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Date of source: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) has presented its report on the recent sectarian incidents in Alexandria, making several proposals that it hopes will help avoid future sectarian violence.
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2004
In less than two months I have heard the talk about the jizya [tax on non-Muslims under a Muslim government] taking place twice from our honorable scholars.
I tried as much as I could to avoid involvement in this thorny issue but finally I realized that the return of this sectarian undertone to...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In this interview Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Azhar, answers questions about Islamic-Christian dialogue, developing the religious discourse, Azhar education, rights of women in Islam and others.
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
One feels terrified when one hears about the recent acts of kidnapping hostages in Iraq. Kidnappers always raise Islamic mottos that encourage taking civilians as hostages in time of war. I hurried to the Mufti, Sheikh Ali Goma’a, seeking answers to many questions so that I may be able convince...
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 2004
Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, the Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments], stressed that his ministry did not breach the rules of Shari’a or infringe on fundamental aspects of Islamic religion when it adopted a project aiming at unifying the azan of Greater Cairo’s mosques. In a press conference, the...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
The Grand Mufti stated that jizya should be imposed on non-Orthodox Christians living in Egypt. He confirmed that jizya is deeply rooted in Fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence]. We must differentiate, however, between Orthodox Christians; Egyptian citizens, and other Christian denominations, including...
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq was able to embarrass his opponents when he presented the statement issued by the Egyptian Grand Mufti, Dr. Ali Goma’a, in which he emphasized that unifying the Azan is lawful according to Shari’a and that the great four Muslim imams permitted performing a singe Azan for a...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2004
Dr. Soad Saleh, the head of the department of compared jurisprudence at the Azhar University, proposed her idea of creating a committee for women's fatwas to be affiliated with the Dar Al-Iftaa [House of fatwa-giving] to the current Grand Mufti Dr. Clearly enough, Dr. Soad has been totally...
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
The discussion following the lecture was interesting and covering topics like dialogue, distorted reporting, church building and missionary work.
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
Lord Carey concluded his lecture that despite some having prophesied an inevitable ‘clash of cultures’, we have a chance to belie the prophets of gloom and create a new relationship between Islam and Christianity.
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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.