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Date of source: Friday, August 5, 2022
The past few months witnessed two noticeable attacks in the media on Imam Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Shaykh of al-Azhar. Last February, al-Ṭayyib was harshly criticized after old statements of his were discussed again and interpreted to permit “wife beating”.
On that day, Dār al-Iftāʾ tweeted, via its...
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Views of Muslim scholars differ over whether to accept the so-called "apology" of Pope Benedict for the remarks he made about Islam a few weeks ago. Nearly 38 Muslim scholars and leaders sent a letter to the pope to indicate their appreciation of the pope’s expression of regret and his affirmation...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999
The claims of persecution failed because they were groundless. The attempts of Egypt’s enemies are repeated year after the other, but all this ends always in a fiasco. This year the claims of the persecution failed due to the efforts of Drs. Cornelius Hulsman, editor of the Religious News Service [...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999
It is painful to work hard for the sake of your own people and then find them putting obstacles in your way instead of encouraging and thanking you. This is really what happened to President Mubarak before and during his visit to the USA. But the truth was revealed and the President was honored by...
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 1999
Two representatives of an organization called "Freedom House" in the USA claimed that they came to Egypt to make a report about the persecution of Copts in Egypt. A representative of this organization visited Egypt and met Boutros Ghali, the minister of the Egyptian economy, in order to give him...
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.