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Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of the Azhar, formerly Egyptian Mufti , compared the US invasion of Iraq to the liberation of Mecca in an interview with the Al-Hurra channel last week. He explained that US forces came to aid the people of Iraq and rescue them from the tyranny,...
Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2004
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, has once submitted a draft law to the People’s Assembly on the development of the Azhar but the top Muslim Imam was not aware then that he was treading on a landmine. A fierce campaign of opponents have accused him that he wants to...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
Any action from the Egyptian government to spur reform of the Azhar is met with accusations and lawsuits from Azhar scholars, parliament members, and Islamist activists, claiming that these reforms are in response to American pressure. Nevertheless, the debate continues as to whether the Azhar...
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2001
Some of the directors of the Islamic institutions in Britain criticized the British government for not controlling the activities of the extremist imams who encourage young people, in the name of jihad, to rebel against the society in which they live and to participate in violent activities. For...
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2001 to Tuesday, January 1, 2002
The article gives the opinion of Nabil Luka Bebawy concerning the problems facing Copts in Egypt and how to solve them. Bebawy believes that among the problems facing Copts in Egypt are the Hamayouni Law for building churches, the appointment of Copts in senior positions, the fact that the Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2001
The author agrees with the opinion given in respect of attacking Israeli civilians by the Sheikh of the Azhar rather than with the opinions given by the Mufti of Egypt. He agrees with the Sheikh of the Azhar because he gave his opinion a political dimension and took into consideration the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 15, 2001 to Friday, December 21, 2001
The article gives an overview of the terrorist actions Ayman Al-Zawahri and his followers committed in Egypt. It also speaks about the reasons that led Al-Zawahri to blow up the Egyptian embassy in Pakistan.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2001
Muslims and Christian mulids are celebrated in a similar way and are an expression of their happiness. Muslims are affected by the Christian celebrations and the celebrations of both of them carry Pharaonic features. All Egyptians celebrate the mulids of Sayeda Zeinab [Muslim], Al-Hussein [Muslim...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 13, 2001
The author speaks about the absent role of the Islamic religious institution and gives his perception of the role it should play. He believes that the Islamic religious institution is not able to spread an awareness of Islam in the West, which believes Islam to be the new enemy of western...
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001 to Friday, November 16, 2001
Dr. ’Ebada Kahilah, professor of Islamic history, says that the most brutal assassinations and suicide missions are those performed on a religious basis. In Islamic history there are different periods of assassination. Hassan Al-Sabbah was the first to form a group, in Islamic history, to use...
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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.