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Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Ḥasan ‘Allām interviews Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, Egyptian minister of religious endowments, who speaks about important issues of concern to Muslims.
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...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Political terrorism has spread on an international level, but it is relatively recent in Egypt and not widespread due to the tolerant and religious Egyptian nature. It is true that Egypt witnessed many terrorist activities, still terrorism in Egypt has been remarkably restrained, due to the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2001
The Islamic thinker Mohammed Omara expressed the opinion that it was a great illusion to imagine that it would be possible to isolate civilizations. There should be interaction between the different civilizations. He added that what Berlusconi said about the superiority of the Western civilization...
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
Dr. Mahmoud Zaqzouq speaks on many aspects of Muslim houses of worship, highlighting the ability to build more mosques, but noting that other priorities also exist. He also denies foreign influence over the actions of his Ministry of Awqāf.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 20, 2005
During an interview, Muhammad Mahdi ‘Ākif assured that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a political party or group, but an Islamic umbrella association. It is concerned with education, upbringing, economics, media and even athletics.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2002
In the article, Bishop Dr. Yohanna Qulta talks about the birth of Christ describing it as a beam of God´s light. He also speaks about national unity in Egypt stressing that being believers of different religions has never been a barrier before the coherence of Muslims and Copts. He believes that...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 4, 2006
The author, Hasan ‘Allām, is reviewing a book by Coptic figure Dr. Nabīl Luqā Bibāwī, which refutes allegations that he claims are propagated by Jews and fanatic writers about the Virgin Mary.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In this interview Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Azhar, answers questions about Islamic-Christian dialogue, developing the religious discourse, Azhar education, rights of women in Islam and others.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Dr. Nabil Luka Bebawi believes that President Mubarak is the master of national unity in Egypt and that the problems of Copts are domestic problems that should be solved internally without any foreign intervention. He said that there is no religious persecution in Egypt as some people claim.
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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.