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Date of source: Sunday, December 16, 2007
The article reviews a Vatican document about the rights of evangelizing non-believers and welcoming converts from denominations other than Catholicism.
Date of source: Monday, December 17, 2007
Two sectarian incidents took place in the city of Isnā in the governorate of Qena, causing significant damage to Copts’ properties. Copts refused to accept the ’usual’ reconciliation meetings with Muslims, instead demanding compensation for the damages.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
In a conference on the performance of Muslim Imāms, the minister of endowments criticized relics for not sufficiently caring about the issue of renewing the religious discourse. He announced that the ministry has distributed a book ‘The Guide of Imām’ to all Shaykhs.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2007
The Community Council in Alexandria calls for two Azhar lecturers to be interrogated for offending Christianity.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Muftī of Egypt faced a storm of criticism following his ’controversial’ remarks about the Egyptian youths who died on the Italian shores while trying to cross the border illegally in search of a better life, in which he condemned their illegal acts and refused to consider them martyrs.
Date of source: Saturday, October 6, 2007
Muḥammad ‘Imārah claims that expatriate Copts raise suspicions about the Qur’ān to undermine Islam and prove that the Qur’ān is equal to the Bible, when in reality they are aware of the Bible’s perversion.
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2007
Aḥmad al-Buḥayrī reports on the statements of Azhar scholars who criticized Pope Benedict XVI’s secretary who spoke about the Islamization of Europe.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 to Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The article is based on a listing of article on a Fatwá issued by the
Muftī of Egypt Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, in which he believes that companions of Prophet
Muhammad used to drink his urine in order to receive blessings.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The article is based on a listing of articles that talk about the Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah and his Fatwá which believes that drinking from Prophet Muhammad’s urine bestowed blessings. Despite the fact that the Islamic Research Academy has asked the Muftī to withdraw this claim, he...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The article provides a listing of articles on two controversial Fatwás issued by the Muftī of Egypt and a professor at the Azhar University. The first fatwá says that the prophet’s urine used to be given to his companions for blessings. The second one urges working women to breastfeed their male co...
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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.