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Date of source: Friday, July 8, 2011
Members of the Islamic Research Academy with al-Azhar have confirmed they are a reference in the Islamic world, and can be an advisory facet in matters of religion and the application of Sharia, as well as publish texts on developments of Muslim affairs.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Azhar's Grand Shaykh, denied issuing a fatwá of the illegitimacy of two underage women Islam as was reported in newspapers on June 27, 2011.
[Those two underage women are from al-Minia, they ran away with two Muslim men and converted to Islam according to their own will. They...
Date of source: Monday, June 27, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb said Islam does not acknowledge the conversion of minors nor resorts to "piracy" to force anyone to convert to it.
"The conversion to Islam by the two girls in al-Minya governorate, 17-year-old Christine and 14-year-old Nancy, is not recognized, simply...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Azhar on Monday (June 20, 2011) issued a paper on the future of Egypt during the coming phase, asserting the importance of establishing a "modern, democratic, constitutional and national state" that would guarantee the equality among all citizens in rights and duties.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar and Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III co-appealed to all Egyptians to pay attention to all plots and rumors that pose threats to the nation's security and encumber its progress.
The two top Egyptian clerics, during a meeting of the Egyptian Family House, held at the St....
Date of source: Monday, May 30, 2011
In the Azhar initiative to have a dialogue with thinkers, Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, continued his third meeting with thinkers and intellectuals.
In the meeting they discussed the relation between the state and religion and criminalizing sedition-mongering.
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Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Dr. Mahmūd 'Azab, spokesperson of the Family House initiative, said that after the Lady of Salvation Church incident in Iraq, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb began thinking of establishing an initiative that will include all denominations of Christianity and Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 [Coptic tycoon Najīb] Sawiris asked the Azhar Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb in the name of Egyptian Copts to protect the country’s Coptic minority.
He further called for the establishment of a civil committee, handling issues of inter-religious conversions and for a law...
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, and all members of Family House initiative demanded the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to ban protests in front of houses of worship and the application of a strict law against all fitnah inciters.
This came in an urgent meeting of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb welcomed cooperation with the salafī and all Islamist movements in order to reach a unified Muslim discourse under the aegis of the Azhar.
This came during the meeting between Tayīb and salafī leader Shaykh Muhammad Hasān, the first of its kind between 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.