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Date of source: Thursday, January 4, 2024
In 2023, the Muslim Council of Elders presented more than 200 publications aimed at enhancing the values of tolerance and fraternity at book fairs around the world.
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Under the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyīb, the Muslim Council of Elders strongly condemned two terrorist attacks that took place in northeastern Mali, which left several people killed or wounded.
Date of source: Thursday, July 6, 2023
An Iraqi refugee in Sweden burned a copy of the Holy Qurʾān. This act has been widely condemned as it insults Muslims all over the world and goes against human values and principles.
Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2023
The National Center for Translation under Dr. Karma Sāmī announced the bestseller books for the month of June 2023, of which the first was Thomas Merton’s ‘An Introduction on Christian Mysticism’, translated by Karam ͑Abbās.
Date of source: Monday, October 19, 2020
The Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo held a session today to elect a new president. Dr. Ḥasan al-Shāf ͑ī was elected for a third four-year term.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
On Wednesday, Iraq welcomed a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the encouragement of dialogue and religious tolerance in the face of hate speech.
Date of source: Saturday, February 18, 2023
The word ‘despise’ was mentioned in the Holy Qurʾān in the present tense, but was related to human feelings towards each other. As for feelings towards religion, it was mentioned in the sense of derision and mockery. So, is there a punishment adopted by the Qurʾān for the contempt of religion?
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2023
Imām Abū Ḥanīfa's influence lives on to this day through his fiqh (jurisprudence), scholarly works, books, and the doctrine he established to his name. He was controversial and had a mind constantly pulsing with thought as his mentors were the ṣahāba (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Companions) and their...
Date of source: Monday, March 27, 2023
Imām al-Bukhārī grew up as orphan, but his mother ensured his scholarly studies at a young age. He had a long tour all over the Muslim world, where he met with senior scholars, studied information he had received from nearly 1,000 shaykhs, and collected about 600,000 ḥadīths (the Prophet Muḥammad’s...
Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2023
General Bishop and Chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center (COCC), Anbā Ermiā, underlined the need to tolerate all different political, cultural, and religious opinions that may come up in a civilized dialogue aimed at reaching interaction and good communication.
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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.