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Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Talāl Naṣr criticizes the use of media in attacking religions. He believes that the issue of converting from one religion to another should be kept a personal affair. Nasr exclaims that problems in Egypt have nothing to do with religion but with the corruption of the ruling regime.
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Two young women, Maryān Mīlād and Teresa ‘Ayyād, were last Monday returned to their families by the police after a reported conversion to Islam followed by three days of demonstrations by the Coptic youth community at the Mar Girgis Church, in denunciation of what the protesters described as the...
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: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
An Indonesian woman has read Qur’ānic verses in the opening of an international conference at the Azhar University, causing controversy.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Scholars of the Azhar expressed their strong rejection to the establishment of a [belly] dance school in Egypt, stressing that the foundation of such a school is contradicting with the Islamic Sharia and the Egyptian constitution which states that Islam is the official religion of the state and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 2003
The author believes that there is no convincing reason for stopping the TV program "Ro´a” [Revelations] which hosts Muslim scholars and psychiatrists to interpret dreams. The program is said to have prompted the imminent coming of the Awaited Mahdi.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 7, 2002
The Creed and Philosophy Committee of the Islamic Research Institute has decided to give the apostate a life time chance to recant his apostate ideas and not only a three-day chance as is laid down in the Islamic fiqh [jurisdiction]. Many Azhar scholars have objected to this decision.
Date of source: Friday, May 3, 2002
Bishop Kenneth Cragg gave a lecture at the Azhar University. He said it is necessary to work for peace among the followers of the revealed religions and that it is important for all people to live in security and stability. He added that Israel is behind the conflict in the Middle East because has...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2004
Over time, a new genre of preachers has appeared--those who specialize in social and family counseling, which is a well-known profession in American society. But those who practice it in Egypt have given it an Islamic shade, and thus, they have played an important role in attracting thousands of...
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The Islamic Research Institute decided not to ban books that are not in accordance with the Islamic Shari’a. The institute will only respond to the wrong ideas expressed in such books.
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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.