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Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
The author
of the article blames the
backwardness of Muslims on their inability to bridge up their differences. He says
the Grand Imām’s
appointment by the presidency results in religious institutions supporting the idea of
obedience to the ruler.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
The author argues that
the relationship between the Qur’ān and
science and the outdated books taught at some
Azhar schools are behind the backwardness of the Muslim
East.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Committee of al-Azhar for Dialogue with Monotheistic Religions was dissolved due to estimated
shortages of the
committee in facing the recent repeated offenses against Islam. A new committee was
formed.
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
The Netherlands’ ambassador to Cairo met the Grand Imām of the Azhar to
express his country’s desire to learn more about true Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
The U.S.
ambassador to Cairo
assured that the Islamic preachers, whose visa requests were refused, were not from the Azhar,
asserting
that his country welcomes Azharite preachers to teach Americans the real image of Islam.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
The author reviews the history of the Azhar University. He argues that the university still exists in the world of knowledge.
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
In an
interview with a senior official from the Azhar, the author asks about the
education system and whether there had
been any attempts to ‘westernize’ it.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Shaykh Tantāwī of the
Azhar denied in an
interview that the top Sunni Muslim institution is incapable of fulfilling its role, indicating
that the
Azhar is no longer sending a good number of teachers to Arab and Islamic countries purely for economic
reasons.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
The
author emphasizes that Egypt is witnessing a wave of terrorism, listing a
number of fields, where the state
could make efforts to deal with this serious problem.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Terrorism, extremism, sectarian sedition and the rise of the Baha’ī
religion are all the
consequences of the diminishing role of religious institutions and political, economic
and social factors.
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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.