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Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2019
Egypt has a long history related to issues between Muslims and Christians. Apparently, this was the fundamental reason for creating that conference which is sponsored by the center of Arab-West Understanding in cooperation with a huge electronic English database about the religion’s role in the...
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2023
A member of the House of Representatives said that the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has shed light on the Palestinian issue for the world to confront and address, describing the top Sunni cleric’s speech in a conference in Germany as “historic and important.”
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2023
Al-Azhar’s faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn (theology) in Ṭanṭā is holding the third international conference on the efforts of Islamic institutions in handling intellectual and social issues in today’s world.
Date of source: Sunday, August 13, 2023
Dr. Ibrāhīm Najm, an advisor to the Muftī of the Republic and the official spokesman of the Iftāʾ House, announced that Grand Muftī Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām obtained another one-year term in office.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Al-Azhar has held celebratory cultural and religious events to mark the 1,083rd anniversary of its establishment, which included recitations of the Holy Qurʾān and speeches discussing the history of al-Azhar. The events were attended by religious leaders from al-Azhar and from the Egyptian churches...
Date of source: Thursday, December 8, 2022
Dr. Aḥmed Zāyed, director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, visited Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, today (Nov. 25) at the headquarters of Al-Azhar. During the visit, they agreed to sign a joint cooperation protocol between the Library of Alexandria and Al-Azhar for preserving historical...
Date of source: Monday, October 31, 2022
Bahrain is preparing to hold the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue on the subject of “East and West for Human Coexistence” on November 3rd and 4th, 2022, under the patronage of the King of Bahrain, Ḥamad bin ʿĪsa Āl Khalīfa, and with the participation of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib,...
Date of source: Monday, November 7, 2022
Dr. Hans Jansen has long played a role fuelling Islamophobia in the West. I understand his views on Islam have been greatly influenced by the writings and arguments of extremists. It is sad that such extremists have based their views on the Qur’an, Sīra and Sunna.
I am pleased Cornelis Hulsman has...
Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2022
Al-Azhar Observatory for Countering Extremism praised the city of Cologne for broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer over loudspeakers, on Friday sermon in its Central Mosque for the first time.
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2022
Dr. Yāsmīn Fuʾād, Minister of Environment, confirmed that Al-Azhar was at the forefront of the institutions that showed support for Egypt’s hosting of the upcoming COP27 climate conference, and contributed with constructive ideas and visions, praising the Sheikh of Al-Azhar’s speech on climate in...
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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.