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Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The recently announced introspections of the Jihād Islamic group revived discussions about the 10-year old revisions of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah. On the tenth birthday of the group’s inspections, Muntasir al-Zayyāt announced the establishment of a new political party. Al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah...
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2007
The People’s Assembly Religious Committee rejects the unified call to prayer plan and recommends directing its funds to solve social problems.
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
An engineer filed a communiqué to the Public Prosecutor demanding to sack the Muftī ‘Alī Jum‘ah and to refer him to a medical committee in order to test his mental ability.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The court denies the American University in Cairo’s decision to prevent a woman wearing a Niqāb from accessing the library.
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2007
The article reports on the statements of Azhar scholars who launched a no holds-barred attack on the group of ‘al-Qur’āniyyūn’ or the Qur’ānis who consider the Qur’ān to be the sole source of Islam and neglect the importance of the Prophetic Sunnah. Opinions of the scholars conclude that whoever...
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Rumors circulate in the Egyptian political context about the Ṣūfīs targeting influential political positions in Egypt. There are 73 Ṣūfī orders and 11 million Murīds, assert researchers in Ṣūfism in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2007
Muftī of Egypt Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘ah talked about a number of issues, in an interview with al-Sharq al-Awsat, including fixed interest, setting up a body to monitor Fatwás, and the importance of coexistence between Muslims in the East and West.
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
In his article, Jābir ‘Asfūr writes that religious discourse is closely connected to the circumstances of each era and should be explained in light of these circumstances.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2007
al-Qāhirah interviews Dr. Jābir ‘Usfūr on the future of the National Centre for Translation.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
Another controversial statement from Pope Benedict XVI reads: “There is one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, and […] outside this church there is neither salvation nor remission of sins.” Reactions from churches in Egypt varied between denunciation and doubts about the authenticity of an alleged...
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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.