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23. Vatican Studies Azhar's Decision to Freeze Dialogue, Egyptian Churches Demand Continued Meetings
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2011
In the Vatican’s first official statement since the Azhar’s decision to freeze religious dialogue, Priest Federico Lombardi says that the Vatican is studying the Azhar’s decision, but that it still desires to hold dialogue between all religions.
Azhar spokesman Muhammad Rifā'ah al-Tahtāwī pointed...
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2011
The Egyptian government and religious officials continue to express their shock and their outrage over the attack of the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria.
Safwat al-Sharīf, the chairman of the Supreme Press Council, stressed the importance of finding out everything...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
The United States Department of State recently issued a declaration claiming that freedom of religion in Egypt is underwhelming, saying that minorities suffer from religious discrimination in various aspects of social and political life. After this, it was announced that the Azhar and the church...
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2010
Azhar Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib has decided to postpone the press conference that was previously announced for yesterday.
Instead, a joint statement between Muslims and Christians will be issued in response to the American report on religious freedom in Egypt. The response is expected to say...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The author says that Egyptian ruler Muhammad ‘Alī Pasha was truly the paragon of modern secularism in the East.
"There was creative interaction between his policies and the ideas of Rafā‘ah al-Tahtāwī, the bringer of the modern Arab renaissance," Shūbāshī writes
What then happened to have...
Date of source: Saturday, October 16, 2010
The Azhar spokesperson Muhammad Rafā‘ah al-Tahtāwī announced that an official statement will be issued today in response to the Danish foreign minister’s reluctance to apologize for the cartoons offending Islam and its prophet Muhammad. The Azhar media spokesman Mahmūd ‘Abd al-Jawwād, said that he...
Date of source: Sunday, March 28, 2010
This article from Watani contains a letter to the editor from an Imām from Tahta, who criticizes Sidhom of purposefully stirring sectarian tension by alleging that the Imām preaches against Christianity. The article includes the latest letter from the Imām, stating his disgust with Sidhom and...
Date of source: Sunday, June 28, 2009
The article provides an overview of the quota assigned to women in Egypt’s People’s Assembly, and a brief history of women’s participation in the political scene in the country.
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2007
The author talks about the importance of Ijtihād to modernize and renew our Islamic thinking, to protect our nation from religious complacency and the extremist trends.
Date of source: Saturday, June 8, 2002 to Friday, June 14, 2002
The article is a review of Rose Al-Youssef’s file "The Complete Conspiracy: The Extremist Plan to Destroy Egypt’s Civilization." The file exposes the dangerous dimensions of extremism’s conspiracy against Egypt. The aim of the conspiracy is to destroy every aspect of Egyptian society.
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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.