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Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Dr. Shawqī Ibrāhīm ‘Abd al-Karīm, professor of jurisprudence at the Azhar University branch in Tantā, was elected to be the new Muftī of the Republic. He will replace Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah whose term will end on March 3, 2013 (Lu’ay ‘Alī, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Feb. 12, p. 5). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) will settle the issue of banning the YouTube website in Egypt after the verdict of the Administrative Court to ban the website for a month. The verdict was based on the YouTube-broadcasted video discrediting Prophet Muhammad and Islam, which...
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2013
Pope Tawadros II said that wisdom is one of the virtues that characterize mankind and something that brings with it many problems. Wisdom is the fruit of life and brings mankind closer to God (Michael Fāris, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Feb. 8, p.4). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, February 11, 2013
On February 9, the Egyptian churches called for “A week of global prayer” for the unity of the churches. Representatives of the Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical churches attended the meeting in the Evangelical church in al-Fajāllah.
Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan Bīshūy of Damietta said: “...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Grand Shaykhof the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, demanded that the Iranian President must, in accordance with Islamic sharī'ah and international laws and norms, recognize the rights of the Sunnī community in Iran and acknowledge them as equal citizens (Rāmī Nawwār, Amīrah 'Abd al-Salām, Lu'ay 'Alī and...
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
In President Mursī’s first official state visit to Germany, he and Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed critical and thorny issues with a particular focus on the tense political situation in Egypt today.
German state department officials have stated that grants and aid are conditional on economic...
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2013
European Parliament held last Wednesday a session that lasted for about three hours in Brussels for hearing expatriate Copts living in a number of European countries. During the session, the political situation under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood and President Muhammad Mursī has been tackled....
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2013
The Azhar's Senior Scholars Authority, headed by the Grand Shaykh Ahmed al-Tayyīb, is set on Monday, February 11, 2013 to nominate the three candidates for the position of the country's muftī. The new muftī will succeed the outgoing muftī, ‘Alī Jum'ah, who is set to retire at the age of 61 in March...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
On the same court decision ruled in the case of the controversial video footage defaming Prophet Muhammad and Islam, al-Yāwm al-Sabiꞌ reported that the death ruling was based on Article 77 of the Penal Code, which states: “it shall be sentenced to death whoever deliberately committed an act...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
The Ministry of Awkaf or Awqāf (Religious Endowments) stressed that the mutual exchange of congratulations on the occasion of Christian and Muslim festivities is an expression of indigenous feelings of love and affection rooted in the Egyptian people throughout history, and at the same time it...
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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.