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Date of source: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Despite ongoing feuds over the identity of the state in post-Mubarak Egypt, both secularists and Islamists have recently agreed on one issue: the necessity of liberating Al-Azhar from government control. Yet, each camp has its own motives for supporting an autonomous clergy.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Dr. Sālim 'Abd al-Jalīl, Deputy Minister of Awqaf [Endowments] for Da'wah and preachers affairs, talked about the problems inside the Ministry, saying that security and business men like Ahmad 'Iz would interfere by bribing Imams to urge people to vote for them in the parliamentary elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, former muftī of the Republic, said that he supports the political isolation of the former regime and accused the regime's symbols of corrupting the political life. He called to apply God's law on them by isolating, exiling, or killing them following proof of their corruption.
Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2011
A former coach of Egypt’s National Football Team once said it was beyond him to understand the nature of the character of some of Egypt’s national team players. They carefully abided by training routines, they comprehended strategies and carried them out on the green field, and they knew very well...
Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2011
In an Islamic state, the president should be responsible for ensuring that Islamic rituals are observed, including the wearing of the veil and weekly congregational prayers, said potential Islamist presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail in a televised interview on Saturday.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2011
Salafī Public Will Front, Coalition of Islamist Power, announced their agreement on seven demands for the Friday of public will on July 29, 2011, on top of those demands that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces [SCAF] to put a clear timeline for parliamentary and presidential election.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, welcomed Dr. Alī Jum‘ah (Dr.), Muftī of the republic of Egypt, to Lambeth Palace in the U.K., as they discussed various pertinent issues such as the situation in Egypt since the January 25 Revolution. The Archbishop expressed his appreciation of...
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2011
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Dr. Muhammad Badī', the Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has accused the former regime of tearing apart the fabric of the people of Egypt through permanent fitnah.
Date of source: Sunday, July 10, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, said that the Azhar is the only Muslim reference in the world and any other organization has no right to speak on behalf of the Azhar, even if that organization has Azhar scholars.
Date of source: Friday, July 8, 2011
The Islamic Research Academy, headed by Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb, stressed that al-Azhar is the sole academic authority in the Islamic world, and that no one from any other body, or even those from within al-Azhar, have a right to offer themselves as an alternative, or to speak on behalf of, the affairs...
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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.