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Date of source: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
On Tuesday, June 18, Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb congratulated Crown Prince Muḥmmad bin Salmān and King Salmān ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Saudi Arabia on the successful ḥajj (pilgrimage) season this year.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Egyptian businessman Najīb Sāwīrīs has sparked controversy among social media users following a post in which he said, “We Christians believe in one God,” renewing controversy he had made the prior week following a similar post in which he cited a verse of the Qurʾān (Sūrat Al-Kāfirūn) as evidence...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Al-Azhar issued a firm statement and an appeal to Arab and Islamic nations on Wednesday morning (October 18) after mass protests were held as a result of the targeting of al-Ahlī Baptist hospital in the Gaza Strip.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Ministry of Education in Egypt decided to eliminate stories of ʿOqba bin Nāfiʿ and Saladin, two Islamic historical characters from Arabic language texts. The ministry spokesperson said “the stories could be misunderstood and used to promote violence”. The decision is part of the ministry’s plan of...
Date of source: Sunday, February 8, 2015
The conflict surrounding the 400-day imprisonment of Peter Greste, an al-Jazeera journalist, put Egypt’s government in an embarrassing position and casted a harsh light on its human rights record. Egyptian president ‘Abd al-Fattāh conceded that the episode was ultimately damaging to Egypt’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Military expert and retired colonel in the US Army, Peter Manūr said in an interview with CNN that ground forces need to be sent to Libya to fight ISIS and save the country from its current status as a failed state. He added that ground interventions are needed in Syria and Iraq as well. He pointed...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Websites connected to ISIS reported that the organization’s fighters had kidnapped and slaughtered 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya. They said the kidnappings came as revenge for Muslim women who were exposed to persecution at the hands of "the Copts in Egypt." The extremist organization specified...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
The Egyptian court answers a request to put Turkey, Ḥamās, the Anti-Coup Alliance and the April 6th Youth Movement on a terrorist list
A lawsuit by Ṭāriq Maḥmūd, Secretary-General of the ‘Long Live Egypt’ fund, aimed at declaring Ḥamās, the Anti-Coup Alliance and April 6th Youth Movement terrorist...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Ziād Bahā‘ al-Dīn: Innovative solutions on how to deal with Egypt
The Indian Council for Inter-cultural Cooperation invited Ziād Bahā‘ al-Dīn to India to attend a conference surrounding ways to achieve social justice and incorporate poorer classes of society into the national economy. Despite India...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 18, 2015
American Colonel to CNN: Hidden messages in the video of the slaughter of Copts and ISIS erred in bringing Egypt into the conflict…ground intervention is necessary
Military expert and retired colonel in the US Army, Peter Manūr said in an interview with CNN that ground forces need to be sent to...
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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.