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Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Dr. Muḥammad ʿAlī, an Islamic preacher, has said that God ordained that the decision to divorce is in the hands of the husband, whilst khulʿ is something that a woman may resort to if no other alternatives remain, and in this case khulʿ would be a way to leave the marriage.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
A lecture entitled “Dismantling Extremist Thought” was held for Somali trainees at the headquarters of the World Association of al-Azhar Graduates, implemented in cooperation with the al-Azhar International Academy for Training.
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2023
The al-Azhar Global Fatwa Center has announced its plan for the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramaḍān, which consists of the following 10 components:
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, welcomed a visiting delegation of French journalists and intellectuals, and responded to their questions about the strategy of al-Azhar in confronting intellectual extremism.
Date of source: Saturday, February 11, 2023
The Egyptian Ministry of Awqāf (charitable endowments) recently announced that they have begun to receive applications for a number of vacancies for imāms and mosque caretakers. This comes almost a month after it announced the need to fill the posts, in what appears to be surrender to the status...
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2023
On Monday, 27 February 2023, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights announced the launch of the "Map of Religious Freedoms" in Egypt after six years of work, with the aim of providing a documentary reference for all matters relating to freedom of religion and belief and the violations of that...
Date of source: Friday, February 3, 2023
In a period of fewer than two days, the American, French, German, and Italian embassies sent warnings to the embassies of Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Finland, saying that these countries’ nationals might be subjected to retaliatory attacks by “Islamists”, particularly in Turkey, after a...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2023
The al-Azhar conference hall hosted ceremonies to congratulate the winners of the “Heritage of Imām al-Māturīdī” research contest. The ceremony was attended by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, as well as leaders from various research organizations. The contest was implemented...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2023
Dr. ʾIbrāhīm Najm, a senior advisor to Egypt’s Grand Muftī, has reviewed the efforts of the Dar al-Iftāʾ in combating extremism, during a meeting with a delegation from the European Parliament, led by Tomáš Zdechovský. He cited the various initiatives enacted by the Dar al-Iftāʾ to confront...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Manpower Committee, Sūlāf Darwīsh, has praised comments made by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, about the misuse of the term ‘freedoms’ by the West. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb had stated that the world was in need of religion to help solve the...
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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.