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The al-Azhar Global Fatwa Center has announced its plan for the holy month of Ramaḍān, and the various services that it will provide to Muslims during this period of fasting. The diverse range of services include a hotline to answer questions...
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, welcomed a delegation of French intellectuals and journalists to discuss the issue of extremism. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb confirmed that al-Azhar aimed to spread the values of fraternity, co-existence and...
The Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, Anbā Ibrāhīm Isḥaq, attended celebrations commemorating the inauguration of Pope Francis II as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The celebrations were held at the Apostolic Nunciature in al-Zamālik...
In an interview Dr. ʿĀṣim Ḥanafī, a professor of Islamic studies at the German University of Münster, has said that some members of al-Azhar advocate that ḥadd al-riddah (punishment for apostasy in Islam) is a political rather than religious...
In an interview Dr. ʿĀṣim Ḥanafī, a professor of Islamic studies at the German University of Münster, has said that Germany does not recognize Islam as a religion, and that is why Islamic associations are founding mosques but do not refer to them as...
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.