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Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
At a meeting organized by the Egyptian Association for Culture & Dialogue, Islamic thinker Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā said that election fraud is against Islamic sharī‘ah and anyone participating in or aware of the process is like a “silent devil." He also said that the Muslim Brotherhood's...
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2010
Islamic thinker Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā said that Egyptian constitution allows Christians to become president as long as they are 100% Egyptian. During his lecture at the Rābi‘ah al-‘Adawiyyah Mosque, he said that it is every Egyptian Muslim’s duty to defend Egyptian churches. He also called...
Date of source: Thursday, October 21, 2010
At a conference named “Citizenship and Education,” Dr. al-Sa‘īd Muhammad ‘Alī al-Sa‘īd said that defending Churches and synagogues is a form of jihād in the name of God because these are all places where God is worshipped. In addition, ‘Abd al-Shāfī Muhammad said that Egyptians must protect Pope...
Date of source: Saturday, October 16, 2010
In an interview with a Lebanese newspaper, the Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib said that he is against calling Shiites infidels and that he would like to visit any place where there are Muslims, especially Najaf in Iraq. He blamed the current sectarian tension in the region on some Islamic...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2010
Pope Shenouda III apologized for not delivering his bi-monthly sermon in Alexandria, one which he has skipped for the second time in a row. He did so this time in protest of the authorities allowing the demonstrations held outside the al-Qā‘id Mosque even though he banned all demonstrations inside...
Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2010
Around a thousand people, including Salafī leaders, participated in demonstrations outside the Al-Qā‘id Ibrāhīm mosque in Alexandria after the Friday prayers, demanding the release of “Muslim women detained by the Church” and the trial of Bishop Bīshūy for making offensive comments against the...
Date of source: Monday, May 24, 2010
In an interview with Al-Misrī al-Yawm, Professor Ayman Shabānah, professor of Islamic and Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, stresses that the American President, Barack Obama, seeks to open a new dialogue with Muslims in the United States and the West, as well as the entire Islamic...
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 2010
This article deals with the recent decision by the Ministry of Endowments to allow Sūfī rituals within mosques.
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 2010
Egypt’s Minister of Endowments Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq stresses the urgent need to preserving Copts’ rights and freedom of creed.
Date of source: Thursday, August 27, 2009
Al-Misrī al-Yawm reports that Dār al-Iftā’ authorized the Egyptian players’ iftār during the Junior Cup official matches
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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.