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Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2012
Islam criminalizes attacks on churches and non-Muslim houses of worship as Islamists, namely the Muslim Brotherhood and a number of Salafī parties, volunteered to protect churches during the New Year celebrations. [Dīyā' Abū al-Safā, Akhbār al-Yawm, p. 7, Jan. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2011
A leading Salafist said that the West knows well that dignity and progress of the nation lies in the implementation of the sharī’ah, for the sake of which lives can be sacrificed. [Ghādah 'Abd al-Hāfiz, Al-Misrī al-Yawm, p. 3, Dec. 31] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2011
This third and final article on Shaykh Usāmah al-Qūsī focuses on a matter closest to his heart and specialization of study: The sunna of Muhammad, that is, what he said and did outside the recorded testimony of the Qur'ān. Whereas article one provided his life history in pursuit of this knowledge,...
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2011
Shaykh Usāmah al-Qūsī is a Salafī Muslim scholar in Egypt who has won a level of notoriety since the revolution. Prior to January 25, 2011, Salafīs were a largely unknown and mostly silent religious trend in Egypt, with strength concentrated in Alexandria. Their theology encourages absolute...
Date of source: Thursday, December 15, 2011
CH: We received this document from the Azhar through Dr. Nagia Abdelmoghney Said. The Azhar document is dated June 19, 2011. It was referred to in a recent meeting with Yousef Sidhom, editor-in-chief of Watani, and several others. It thus is an important document to refer to.
Date of source: Thursday, December 31, 2009
Brainstorming constitutes a prolific way to record impulsive as well as inspired reflections about very different topics and issues. The recent, improvised meeting at the Marriott Hotel in Cairo on December 18 between Cornelis Hulsman (accompanied by two interns, Mrs. Sayyidah Fu’ād and Mr. Vivien...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2010
In an effort to further the research of Arab West Report on the subject of legal guidelines for building mosques, on April 19, 2010, we interviewed Dr. Sālim ‘Abd al-Jalīl, Deputy Minister of Endowments for Da‘wah at the Religious Endowments Ministry. We asked him several questions, concerning the...
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 2010
AWR is currently working on a report that aims at giving a comprehensive understanding of mosque-building in Egypt. Former AWR board member Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi connected us to Dr. Shawqi Abdel Latif, first Deputy of the Ministry of Awqaf, so that we were able to arrange a meeting with him. As...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Conducting research about Mosque building is an important project. However, finding the right and trusted sources is not an easy task. As researchers at AWR, we are keen to gain trusted information, which is why we looked to the Ministry of Endowments to meet with specialized persons. The Ministry...
Date of source: Thursday, December 31, 2009
On December 2-3 2009, a de-radicalization Conference was held at the Golden Tulip Flamenco Hotel. The conference was hosted by the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute. One of the presenters at the conference was Hosam Tamam, who works for IslamOnline. Tamam spoke on 'Muslim Intellectuals and de-...
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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.