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Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2021
The Anglican Episcopal Church in Egypt continued the activities of the “Faith and Work” conference, in which it hosts African participants in a training program in partnership with the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA) and the European Union (EU).
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2021
A delegation of 25 Muslim and Christian leaders from Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda and Zanzibar visited al-Azhar al-Sharif on Saturday, as part of the cooperation program with the Anglican churches in the African continent, to spread peace and a culture of acceptance of diversity and...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Today, the Islamic Research Academy, in cooperation with the Center of Education Development for al-Azhar International Students, held the third meeting of the Forum of Human Fraternity for international students in Cairo. The forum came under the title "Human Fraternity in the Divine Laws -...
Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2021
Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍuwaynī, the Deputy of al-Azhar al-Sharif, said that the Egyptian Dār al-Iftāʾ was successful in choosing the title of its conference, which revolves around the developments of fatwās in the digital age, and we are aware of the urgency of this issue in the meantime.
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2021
With the rising influence of the Taliban [Ṭālibān] in Afghanistan, neighbouring Pakistan is seeking to confront violent extremism, not only militarily, but ideologically.
Islamabad depends on the support of al-Azhar in Egypt, to enable Pakistani Imams, specifically military imams, to combat...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2021
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) said that pursuing media and fatwā materials released by extremist organisations is a top priority for the observatory. The observatory dwells into the discourse of these groups in order to know what their aims are, so it can refute such ideas,...
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 2021
The Egyptian people and government’s solidarity with the Palestinians is much more pronounced and powerful than it was in previous Israeli assaults on Palestinians.
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2021
More than a year after a heated discussion regarding the renewal of religious discourse between the Shaykh of al-Azhar, Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, and Cairo University President, Muḥammad ʿUthmān al-Khusht, al-Tayyib announced statements with his stance seeming different from before.
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2021
Today, the United States recognized the Armenian genocide committed by the Turks. However, al-Azhar condemned the vicious crimes against the Armenians a hundred years ago in a fatwa, showcasing the moral role and social responsibility that al-Azhar had at the time.
Date of source: Friday, March 26, 2021
The Grand Imam, Dr Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Shaykh of al-Azhar, has received three invitations to visit Iraq, brought to him by an Iraqi delegation headed by Dr. Saʿad Kambash, head of the Sunni Endowment Office in Iraq.
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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.