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Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The State Council of Administrative Court set the coming March 26 as date to rule in the complaint filed by the Arab Center for Transparency and Integrity against the General Prosecution and the Illicit Gains Authority as both have not made any progress in the investigations on illicit gains cases...
Date of source: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Al-Azhar appealed to President Muḥammad Mursī to emphasize the rule of law and work on bringing all political powers together at the dialogue table to renounce schism and provide a proper and rational atmosphere to finalize a consensus constitution expressive of all segments of the Egyptian people...
Date of source: Thursday, November 22, 2012
[About the author: Lamīs Yahyá is a former AWR intern. She is Muslim, studied Egyptology in Egypt and now studies Coptology in Germany, a rare combination that reflects a strong wish to come to mutual understanding between Muslims and Christians. Lamīs Yahyá wrote this text, interesting enough,...
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2012
There has been widespread condemnation of a fatwá issued by an Azhar Shaykh Hāshim Islām in which he condoned violence against those who are set to protest against the Muslim Brotherhood on August 24, 2012. Islām reasoned that “the 24 August protests are a revolution by ratters against democracy...
Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2012
Doug May, an American who works with CIDT as financial manager, is a Catholic priest who provides pastoral services to foreign English-speaking and Egyptian Arabic-speaking communities. Doug is often asked his opinions about freedom and democracy by both communities. Having lived and worked in...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
“Car Murabaha” is the advertisement published by Banque Misr—one of the most significant and oldest national Egyptian banks, in newspapers for the past few days.
The advertisement, published in al-Sha’b al-Jadīd newspaper on September 4, 2012, has noted that (Car Murabaha by Banque Misr is a sharī’...
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2012
The demonstrations and riots surrounding the US Embassy in Cairo and other locations throughout the Islamic world have caused much questioning about Muslims and their attachment to and sensitivity over their faith. While many would agree the film ‘The Innocence of Muslims is crude and insensitive,...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Recent years have witnessed a series contradictions in our performance of religious rituals and our morals and behaviors. There are double standards, even among individuals.
You may find many people who are, in appearance, religious; they go to mosques frequently, they pray, they wear hijāb, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Mūsá 'Uthmān, Professor at the Azhar University, issued a fatwá tukafir (Reviewer's Note: plural of takfīr which means accusing others of being nonbelievers) against all Jamā'āt Islmīyah members. Foremost of these were its members who were involved in the assassination of President al-...
Date of source: Monday, September 10, 2012
Dār al-Iftā' (Ifta House) denounced expatriate Copts calls to produce a movie offending Prophet Muhammad. The statement added that these acts do not represent Egyptian Christians who states, more than one, their respect to religious symbols.
These acts only aim of flaming fitnah in the nation.
Dr...
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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.