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Date of source: Sunday, November 20, 2011
On November 18, 2011 a new newspaper was published, al-Rahmah, the second mouthpiece for the salafi camp after al-Fatah, published on October 28.
Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2011
A number of the Azhar Scholars, members of the “Egyptian Family House” and the three Egyptian churches welcomed the draft law on building houses of worship. They all asked for its issuance as soon as possible in order to face the sectarian fitnah that takes place every now and then. The Azhar...
Date of source: Monday, October 10, 2011
Muftī of the Republic A’lī Jum’ah condemned attacking Islamic and Christian tombs in the city of Yāfā in Palestine by extremist Jews and writing provocative racial expressions on them.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Responding to the huge stand of the salafīs yesterday before in Kafr el-Shaykh to support Shaykh Abu Ishāq al-Hūwīnī against Muftī Alī Gum’ah, a large number of scholars and students from al-Azhar and the global union of sūfī scholars headed by Prof. Hassan al-Shāfi’ī decided to organize a stand...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah, Muftī of the Republic, called on the United Nations and Western countries to support Egyptian development projects.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, welcomed Dr. Alī Jum‘ah (Dr.), Muftī of the republic of Egypt, to Lambeth Palace in the U.K., as they discussed various pertinent issues such as the situation in Egypt since the January 25 Revolution. The Archbishop expressed his appreciation of...
Date of source: Thursday, July 7, 2011
Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah, Muftī of the Republic, writes that Islam assures political rights for the individuals. There are four main political rights in Islam: first the right to choose the ruler; second, participation in issues that concerns the general public, which is the concept of the shūrá; third,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2011
'Grow your beard before Ramadan' is the slogan of a campaign planned by the salafists, who are calling for a million men to be bearded before the holy Muslim fasting month, corresponding with August.
"I would like to see similar campaign for a million women to wear the niqāb [full-face veil],"...
Date of source: Thursday, June 2, 2011
Dr. 'Abd al-Akhar Hamād, Muftī of al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah, said that the group completely refuses the option of a Christian becoming president.
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Middle East Media Research Institute recently highlighted a YouTube video issued by the former Muftī of Egypt, Nasr Farīd Wāsil, on May 7, 2011. In his presentation, MEMRI quotes him as saying:
The martyr Bin Lādin, Allah's mercy upon him, waged Jihad for the sake of Allah against the Soviets...
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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.