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Date of source: Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Despite the temporary calm since the beginning of 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron’s campaign on “radical Islam” and “Islamist separatism” in France hasn’t stopped. Instead, the temporary calm has perhaps come to contain the outrage that Macron’s statements provoked when he stated that “...
Date of source: Monday, January 18, 2021
The French Council Muslim Faith (CFCM) has officially approved a ‘charter of principles’ for Islam in France, which will reshape the affairs of the second-largest faith in this European country.
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2021
Officials of the French Council of Muslim Faith (CFCM) announced on Saturday, that an agreement has been reached for a ‘charter of principles’ for Islam in France. The charter specifically stipulates the ‘compatibility’ of Islam with the principles of the Republic, the rejection of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Dār al-Iftāʾ’s Islamophobia Observatory in Egypt, praised the popular solidarity initiatives that European Muslims in the West started with the victims of terrorist attacks that have struck some European capitals. All of this comes amidst a series of provocative statements and incidents towards...
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 2020
Egyptian and French officials held discussions on Sunday related to terrorism, extremism, and political developments in the region.
Date of source: Monday, December 21, 2020
Sources revealed that the Ministry of Endowments [al-Awqāf] handed over the file of Shaykh Aḥmad Hammām, preacher at the Endowment Directorate in Alexandria, to administrative prosecution to investigate him for violations. He is reported to have supported the killing of those who insult the Prophet...
Date of source: Saturday, October 31, 2020
The Observatory for Monitoring Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Views condemned the terrorist attack targeting a Greek Orthodox priest in the French city of Lyon.
Date of source: Monday, October 26, 2020
In a meeting led by Shaykh of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib on Monday, the Muslim Council of Elders condemned the systematic campaign seeking to disparage the Prophet Muḥammad and mock Islam under the motto of “freedom of expression.” It also condemned the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty as...
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2020
Since the beheading of a French history teacher by a religious extremist in France, French officials have been facing outcry on social media for their statements insisting the incident is linked to Islam.
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.