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Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2019
An interview/lecture from Richard Gauvain regarding the impact of Salafism in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The Egyptian Drug Authority has released a comprehensive guide providing advice for diabetics during the holy fasting month of Ramaḍān. The guide presented the ideal components and ingredients for the meals of ifṭār (fast-breaking) and suḥūr (fast-commencing) that would provide diabetics with the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2023
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 relating to fasting, broadcasting television and radio...
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2023
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 solidarity, and that Islam had nothing to do with the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2023
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 punishment. He added that the ḥadd al-riddah is a purely...
Date of source: Friday, March 17, 2023
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 such, and instead call them “Islamic centers”. In...
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2023
The General Secretariat of al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy has released a statement regarding the crisis of the so-called Abrahamic Religion, whereby certain people have called for the merging of the three divine religions (Islam, Christianity and Judaism) into one faith. Al-Azhar have...
Date of source: Friday, March 17, 2023
During the holy month of Ramaḍān the Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, will present a daily program on the Egyptian TV station al-Nās (the People) in which he will discuss various matters related to the rituals on Ramaḍān including sīyām (fasting), charity, and spending. In addition, he will...
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2023
The Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllam, has stated that there is no difference between the Muslims and Christians regarding martyrdom, as both die in defense of the homeland and in the name of God. During an interview with Naẓra talk show, Dr. ʿAllam listed the five types of martyrs and spoke...
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2023
Speaking during the 67th session of UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, Dr Māyā Morsī, president of the National Council for Women in Egypt, has called for more recognition of the role played by sharīʿa in the emancipation of women, and the Qurʾān for recognising their important role and...
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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.