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Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The Egyptian Dār al-Iftā’ (House of Religious Decrees) stated that foreign tourists who come to Muslim countries should not be killed or harmed in any way, for it is considered a grave sin. In Islam, “the Covenant of Safety” prescribes the protection of foreigners and non-Muslims on their visit to...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Several Islamic scholars have condemned the recent terrorist attack in Tābā and called for the perpetrators to be punished. Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Gum’ah, Minister of Religious Endowments, condemned the brutal terrorist attack on the tourist bus in Tābā. He called for tougher sentences for terrorists...
Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2014
Shaykh ‘Abd al- Aziz al- Shaykh, the muftī of Saudi Arabia, has stated that the youth who have been misled by the extremist groups are youth that have been misled by the enemies of Islam. He added that many of them have faced imprisonment and humiliation in the countries they have visited. He added...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
The liberal Moroccan writer Saʿīd Nāshīd views that the pattern of religion inherited from the jurisprudence of the imperial ages is no longer convenient for the age of the nation state. What is more, it constitutes a direct threat to peace and security.
In his interview with “Al-Dustūr”, Nāshīd...
Date of source: Saturday, January 25, 2014
The Azhar has denounced the terrorist attack that has taken place on the Security Department yesterday, calling it a crime against religion, the nation and humanity. (Author not mentioned, al- Akhbār, Jan. 25, p. 8). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2018
In celebration of the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad organized by the Ministry of Endowments [Awqāf] last Monday, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib delivered a speech that clearly manifested that the war launched against the Quranists has not ended yet.
Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib attacked the...
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2014
The followers of Sheikh Abu Ishaq al-Hawaini, a member of the Salafi Ulema Council, published a video of him after the defeat of the Muslim Brotherhood in the battle of the referendum, in which he called on the Islamists and preachers to work as advocates and leave political action.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Al-Sīsī presented a vision to develop a religious discourse and improve the benefits and conditions of the preachers so that they could focus on preaching and improving their social standards.
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Egypt has been deeply divided between sympathizers
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
In his election platform, presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā said Egyptians are equal before the law, adding any discrimination among Egyptian citizens on the basis of religion, ethnicity or sex is a crime that has to be punishable by the law. [Muná Abū Sakīn, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 9] ...
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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.