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Date of source: Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The Armed Forces greeted Coptic Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical Christians for Christmas.
Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2016
The Coptic Hospital witnessed a new attack on doctors, which was carried out by a woman who assaulted a doctor named Nihāl Majdī. The hospital administration informed the police, which in turn filed a report of the attack and arrested the perpetrator. The perpetrator was referred to Al-Azbakiyyah...
Date of source: Sunday, May 17, 2015
‘Abbās Shūmān, al-Azhar’s spokesperson clarified that the proposal of Ahmad al-Tayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, for a unified program to fight terrorism is an initial idea that has not been decided upon yet. This announcement comes after criticism has been directed at al-Azhar for “abandoning its...
Date of source: Thursday, March 19, 2015
Professor ʿAbd al-Maqsūd Pasha, member of the higher council of Islamic affairs stated that Yāsir Burhamī’s fatwa declaring it was “halal” to destroy a church “is a catastrophic fatwa”. Pasha added that “Burhami is not a mufti and I am surprised that he is speaking on issues like that”; “one of...
Date of source: Sunday, February 8, 2015
The history of Islamic movements in the 20th century confirms that Egypt was one of the most important sources of the spread of Jihadist ideologies. In the same way, al-Azhar had an influential role throughout the entire Islamic world. Moreover, any change or reform in religious rhetoric coming out...
Date of source: Sunday, October 4, 2015
“The numerous death verdicts issued by Egypt's courts revived the debate on the annulment of the death penalty worldwide as proposed by a number of European countries and rejected by Egypt,” ambassador `Amru Ramadān, Egypt's permanent delegate to the UN in Switzerland, said.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
First French book about the January 25th Revolution
The first French book about the January 25th Revolution was recently translated into Arabic. Written by Claude Gibal and Tangy Salon, both of whom live in Cairo, the book recounts the daily events that happened during the revolution. Despite their...
Date of source: Sunday, August 30, 2015
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced on Saturday three Al-Jazeera English reporters, Muhammad Fahmy, Australian journalist Greste (in absentia) and the Channel producer Baher Muhammad who was sentenced with extra six months, as well as three further convicts to three years in prison for working...
Date of source: Thursday, August 27, 2015
While international concern on the conditions of human rights in Egypt has not rested yet, the new Egyptian anti-terror law was condemned by a number of human rights organizations after its ratification by the government on Monday, August 24. They (the organizations) fear that some measures in the...
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
In the following interview, Muslim thinker Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd discusses the present Islamic discourse, he refers to the history of the Islamic reformation in the 20th century and points out the current defects. Abū Zayd also tackles the problems of Egyptian society and the Azhar’s relationship...
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.