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Date of source: Thursday, September 26, 2024
“In only 23 years, the Prophet Muḥammad managed to bring mankind from darkness to light and to set up a fully-fledged Ummah (state) based on knowledge, righteousness, dignity, and humanity,” said the deputy grand imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī. “This state has spread throughout the world...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa said the presence of Dār al-Iftāʾ clashes with the principles of a democratic state, adding: “With all due respect to all opinions, thoughts, persons, and institutions, but there is no democratic state that has an iftāʾ house.”
Date of source: Monday, September 9, 2024
A Shem Tov Bible text from the 1312 Spanish Golden Age will go up for auction at Sotheby's in New York on Tuesday, September 10, with a starting bid of $5–7 million.
Date of source: Sunday, August 11, 2024
The General Organization for Cultural Palaces (GOCP) is organizing a symposium on the Holy Family Trail and its role in preserving the Coptic heritage and the Egyptian identity at the al-Sāmir Theatre in the Jīza district of al-ʿAjūza.
Date of source: Monday, July 15, 2024
Since the narrative of Gog and Magog is included in the Holy Qurʾān, it is undeniably a part of Islamic heritage. However, opinions on its meanings are varied.
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2024
On the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the July 23 Revolution, President ʿAbd el Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the Egyptian people received congratulations from the Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, Sheikh of al-Azhar. According to al-Azhar, the revolution was a turning point in Egyptian history that...
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2024
In honor of the 72nd anniversary of the July 23 Revolution, the Coptic Orthodox Church, led by Pope Tawāḍrūs, expressed its congratulations to President ʿAbd el Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the Egyptian people. The revolution, which allowed Egyptians to establish self-government and an independent state, was...
Date of source: Friday, May 3, 2024
During the last Friday of the Hegira calendar month of Shawwāl, the Ṣūfī Orders are celebrating the mūlid (birth anniversary) of the founder of the Shādhilī Order, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī.
Date of source: Friday, May 10, 2024
Atheists deny the existence of a God and believe that this universe has come about without a creator. They affirm that material and substance are eternal and everlasting and presume that they have created themselves.
Date of source: Thursday, May 16, 2024
To the sound of the hymns of “Sunday Dawn,” “The Resurrection,” and other songs, a boat sailed on cruise of the Nile on which there was a group of priests, tourism investors, and university professors, as well as representatives of Egyptian communities who lived abroad, to inaugurate a new...
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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.