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Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Former Minister of Endowments and member of al-Azhar Council of Senior Scholars, Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqūq, died Wednesday evening at the age of 87.
Minister of Endowments: Cancelation of any Celebrations Commemorating al-Isrā’ and al-Miʿrāj Journey
Date of source: Saturday, March 14, 2020
Dr. Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumaʿah, Minister of Endowments [al-Awqāf], decided to cancel public events and celebrations in commemoration of the Prophet’s Night Journey [al-Isrā’] and Ascension [al-Miʿrāj]. This is part of the precautionary and preventative measures that the ministry of al-Awqāf is...
Date of source: Thursday, December 27, 2012
Dr. Ahmad Mahmūd Karīmah, Professor of Islamic Law (sharī’ah) in the Azhar University, said “our Islam and its reputation was lost because of closed minds”. He added, with tears in his eyes, that whoever divides religion into political parties does not know anything about Islam. That came during...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
During his meeting with the delegation of the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa, the Right Reverend Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Southampton in the Church of England Diocese of Winchester; The Right Reverend-Elect Dr. Grant LeMarquand, Area (Assistant) Bishop...
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2012
"Our dead in Paradise and their dead in fire!"; "remnants (of the ousted regime), hired (thugs), and enemies of Islam and the Revolution!" These were the words of hostility with which Islamist movements and parties, such as al-Nahdah Party, mostly supporters of President Muhammad Mursī, attacked...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Pope Tawāḍrūs II on Monday (November 19) received a delegation of the Popular Current alliance led by its founder, former presidential candidate Ḥamdīn Ṣabbāhī, who stressed his respect for the role played by the church and the Azhar in the protection of moderation in the Egyptian society
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius led a high-ranking church delegation to the Azhar, the Iftā’ House and awqāf (endowments) ministry to congratulate Muslims over ‘Īd al-Fitr
Date of source: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The Ministry of Endowments condemned the attack and stated that it comes against all religions, all religious codes, and human values. It also requested that the imams and preachers focus on national unity and how to promote it in their sermons the next Friday (Ahmad al-Buhayrī and Haytham al-...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, received on Wednesday a delegation of Nigerian doctors, religious and community leaders.
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2018
In the report released by Observatory for Monitoring Takfiri Fatwas, Dār al-Iftāʾ stated that the month of November has witnessed a number of terror attacks carried out by Islamist radical groups, such as the Taliban and the Baluchistan Liberation Front (BLF) in Pakistan with 6 terror acts, two of...
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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.