Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2017
The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights expressed its deep displeasure from the position of the salafīs’ negative position regarding the appointment of a women as Governor, whereby they used religion to affect the feelings of the simple [poor, undereducated] sectors of the Egyptian population...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
In 1889 [translators note: this date is most likely a typing mistake, correct date unknown] in one of Damascus’ streets, I picked up a photograph of a blind Muslim named Muḥammad carrying on his back this disabled Christian dwarf named Samīr.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Dr. Magdy Ashour [Majdī ʿĀshūr] , the adviser to the Mufti of the Republic, stressed that Christians in Egyptian are permitted to build churches when living under an Islamic state.
Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Mūkhtār Jumʿah, the Minister of Awqaf, said on Sunday, that the Ministry will publish a book in the few coming weeks under the title “The protection of churches in Islam”, which was prepared by a group of specialized scholars.
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The tape concerns an interview with Dr. ʿAbd al-Muʿṭī Bayūmī, professor ʾUṣūl al-dīn (sources of Islam) and scholar at the Azhar University. He tackles the issue of enlightenment in Islam while criticizing the Islamist views of Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī’s. Bayūmī praises Azhar Shaykh Dr....
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Interviewers: Eline Kasanwidjojo and Quinta Smit
Language of interview: English (original interview); English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Approved by interviewee
The interview took place in Dr. Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ's office in the Media Production City, 6th of October...
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Interviewer: Quinta Smit
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Approved by interviewee
The interview was conducted with a member of the Waṭan Party, just after he had left politics. He was never involved in politics...
Date of source: Sunday, May 17, 2015
The Muslim Community in Brazil organized a day for understanding Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, after the Brazilian Federal Congress mandated the 12th of May every year as a day to honor the religion of Islam. A number of representatives of the National Congress and the Parliament of the province...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Dr. ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Office (al-Irshād Office), issued a fatwá banning greeting Copts in Easter. The Muslim Brotherhood Muftī continued that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is against Muslims’ doctrine because Jesus or ‘Isá (as Muslims say) did...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has given an exclusive interview with the newspaper al-Akhbār. In the interview he said that Christians have long been part of the social and religious fabric of Egypt, and that it was in everyone’s interests to create a...