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Date of source: Saturday, October 19, 2024
On November 18, the Coptic Orthodox Church will commemorate the 12th anniversary of Pope Tawāḍrūs’ inauguration as the 118th pope in church history and as the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark the Apostle.
Date of source: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Renowned press and media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, made a statement rejecting any connection between the October 6, 1973 war and the Operation Al-Aqṣā Typhoon, which was carried out against Israel by Ḥamās on October 7, 2023.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Osāma al-Azharī, Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) said that a distorted perception of religious discourse, which is based on fanaticism and disputes over doctrinal matters, could push some young people and adolescents to have wrong ideas about religions and gradually lead them to atheism.
Date of source: Friday, August 9, 2024
Chairman of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Authorities Worldwide and Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, stated that President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s calls for renewing religious discourse were both correct and timely.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Dr. Īhāb Ramzī, a member of the Legislative Committee of the House of Representatives, stated that his suggestion to divide the ʿIsmah between husbands and wives was not new and that his intention was merely to simplify the steps of the current khulʿ.
Date of source: Thursday, May 30, 2024
A fatwa secretary at the Dār al-Iftāʾ stated that slaughtering the udḥīya (sacrificial animals in Islam) in the streets is a cursed act, as said by the Prophet Muḥammad.
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2024
Shaykh Khālid al-Jamāl, a preacher at the Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments), praised the idea of the program Nūr al-Dīn (Light of Religion) by Dr. ʿAlī Jumʿa, the former grand muftī of Egypt, and said the senior scholar touched on several important topics.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Grand Imām of al-Azhar and Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, spoke about one of al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusna (99 Fairest Attributes of God), which is al-Ḥalīm, or the Clement.
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2024
Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, spoke back to those who say that Ṣūfīsm did not exist during the time of the Prophet Muḥammad and the Ṣaḥāba (the Prophet’s Companions), saying that these claims are groundless as they have been debunked on numerous occasions.
Date of source: Monday, April 1, 2024
Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Shahāwī, the chief of the Shāfʿī Sufi Order in Egypt, said that Ṣūfīsm, like any other branch of science, is guided by ten principles. He added that Ṣūfīsm concerns self-exploration and the pursuit of virtuous ethics, as well as the renunciation of bad manners.
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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.