Displaying 81 - 90 of 168.
Date of source: Friday, March 6, 2020
In the village of Jaʿawīr, the center of Mallawī in al-Minyā governorate, cooler heads prevailed in containing a sectarian crisis that would have spread if not for the culture of love and pluralism among the people in the village and rapid security intervention. The source of the anger was an...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Bishop Aghāthūn, bishop of Maghāgha and al-ʿIdwah for Orthodox Copts announced the launching of a campaign on Facebook to fight what he described as false church teachings, innovation, modern heresies, and widespread misconceptions in several places through different means and channels. All of...
Date of source: Saturday, March 21, 2020
The Egyptian Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) categorically condemned the governmental State Information Service for pulling the press credentials of the British newspaper “The Guardian” and warning a reporter from the American newspaper “The New York Times” in Egypt. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Is the Coronavirus mentioned in the Qur’an? The Coronavirus is headed towards hitting the world and making thousands victim to it. Its infection has spread to most countries, and some people have employed verses of the Qur’an according to their desires.
Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2020
Portuguese Cartoonist Vasco Gargalo has been subjected to an Israeli campaign accusing him of anti-Semitism and demanding that he be dismissed, because of a caricature in solidarity with Palestine. This caricature coincided with the publishing of the American plan known as “the Deal of the Century...
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2020
The National Council for Women wrote an official complaint to Google administrators asking them to take down the music video “Salmonella” by the singer Tamīm. In the complaint, the Council points out that the song contains disrespectful language to women, undermines their rights, and openly incites...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The city of al-Manṣūrah in Egypt’s Delta witnessed a mass sexual harassment of two girls, coinciding with the release of a song by Egyptian artist Tamīm Yūnis, which some believe incites more violence against women. The incident happened on New Year’s Eve, and a shocking video published on social...
Date of source: Friday, January 3, 2020
The prominent Iraqi religious leader Muqtadā al-Ṣadr was criticised by Iraqi commentators for his inconsistent positions in relation to the killing of Qasem Soleimani, the leader of the Iranian al-Quds brigades.
In the comments Muqtadā al-Ṣadr was described as a follower to the Iranian orders and...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
In a clear message of rejection of the Saudi-Emirati-Egyptian intervention, activists on social networking sites posted a picture of youths at a sit-in around the Sudanese army general headquarters holding banners saying "No to Emirate-Saudi-Egyptian interference. No to support from Saudi Arabia...
Date of source: Thursday, April 18, 2019
The Islamic Research Academy has started publishing its series on the Islamic sciences on its official website through the al-Azhar portal in order to make its contents accessible to the reader in Egypt and abroad and achieve more effective cultural communication between al-Azhar and people from...
Pages
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.