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Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2014
Followers of Shaykh Abū Isāc al-Huwaynī, the Salafī preacher, have published a video for him calling on the Islamists to withdraw from political work and start preaching. The Nūr Party stated that the National Alliance in Support for Legitimacy has broken their promises to the Salafī Shaykhs,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 16, 2014
Date of source: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Dr. Shawqī ‘Allām the Grand Muftī stated that opinion of the Ansār Bayt al-Maqdis group that it is performing jihad in the name of God is wrong and stated that he who carries arms and sheds blood and takes part in violence stands against the community’s consensus. He added that the fatwás calling...
Date of source: Monday, January 13, 2014
General al-Sīsī’s request for a popular delegation for him to nominate himself for presidency was well received among Coptic circles. Bishop Mūsá stated that he is a patriotic figure and that he is trustworthy while Kamāl Zākhir the Coptic thinker stated that selecting him is the popular will (‘Abd...
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
The Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has called upon Egyptians to give a ‘Yes’ vote in the Constitutional Referendum. He added in a video that was broadcasted in CTV, that there is an Arab proverb that “‘Yes’ increases the blessings” (Majdī Fikrī and Alī Ragab, al-Dustūr, Jan. 12. p. 3). Read...
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
We have often written about the dangers of Law 103/1961 pertaining to Al-Azhar reform and the negative consequences that followed its transformation from a mosque (jāmi’) to a university (jāmi’ah). Today our fears were realized due to the continual protests led by students in Azhar faculties (...
Date of source: Thursday, January 9, 2014
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic Hijrī calendar is known as ‘Āshūrā’. This day, is a sacred day celebrated by both Sunnīs and Shī’ah Muslims alike albeit for different reasons. Despite sharing this day in common, it highlights differences and brings memories of unjustified...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 30, 2013
On Thursday July 25, AWR Editor-in-Chief, Cornelis Hulsman, invited me and the other interns to take part to a very peculiar experience: joining him in his interview with Safwat Hegazi, a leading Islamist.
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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.