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Date of source: Thursday, March 5, 2026
On 1 March 2026, al-Jazeera Arabic published a report titled "ʿAlī Khāmeneʾī … Iran’s Supreme Leader Who Reconciled Gamāl ʿAbd al-Nāṣir and Sayyid Quṭb"by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿAyyāsh, which offers an extensive biographical and political overview of ʿAlī Khāmeneʾī. From the current context of the killing...
Date of source: Friday, December 12, 2025
In Egypt’s battle against extremism, Al-Azhar, the Ministry of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), and Dār al-Iftā’ were at the forefront of confronting the extremist ideas promoted by the Muslim Brotherhood.
The confrontation was not only a security affair but primarily an intellectual one, aimed at...
Date of source: Saturday, November 23, 2024
The birth anniversary of Ṭaha Ḥusayn, a master of Arabic literature who died at the age of 83 in 1973, has been honored in recent days. Ḥusayn was a pioneer of enlightenment and contemporary writing in Egypt.
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: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
On December 20, 2020, Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī posted a tweet, blaming a lack of thinking on Muslims’ part for their current circumstances. He quoted French Philosopher René Descartes’s saying “I think; therefore, I am,” but added that he fears that it will be said of Muslims: “You are not because you do...
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 2020
Several Arab governments, specifically in the Gulf, are having a tough time dealing with the results of the American presidential elections as their favored candidate, Donald Trump, lost to Joe Biden, whose policies are expected to be more critical towards them.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 8, 2020
The religious discourse that Islamic political groups, like the Muslim Brotherhood spread, includes problems of adopting fatwas [fatwā] for political legitimacy and subjecting the foundations of democracy to historically religious concepts.
Date of source: Saturday, March 28, 2020
The modern world is marked by the ideological clash that everyone is involved in whether as participants or victims. In order to understand the world correctly, the real sources for these concepts that control this world and their meanings have to be known.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
In this editorial, the author analyzes the political role al-Azhar has played in the years following the 2011 revolution and how it tried to resolve the political and social crises at the time. The author then compares the work that al-Azhar did to that of the Muslim Brotherhood and its inability...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Dr. ʿIssām Aḥmad al-Bashīr, prominent leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan, was asked in an interview about the nature of the nation-state in Islam. Is it religious or civil? He responded saying, “The nation-state in Islam is civil with Islamic authority as Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī says...
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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.