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Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
The High Scholar Council has assured in its meeting yesterday (January 11) that the Constitution does not contradict with Islam or sharī’ah (Ayyah Fathī, al-Dustūr, Jan. 12, p. 3).
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
Dār al- Iftā’ has assured in a new fatwá that political pluralism is permitted in Islam (Ali Ragab, al-Dustūr, Jan. 12, p. 2).
Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2014
Dr. Yāssir Burhāmī, the vice president of the Salafī Call in a visit to members of the Nūr Party and the Salafī Call in Aswan, called upon them to take along their relatives and give a ‘yes’ vote in the referendum. He added that the draft constitution protects Islamic identity and refers to Islamic...
Date of source: Friday, January 10, 2014
Al-Azhar is lost between the old and the new!
Date of source: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Egypt’s Dar al-Iftā`, the governmental body in charge of issuing religious edicts, said the conference was another attempt by Islamist factions to legitimize violence and spread chaos across the country. “This is especially clear in the choice of venue. Turkey’s hostility towards Egypt is no secret...
Date of source: Thursday, July 30, 2015
The Egyptian political thinker, Dr. Mustafa al-Feqi, said that the new Suez Canal is an integrated national project that marks the beginning for new investments, stressing that the new channel will yield economic productivity as well as political and military profit. However, al-Feqi added, a...
Date of source: Sunday, May 17, 2015
An Egyptian court sent Mursī’s case to the Grand Mufti for a final review after it sentenced the deposed president to death. The decision was met with wide international criticism; many foreign observers believe the verdict to be of a political rather than legal nature. An anonymous source within...
Date of source: Monday, July 20, 2015
In a statement he disclosed today, Mr. Samāha al-Sayed Mahmūd al-Sharīf, head of Al-Ashrāf Syndicate, announced that the religious institution in Egypt is integrated under the umbrella of the State, and that Al-Azhar is the beacon of moderate Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2011
On the eve of December 31, 2010, a blast targeted the Two Saints Church in Alexandria, killing 24 Egyptians and wounding more than 90 others. In a year’s time, the facade of the church was restored and the remains of bodies were removed off the walls of the Sharq al-Madīnah mosque on the other side...
Date of source: Monday, March 9, 2015
Egypt's Grand Mufti, Dr. Shawqi `Allām stated that many organizations and groupings have intentionally misinterpreted the relationship between religion and politics in order to serve their own political interests and agendas. According to `Allām, it is important to explain this relationship from...
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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.