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Date of source: Thursday, September 6, 2007
al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ proposed a debate on how some Muslim scholars consider inter-religious dialogue. While many approve of it as being a positive means of creating peace and ending conflicts, others reject it in under the present conditions of attacks on Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, November 9, 2006
The proposal of the National Council for Human Rights
(N.C.H.R.)
for reviving religious dialogue and reform of the educational curricula of the Azhar University has evoked
different reactions from religious and educational circles at the university.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Safā’ Mustafá
warns about the spread of new private Islamic institutes which are not supervised by either the Azhar or the
Ministry of Awqāf. She believes that these could promote false teachings of Islām with their emphasis
on less educated preachers.
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
Azhar scientists support Egypt’s muftī, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a in the face of criticism from some intellectuals concerning his fatwa banning full-figure statues.
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2005
Grand Imam of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, said if a woman wore the niqāb to cover her face with the aim of committing a murder or intimidating the innocent civilians, God would double her punishment because in this case she is like a hypocrite that pretends piety while concealing...
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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.