the great diversity that we find in all religions as well as their...
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 2021
“The Together for Egypt” project continued its work in al-Minyā governorate with a workshop entitled “How to manage dialogue and discussion”. 23 Muslim and Christian youths participated in the workshop, which took place at the Community Development Association in the village of Zāwiya Sulṭān. The...
Date of source: Monday, February 8, 2021
Social reconciliation in Egypt has a long, entangled history. Social reconciliation takes place when families or communities need to settle their disputes. Mediation and negotiation are the cornerstones and focal points for settling societal disputes. Various methods were applied including security...
Date of source: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Major General Khālid Shuʿayb, governor of Maṭrūḥ, met with Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm Sālim, Director of the Azharian zone in Maṭrūḥ, Fr. Matā Zakariyyā, pastor of the Virgin Mary Church, and Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm Sulṭān, Director General of the Maṭrūḥ Preaching area. They met following the completion of...
Date of source: Thursday, January 14, 2021
Dr Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumaʿa, Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments), received a letter from His Holiness Pope Francis, the Pope of the Catholic Church, on the International Day of Peace regarding cooperation to promote a culture of humanitarian peace.
Date of source: Thursday, December 31, 2020
The author of this op-ed discusses how to truly implement the meaning of “tolerance” [al-tasāmuḥ] when it comes to interfaith dialogue. He stresses the need to find what unites people whether its nation or common humanity in order to overcome conflict. The article is as follows:
Date of source: Thursday, May 7, 2020
The Catholic, Evangelical and Episcopal churches of Egypt have announced that they have joined with al-Azhar and the Vatican to pray on Thursday May 14, for humanity to be relieved from the novel coronavirus pandemic, at the invitation of the Higher Committee for Human Fraternity.
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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.