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In its reporting on the incidents of Naj‘ Hammādī, the press focused on the different analyses of the incident; the possible motives and causes. While many people blamed MPs and governmental institutions, others blamed the media and extremist religious discourse. Many observers criticized the...
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2009
The Azhar Grand Imām’s statements about the niqāb created an outcry in Egyptian society. Heated arguments took place between those who the support the niqāb as a religious practice and those who approved of Shaykh Tantāwī’s arguments that it is not part of Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Germany cooperates with Dār al-Iftā’ to introduce Islamic religion to German schools.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
A fatwá was issued recently confirming that misyār marriage is halāl. While men of religion have confirmed the fatwá, some of them expressed their discontentment with it and experts in law and sociology have denounced it as a threat to the structure of the family and society.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The recent Bahā’ī jubilation following the Supreme Administrative Court ruling on March 16, 2009 which allows them to leave the religion box empty in their ID cards has been marred by an unprecedented sectarian attack against Bahā’ī’s houses in the Upper Egyptian village of al– Shūrānīyah in Sohag.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Pope Shenouda has not yet “seen or read” ‘Azāzīl. Muhammad al-Bāz claims
that personal conflicts are behind the enmity between Bishop Bīshūy and Yūsuf Zaydān who was
celebrated in Hanīn Bookstore in the presence of prominent Egyptian literary and media figures.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Fāyiz Ghālī is an Egyptian script writer who has finished his script that depicts the life of Jesus Christ through the Holy Family’s trip to Egypt. In spite of what he considered positive signs from the church about the movie, he announced that he will seek foreign funding if the church rejects the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 23, 2008
This article sheds light on book written in French to tackle the biography of George Qanawātī, an Egyptian Christian scholar and thinker who recognized the genuine core of Islam and devoted his life to advocating Muslim-Christian dialogue in addition to introducing the real positive image of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
This interview tackles different Christian issues as personal status laws in Egypt and divorce, in particular, presenting some of the reasons which led to the increase of divorce cases and solutions to solve these problems.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Pope Shenouda is not only a man of religion, for Egyptians, but a wise and faithful patriotic Egyptian citizen who works on serving his country and people regardless of their religion. There are many incidents that prove how he shows love and care to both Muslims and Christians, and in return he...
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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.