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Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawādrūs II said that Islam in Egypt is moderate, and does not call for violence.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
On Thursday,the Ministry of Endowments will hold a symposium at al-Ḥusayn Mosquetitled 'The Danger of Propaganda Rhetoric', Among the participants are Dr. ʿAbd Allāh al-Najjār, member of al-Azhar Islamic Research Academy, Dr. ʿUthmān Aḥmad ʿUthmān, Professor of Economy and the deputy of the Higher...
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
Dr. ʿAbbās Shūmān, deputy of al-Azhar, said that al-Azhar would not infidelize any person (takfīr), stating that the appropriate description of terrorists is that they fight God and the Prophet and that they are corrupted. Their judgement in Islam would be death and crucifixion, and the chopping...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2018
On February 17, 2018, Arab-West Report sent a delegation of interns to Qufāda, a village in Maghāgha, al-Minīa, to inquire into the outstanding relationship between its Christian and Muslim population. We interviewed two religious leaders, Abūna [Father] Yuʾannas, the priest of Qufāda’s Coptic...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, announced the launching of a satellite channel which, according to him, would be popularly accepted by Egyptians who trust in the moderate stance of The Azhar body.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 to Sunday, March 4, 2018
In a precedent inside the first parliament after the January 25 revolution, Salafī MP Mamdūh Ismā’īl stunned all fellow lawmakers when he recited the azān (Muslim call for prayers) for the ‘asr (afternoon) inside the People’s Assembly hall during debates.
Parliament Speaker Sa’d al-Katātnī...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Members at the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy has rejected a Finance-Ministry-proposed bill sectioning the introduction of Islamic financial bonds.
Date of source: Monday, February 6, 2012 to Thursday, March 1, 2012
The Giza Emergency Supreme State Security Court adjourned to the April 1 session the Imbābah incidents case in which 48 persons – 33 Muslims and 15 Christians – are facing charges of illegal assembly, premeditated murder, attempted murder, sparking and inciting sectarian fitnah and setting fire to...
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2017
The author, Dr. Amānī Fūʾād, believes that niqāb represents in its deep meaning the purpose of obscuring women and veiling their whole existence. The denial of the body, despite its existence, leads to reducing it to the physical sexual aspect, and it marginalizes women’s potentials and roles in...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2017
In response to what has been recently circulated that an Egyptian court prevented a Christian citizen from giving testimony, SaʿīdʿAbd al-Masīḥ ʿAbd Allāh, a lawyer, said that in 2016, he was able to testify before the Family Court and the judge accepted his testimony.
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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.