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Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2022
A member of Al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars and the Muslim Council of Elders, Dr. Ḥasan al-Shāf ͑ī, was awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam for the year 2022, shared with the former president of Tanzania.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine (HCC) has condemned an attempt by Israeli extremists to assault the St. Eliās Church of the Greek Catholic Church in Ḥaifā.
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2023
Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ͑Arabī (1165-1240) was a renowned Ṣūfī philosopher, poet, and sage. He is considered one of the world’s greatest spiritual teachers and is often referred to by his disciples and students, as well as other Ṣūfīs, as “al-Shaykh al-Akbar” (The Greatest Master). The Ṣūfī Order of al-...
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2023
The unified sermon of the Friday’s Muslim congregational prayer all over the mosques of North Sinai governorate will be themed ‘Qurʾān is a book of mercy for the world’ upon instructions from the minister of awqāf (religious endowments), Muḥammad Mukhtār Jum ͑a.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
On Wednesday, Iraq welcomed a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the encouragement of dialogue and religious tolerance in the face of hate speech.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2023
The Muftī of the Sultanate of Oman, Aḥmad Bin Ḥamd al-Khalīlī, called for a “firm and comprehensive” Islamic boycott of Sweden in response to its “excessive” insults towards the Holy Qurʾān and Muslim sanctities on its lands.
Date of source: Saturday, July 29, 2023
On Saturday, Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church met with members of the Société d'Archéologie Copte (SAC) and several specialists who obtained Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Coptic studies at Egyptian universities during the past two years.
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2023
On Friday, Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church met with priests and servants of the churches in the Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar.
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2023
Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments) Muḥammad Mukhtār Jum ͑a and Governor of al-Jīza General Aḥmad Rāshid met leading preachers in the governorate of al-Jīza on Friday to discuss issues related to the regulation of the adhān (Muslim call for prayers).
Date of source: Saturday, July 15, 2023
The National Council for Women (NCW) confirmed that the rate of female circumcision in Egypt has plummeted thanks to growing awareness that the practice is a crime and has nothing to do with religion or medicine. They added that credit for this goes to the state, the NCW, and the National Council...
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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.