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Date of source: Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Controversy and disagreements flared up between Azhar leaders as a result of an invitation sent by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Sheikh of the Azhar calling him to hold a meeting for dialogue. The Grand Imam and the deputy Chairman of the Azhar Permanent Committee for Inter-Religious Dialogue...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2002
The Archbishop of Canterbury sent a message to the Sheikh of the Azhar to continue the Azhar´s dialogue with Jewish rabbis. He also asked followers of different religions to understand the tragedy Palestinians are facing. The Sheikh of the Azhar will agree to continue the dialogue with rabbis...
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2002
Bishop Mounir Anis, Episcopal Bishop of Egypt, sent us the following documents: - Archbishop to sign Anglican-Muslim agreement, - Text of the dialogue agreement between al-Azhar al-Sharif and the Anglican Communion, - Speech delivered at the American Embassy in Cairo for the Memorial Service of 11...
Date of source: Friday, January 18, 2002
The Azhar agreed to sign a dialogue agreement with the British Anglican church. The agreement aims to promote the common principles between Islam and Christianity. The Archbishop of Canterbury invited the Sheikh of the Azhar to visit London to attend the signing of the agreement.
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2002
Members of the Azhar Permanent Committee of Inter-Religious Dialogue returned to Cairo after attending the International conference for Inter-Religious Dialogue held in Brussels. They achieved great success in regard to the role the Azhar played in the International Conference for Inter-Religious...
Date of source: Monday, February 27, 2006
During last Thursday’s meeting of the Islamic Research Academy [http://www.isra.org.uk/], the grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, revealed an initiative to form an interfaith dialogue committee affiliated to the academy.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten reiterated its apology to the Muslim world over the cartoons it had published on September 30, 2005, which nourished antagonistic sentiments against Denmark. However, the newspaper editor Carsten Juste refused to pledge to not publish any more articles or cartoons...
Date of source: Friday, January 13, 2006
Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt are as old as Islam, says President of the Interfaith Dialogue Committee of the Azhar, Shaykh Fawzī al-Zifzāf during his meeting with a delegation from New Jersey University.
Date of source: Friday, October 21, 2005
Shaykh Fawzī al-Zafzāf, President of the Permanent Committee for Dialogue among the Monotheistic Religions at the Azhar, explains how the idea of dialogue dates to the early days of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2005
Interfaith dialogue committees were established everywhere especially after the September 11 attacks. Egypt’s official interfaith dialogue committee under the Azhar is headed by Shaykh Fawzī al-Zifzāf. Shaykh al-Zifzāf is interviewed over the progress made by his committee.
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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.