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Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Dr. Tarek al-Gawhary, MA Azhar University, PhD Princeton University, advisor to Sheikh Dr. Ali Goma’a. explained the thought process in Islamic Law and how a Muslim jurist can think about the concept of inclusive citizenship in a historical context. The basis is in the Constitution of Medina or the...
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2019
An interview/lecture from Richard Gauvain regarding the impact of Salafism in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Sūlāf Darwīsh, the Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Manpower Committee, has praised comments made by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, about the misuse of the term ‘freedoms’ by the West. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb had stated that the world was in need of religion to help solve...
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2023
Over two million people visited the shrine of Imām ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib over the weekend to commemorate his birth. Members of the shrine worked hard to provide services to those visiting in celebration of the Imām’s birth, during the month of Rajab.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Dr. Ashraf Ṣubḥī, the Minister for Youth and Sports, and Dr. Muḥammad Rifāʿī, CEO of Miṣr al-Khayr Foundation, launch a campaign to provide food for people in Ramaḍān.
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2023
Dr. Mukhtār Jumʿah, Minister of Endowments (Awqāf), praised the efforts involved in organizing the 2023 Cairo Book Fair and discusses the importance of translation and the publication of al-Rūʾyah (The Vision) book series and other translated publications in the field of religious thought.
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2022
The Grand Mufti explained the contemporary issues that led to drafting a new personal status law and stressed the necessity of protecting the Egyptian family and spending wisely on marriage to keep the family stable.
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2022
Ṣadā al-Balad routinely publishes religious rulings that concern Muslims in their daily lives. Dialogue Across Borders presents below a summary translation of four of these on justified killing, sunrise prayer, the possibility of spiritual benefit reaching the deceased, and the question of polygamy...
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2022
According to its 2022 annual report, the Islamic Research Academy in Al-Azhar conducted several activities and launched different initiatives to raise awareness about family issues and work towards maintaining family stability.
Date of source: Monday, November 28, 2022
After Dr. Yūnis Makhyūn of the Salafi al-Nūr party issued a fatwa prohibiting the viewing of World Cup matches, the Dār al-Iftāʾ confirmed that watching the matches is religiously permissible and legitimate.
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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.