Date of source: Friday, November 18, 2011
An advertisement of the Italian clothing company Benetton featuring Pope Benedict XVI kissing the Shaykh Al-Azhar has provoked a storm of angry reactions in Italy and the company was forced to remove it almost immediately.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb called on the Western religious institutions led by the Vatican to stop "spreading the culture of hatred and incitation against Islam and end groundless attacks on it."
"We need to search for enlightened models that would contribute to disseminating the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
طالب الدكتور أحمد الطيب شيخ الأزهر المؤسسة الدينية الغربية وعلي رأسها الفاتيكان بالتخلي عن نشر ثقافة الحقد والتحريض ضد الإسلام، والتوقف عن الهجوم عليه بإدعاءات باطلة، لافتا إلي محاضرة بابا الفاتيكان بنديكت السادس عشر الشهيرة في ألمانيا التي هاجم فيها الإسلام.
Date of source: Sunday, September 11, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI called on political leaders to resist the temptation to hate as he marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in Italy.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
There is no doubt that what the Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik did was terrorism, viewed by the Arab nations as an ascension of the European ultra-rightist’ groups. A number of extreme Islamists' websites mentioned that Breivik’s website proves his ultra-rightist’ orientation...
Date of source: Monday, June 20, 2011
The papal nuncio to Egypt Monsignor Michael Fitzgerald said endeavors are still going on to re-establish relations between the Azhar and the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican after Pope Benedict XVI gave statements misunderstood to be offensive to Muslims.
Fitzgerald expected the ties binding...
Date of source: Monday, May 23, 2011
Dr. Muhammad 'Abd al-Jawād, Diplomatic advisor of the Azhar Grand Shaykh, said that the Azhar is still refusing to engage in dialogue with the Vatican, without an official apology from the Vatican Pope, who defamed Islam describing it as a bloody religion.
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Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Dr. Nabīl al-'Arabī, minister of foreign affairs, has met with Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City in Italy where they discussed the situation in Egypt, specifically the Coptic file.
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI met with the new Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi on 18 May, 2011, amid concerns over the safety of Christians caught up in the Arab revolutions of the Middle East. The meeting, which followed talks between Arabi and Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's foreign minister, took...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
According to MENA, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb announced that the Azhar’s relations with the Vatican will remain frozen until Pope Benedict XVI apologizes for statements concerning Muslims that he had made earlier this year.
In response to attacks that targeted Christians in Egypt,...