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Both Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imām declared their rejection
of any foreign intervention
in the internal affairs of Egypt. The former said that he met the American committee to
defend Egypt and to
explain to its members that what the foreign press publishes and what the internet broadcasts...
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2001 to Friday, November 2, 2001
A lawyer raised a case to prevent the film "To make God love you"
from being shown because the word "God" in the title was associated with a picture of a young man and two girls in
an improper position. He tried to obtain a fatwa to support his legal case, by sending a complaint with the case...
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 2003
The article comments on the danger of unauthorized religious books that are promoted in streets around mosques. The author believes that such books threaten Islamic culture.
Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2003
The Islamic British Institute asked the Azhar for permission to translate nine chapters from the Qur´an. Some of the members of the Islamic Research Institute understood that it wanted to transliterate the Qur´an in Latin. It is impossible to have something like that in Egypt, but in some...
Date of source: Saturday, April 12, 2003 to Friday, April 18, 2003
TV program "Al-Rahman Alaam Al-Qur´an" [The Merciful teaches the Qur´an] presented by Sheikh Muhammad Hidaya brings to the surface the issue of “Show preachers.” Because of the many mistakes Hidaya communicates in the program, the Azhar demands that only Azhar graduates should be hosted...
Date of source: Saturday, December 28, 2002 to Friday, January 3, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar believes that the best, Islamic way to deal with banks is deputyship, i.e. to authorize the bank to invest one´s money, especially if he has no time or experience in trade and investment.
Date of source: Friday, September 13, 2002
The joint committee for inter-religious dialogue between the Azhar and the Anglican Church held a two-day meeting in which the two parties discussed that peace does not separate from justice, acknowledging the other and coexistence.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2002
The Islamic Research Institute decided to ban the circulation of Ayman Al-Zawahri´s book "Knights Under the Flag of the Prophet." The Institute said that the book stirs up the people against their rulers and presents false interpretation of some Qur´anic texts to cause strife and disorder...
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: Tuesday, February 12, 2002
The general secretary of the Islamic Research Institution demanded the confiscation of many books, claiming that they imply apostasy and unbelief. One of these books is Khalil Abdel-Kareem’s “Al-Nass Al-Mu’assis Wa Mujtama’u” [The Principle Text and its Context] which was harshly criticized in Al-...
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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.