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Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2023
On Sunday, the shrine of Imām ʿĀlī ibn Abī Ṭālib in Najaf, Iraq announced the participation of more than two million visitors in the commemoration of the birth of Imām ʿĀlī over the weekend.
Date of source: Monday, June 13, 2022
The Lady of Heaven was able to provoke controversy since its premiere last week in Britain. The film has sparked many protests across the country, where over 120,000 people signed a petition calling for the film to be banned because it touched on Islamic sanctities in an inappropriate way. In...
Date of source: Saturday, July 5, 2014
While ISIS is campaigning for its cause internationally, trying to draw people from the Arabic and Islamic worlds to join its ranks, Al- Da’wah al- Salafiah has stated that ISIS leaders are heretics and kharijites (various Muslims who, while initially supporting the authority of the final Rashidūn...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
In an opinion article published by Civic Egypt, Rāghib Al- Rikābī wrote about the difference between Islam during the early Islamic period of Mecca and the Islamic experience witnessed after the hijra, or emigration; the date of this event marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic Hijrī calendar is known as ‘Āshūrā’. This day, is a sacred day celebrated by both Sunnīs and Shī’ah Muslims alike albeit for different reasons. Despite sharing this day in common, it highlights differences and brings memories of unjustified...
Date of source: Monday, August 19, 2013
In the Virgin Mary Cathedral for Catholic Copts, situated only a few streets behind the area of Rābaʽah al-‘Adawīyyah, I met with Bishop Yohanna Qulta on the 13th of August, following an article he wrote, “The Impossibility of Civil War in Egypt,” in which he stated that he did not fear a civil...
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2011
This third and final article on Shaykh Usāmah al-Qūsī focuses on a matter closest to his heart and specialization of study: The sunna of Muhammad, that is, what he said and did outside the recorded testimony of the Qur'ān. Whereas article one provided his life history in pursuit of this knowledge,...
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Over the past decade many Egyptians involved in disputes have attempted settlement through what are known as 'reconciliation sessions'.
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Pope Shenouda III attributes the escalation in the Palestinian crisis to the division of Arabs and their incapacity or unwillingness to take the risk of reaction. In a world dominated by power, only solidarity can be useful in facing the different challenges. Pope Shenouda also denounced the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2008
Karam Jabr calls on members of the Shūrá Council to approve the draft law to ban demonstrations in houses of worship, explaining the useful impact of this law on the performance of mosques and churches.
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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.