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Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2024
On Wednesday, 16th October, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune accused “extremist circles in France” of “attempting to distort collective memory and consign it to oblivion.”
Date of source: Monday, November 4, 2024
A fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ affirmed that there is nothing in Islam that denies women the right to assume leading positions, adding that despite what some may think, there is no gender-based preference regarding this issue.
Date of source: Saturday, November 23, 2024
The birth anniversary of Ṭaha Ḥusayn, a master of Arabic literature who died at the age of 83 in 1973, has been honored in recent days. Ḥusayn was a pioneer of enlightenment and contemporary writing in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 17, 2024
Jewish attempts to enter and disrupt al-Aqṣā Mosque are only part of the continuous tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. Both parties struggle to control the sacred sites in al-Quds (Jerusalem); while the mosque is Islam’s third holiest shrine, it is also Judaism’s holy Temple Mount, and...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Dār al-Iftāʾ fatwā secretary, Shaykh Moḥammed Wasām, has stressed the importance of properly clarifying the historical narrations pertaining to the head of Imām Ḥussein, in light of the ongoing debate surrounding its presence in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Currently, the entire world stands idle yet cannot overlook the severity of the genocide in the Gaza Strip, in which fighters, civilians, children, women and the elderly have been targeted indiscriminantly.
Date of source: Sunday, October 20, 2024
Religion, with all its official institutions, is one of the ideological organs of the state, being used as a mechanism for control, legitimacy, and justification of policies and practices, to the extent that a degree of religious sanctity is given to these institutions, which monopolize the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 19, 2024
On Monday, September 16, which was the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday), Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, made a speech that triggered wide-scale controversy in religious and media circles.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 16, 2024
As the birthplace of Jesus Christ, the Church of the Nativity in Palestine, is extremely significant to Christians, and all denominations travel there to receive its blessings, especially during the Christmas season.
Date of source: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Renowned press and media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, made a statement rejecting any connection between the October 6, 1973 war and the Operation Al-Aqṣā Typhoon, which was carried out against Israel by Ḥamās on October 7, 2023.
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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.