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Date of source: Saturday, September 3, 2011
Last week, Shaykh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president of the UAE and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, emphasized that conserving the rich Islamic scientific heritage and propagating it around the world are vital in promoting cultural dialogue, which, in turn, will inspire interest in...
Date of source: Friday, September 2, 2011
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Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayīb, has resumed his meetings after Eīd al-Fitr, with intellectuals and thinkers from various spectrums on the activation of the Azhar document after approval from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).
Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2011
Global church council delegation praised Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb's, Grand Shaykh, initiative 'Family House' and applying it in reality in cooperation with the Egyptian church to support national unity, face fitnah tā'ifīyah, and prevent religious fanaticism.
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Followers of salafī leader Hāfiz Salāmah prevented the imām of al-Nūr mosque in al-'Abāsīyah from ascending the mosque pulpit to give the Friday sermon.
Salāmah ascended the pulpit to prevent Turk from giving the sermon, asserting that the pulpit of al-Nūr mosque will not be ascended by anyone...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The author states that the deterioration of the Azhar's role in general is a result of various factors, and the most important is the emergence of political Islamist groups.
He believes that the policy adopted by Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, augurs well about a change in the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2011
Muslims will face an LE10 fine if their cell phones ring during prayers at a Giza mosque, which is popular with al-'Ayāt town residents, the local media reported on March 30.
The fines will be used for upgrading the government-run mosque, which has become the first mobile-free place of worship in...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The Egyptian religious establishment adhered to its position of favoring stability and opposing the spread of chaos and sabotage. It has also supported the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the five communiqués it has issued since it took over following the stepping down of President Ḥusnī...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
On Wednesday, al-Maydān published an interview with Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the Grand Imām of the Azhar.
Al-Tayyib said that those who carried out the bombing of the Church of the Two Saints in Alexandria on New Year’s Day are “enemies of the Prophet.”
The interviewer told the Grand Imām that some...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2011
The Azhar will soon reverse its decision to suspend religious dialogue with the Vatican, according to al-Dustūr.
“Informed sources” told the newspaper that mediation efforts between the two parties are underway. They added that the Azhar is not expecting an apology so much as “positive...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2011
In her article Manāl ‘Abd al-‘Azīz claims that recent Muslim-Christian tension in Egypt is the result of deteriorating social, economic, and political conditions.
She wonders whether recent attacks on Copts really are the result of hidden religious hatreds or if they instead reflect a “deep sense...
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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.