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Date of source: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb held a meeting on Tuesday (November 27) with representatives of political and Coptic powers that quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt in an attempt to reverse their withdrawal decision.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Signs of a battle of polarizations are evident on the constitution-drafting panel as the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists are trying to produce a “religious constitution” while the Azhar seems to be play the role of savior for the church that refuses to withdraw from the constituent assembly...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Representatives of the Egyptian church churches on the constituent assembly, during a meeting with Dr. Tayīb at the Azhar office, the proposed article on the zakāt (alms), adding that taxes already are collected from all citizens without discrimination.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
The Ministry of Endowments, has issued several decisions to prevent discussion of politics or electoral campaigning in the coming Friday prayers.
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2014
The Ministry of Endowment rejected the request for a preacher license from Shaykh Yassir Burhami, deputy head of the Da’wah al- Salafiah.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 29, 2014
The Ministry of Endowments assured that it shall not give licenses to preachers who are involved in political activities
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 2014
Dr. Muhamad Mukhtār Gum’ah, Minister of Endowments, stated that a protocol was signed with the Salafi leaders including the Jam’iah al – Shari’iah and Ansār al- Sunnah al Muhammadiyah. The agreement was that a supervisor from the ministry would be appointed in the mosques’ boards in order to...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Yesterday, the conference of the Supreme Islamic Council entitled “the Dangers of Takfīrī thought and fatwás produced without knowledge on national interests and international relations” was inaugurated. Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Gum´ah, Minister of Endowments, stated ”to all lovers of peace in the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Dr. Yāssir Burhāmī, Deputy Leader of al-Da’wah al-Salafīa, issued a fatwá (religious verdict) saying that non-Muslims are not allowed to hold the function of president, nor any other sovereign functions, because it is not permissible for an infidel to rule over a Muslim according to the sharī’ah (...
Date of source: Thursday, July 24, 2014
The past few years have seen a large degree of chaos in the field of religious discourse in Egypt and, in particular, who has the right to issue fatwás. However, June 30th’s uprising reinstated that Dār al- iftā’, Committee of fatwá and the Committee of Da’wah Research are the only two institutions...
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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.