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Date of source: Thursday, September 14, 2023
The salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party said that it will be filing a lawsuit against the decision to ban the niqāb (face-covering veil) in Egyptian schools.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2023
A member of the House of Representatives said that the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has shed light on the Palestinian issue for the world to confront and address, describing the top Sunni cleric’s speech in a conference in Germany as “historic and important.”
Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2023
Al-Azhar’s Media Center announced the start of the second season of the international drawing and portraiture forum under the motto ‘Empowerment of Women’ on August 11-September 10, 2023 under the auspices of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb.
Date of source: Saturday, August 12, 2023
A professor of Islamic studies at the German University of Münster, Dr. ʿĀṣim Ḥifnī, said that the renewal of religious discourse is the issue of the hour, and has been for perhaps every hour, since Islam was revealed to this day.
Date of source: Saturday, August 12, 2023
Nādir Shukrī, a journalist specialized in Coptic affairs, confirmed that Maryam Samīr, an assistant professor at the University of al-ʿArīsh, North Sinai governorate, was safe.
Date of source: Thursday, July 6, 2023
Twelve thinkers and researchers are attending the Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd Conversations Week in an intellectual salon to start at 09:00 p.m. on Saturday (July 8).
Date of source: Sunday, July 2, 2023
Director of the Marriage Counseling Center at Dār al-Iftāʾ, Dr. ͑Amr al-Wardānī, said family violence does not align with the five objectives of the sharī ͑a, which works towards the preservation of religion, self, mind, offspring, and property.
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2017
The Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) has shown interest in women’s affairs and has established a department dedicated to answering women’s questions through a team of female muftīs who are well-versed in sharī ͑a rules and provisions.
Date of source: Saturday, July 15, 2023
The National Council for Women (NCW) confirmed that the rate of female circumcision in Egypt has plummeted thanks to growing awareness that the practice is a crime and has nothing to do with religion or medicine. They added that credit for this goes to the state, the NCW, and the National Council...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
A TV series called ‘Ḥaḍrat al-͑ Umda’ (The Distinguished Mayor) has worked to address social problems, including female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). FGM is a cultural tradition that leaves deep psychological and physical scars and has been known to violate girls’ rights.
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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.