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Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2021
It is a fact that Cairo suffers from the overlapping sounds of mosques during prayer times especially since most mosques don’t lie that far from one another. That’s why the Ministry of Awqāf suggested starting to unify the call for prayer [Adhān] all around the city to minimize noise and to be a...
Date of source: Saturday, March 21, 2020
The Egyptian Ministry of Endowments decided on Saturday to stop of all Friday prayers and congregational prayers, for two weeks, in an attempt to prevent the spread of the Corona virus. The World Health Organization and other international health institutes have warned that the virus can easily...
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Ṣaīdā, Samīra and Hind are Dutch students, studying Arabic at Leiden University in the Netherlands. All three are originally from Morocco and are now on exchange in Egypt. They share their experiences of living in Egypt and compare it to their Arab heritage.
Furthermore, Majdī Ḥussaīn,...
Date of source: Friday, April 10, 2015
Hanad Sabrī: The future of Arab peoples in the hands of women
The Tunisian artist Hanad Sabrī is traveling to Tunisia at the beginning of the week to support a Tunisian tourism campaign. Speaking in an interview with journalists from the publication, Al-Bawūāba, she said that without women,...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Discontent among residents of Shaykh Zāyid district in 6 October City after spreading Shī'ah book to spread shi'ism off a number of mosques. Residents were surprised to find some people spreading brochures that spread shī'ah ideologies and praying the azān (call to prayer) in the shī'ah way.
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Interreligious tensions in Egypt are, unfortunately, very often related to church construction.
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2007
The authors discuss the issue of unifying the Adhān, whether it is a legitimate step or it contradicts Islamic Sharī‘ah. They quote the opinions of Muslim scholars on the issue.
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2007
Ahmad Tal‘at reports on the statements of Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, minister of religious endowments, about the project of unifying the call to prayers in Cairo’s mosques, asserting that the project will start next month.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Ḥasan ‘Allām interviews Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, Egyptian minister of religious endowments, who speaks about important issues of concern to Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim rejects the project of unifying the Adhān proposed by the Ministry of Religious Endowments as it abolishes a rite in Islam.
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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.