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Date of source: Thursday, May 14, 2020
Shaykh Ramaḍān ʿAbd al-Muʿiz in al-Azhar garb sat among some men of the armed forces, telling them about the moderate nature of Islam and exonerating Ibn Taymiyya from the takfiris’ usage of his fatwas [fatwā]. The scene came in episode 20 of the television series “The Choice,” which tells the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 17, 2020
Four months since Tik Tok star Mina ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz was arrested, she has returned to ordinary life after undergoing psychological rehabilitation as ordered by the Public Prosecution.
Date of source: Saturday, May 16, 2020
The suicide of the activist Sarah Hegazy [Sārah Ḥijāzī] has caused controversy on social media in Egypt for the last two days. Some sympathise with her and pray for forgiveness for her, while others attack her and refuse to ask God to have mercy on her. Now Dar al-Iftāʾ joined the controversy and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
With the rise in the number of cases of Coronavirus in Egypt, politicians and human rights activists are raising their voices, demanding for the release of those in preventative custody especially for issues of opinion in light of the spread of the novel Coronavirus, which the World Health...
Date of source: Saturday, July 27, 2019
After several recent reforms, Saudi Arabia has embarked on the path of liberating the Saudi society according to its ‘Saudi Vision 2030’. It seems as if there is a revolution on the skyline with regards to Saudi women’s exposure to the wider world, and the eradication of their so-called ‘societal...
Date of source: Monday, October 14, 2013
This came after the call ofMuslim Brotherhood and its allies to storm al-Tahrīr square on the first day on Eid the and to start a sit-in there. Mīnā Majdī, the spokesman of the Maspero Youth Union, stated, “We will be there in the square and we will form human chains to protect the people praying...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Religious institutions have denounced the attack in al-Warrāq. Grand Imām, Dr. Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Al-Azhar Shaykh, stated that the act is a terrorist attack, which contradicts with morality and religion. Dr. Shawqī ‘Allām, the Grand Muftī, stated that attacking churches is prohibited...
Al-Wasat Party: “We Disagree With The Muslim Brotherhood, But We Denounce Injustice Done Against It”
Date of source: Monday, September 14, 2015
In a statement disclosed on Sunday and during the first meeting held after his release, Abu al-`Ela Mādi, the president of the moderate Islamist Al-Wasat Party, announced that despite the withdrawal of his party from the coalition with the Muslim Brotherhood, the ousting of Mursi is a violation of...
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.