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Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2017
The Islamophobia Observatory of the Egyptian Dār al-Iftā’ [House of Fatwā] welcomed the Canadian Parliament’s adoption of a bill to combat the phenomenon of Islamophobia.
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2017
Mrs. Ambassador Mirvat Talāwī, Director-General of the Arab Women Organization, participated in a panel discussion on the role of clerics and scientists in supporting women's empowerment.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2017
The Observatory of Islamophobia, an affiliate of the Egyptian Fatwa House welcomed the opportunity to conduct a national dialogue with Netherlands about Islam before the parliamentary elections. In this dialogue, hundreds of Dutch citizens were able to participate in a national debate about Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama expressed during a phone call on Friday (January 20) with Field Marshal Tantāwī over the crackdown launched by the government in Egypt on the civil society organizations, underlining the importance of the role played by NGOs.
Obama reiterated support of the United...
Date of source: Friday, January 14, 2011
The British Daily Mail newspaper has published an important report on the failure of the efforts to de-radicalize British terrorists after jailing them. It stated that about 70% of the Islam-inspired terrorists in the UK refuse to give up their radical ideas (Mahmūd Hussām, al-Tahrīr, Jan. 11, p. 6...
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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,...
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Randa Muqhār and the Deputy Director, Khaīrī Janbek are one of the first members of the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies in Jordan which established in July 1994. The purpose of the institute is to provide credible academic material regarding interfaith studies. Thus, the...
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Cornelis Hulsman spoke at the Arab Thought Forum in Jordan, concerning the need for a media watch system that prevents any misreporting. After all, misreporting might cause conflicts and tensions between Muslims and Christians.
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Prof. Ḥassan Nāfaʿa, Director of the Arab Thought...
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Cornelis Hulsman had been invited to a lecture in Hofgeismar, Germany, about his research about the violence around the Monastery of Abū Fānā, Egypt. Prof. Karl Pinggéra opened the conference with a reference to the Egyptian Holy Family tradition. Hulsman responded to this by linking...
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2016
In an opinion article, Ṭalat Radwan, contributor to Civic Egypt online magazine, critiqued Dr. ‘Abd al-Wahāb Al-Misrī's writings. Radwan claims that contrary to what has been circulating in the Egyptian cultural sphere, that Al-Misrī was rumored to be a liberal or Marxist, he has demonstrated his...
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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.