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Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2014
Dr. Abāss Shūman, Deputy of the Azhar, stated that recently incorrect fatwá’s became widespread, due to some self- proclaimed shaykhs who are ignorant in religious knowledge and sharī’ah.
Date of source: Monday, March 10, 2014
In his speech in the UAE at the conference “Social Peace”, Ahmad al-Tayyib, Grand Imām of the Azhar, deplored the fact that global peace is tied to the whims of international politics and its changeability, saying that Islam viewed peace as the basis of international relations. He stated that the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2014
Grand Muftī Doctor Shawqī ‘Allām will participate today in the ‘Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies’ that is being held in Abu Dhabi, a conference involving Muslim thinkers and intellectuals from around the world. Doctor ‘Allām emphasized the necessity of spreading a culture of peace in...
48-Mufti of Egypt, denounces ISIS’ demolition and desecration of the shrines of the prophets in Iraq
Date of source: Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Dr. Shawqī ‘Allām, Mufti of Egypt, denounced ISIS’ demolition and desecration of the shrines of the prophets in Iraq, the most recent of which was the demolition of the tomb of the Prophet Yūnis. He stated that this is an assault on the sanctity of the prophets.
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 2014
Three preachers and media persons ( Issām al- Buhaīrī,ibrāhīm ‘Īssá and Muhammad ‘Abd Allah) have denied correct prophetical hadīths published in Sahīh al- Bukhārī and denied the torment of the tomb.
Date of source: Friday, August 15, 2014
The anniversary of the dispersal of Rāb’ah and Nahdah sit in is nearing, as well as that of the violent events that erupted in different areas nationwide.
Date of source: Thursday, July 31, 2014
Ibrāhīm ‘Īssá clashed with the Azhar over the issue of ‘Adhāb al-qabr. The Islamic Research Academy (Magma’ al-Buhūth al-Islāmiyya) said it would not stand by and let Islam and Muslims be insulted.
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2018
Targeting Copts on their way back from the St. Samuel the Confessor Monastery last week was not only a cowardly terror attack on innocent people, but also alarm bells signalizing for the hundredth time that the terror operations of the Islamic State -or Dāʿish- are not done on the spur of the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Some are depicting the sharī’ah as if it is sheer penal code but it eventually acts like a security fence protecting the society, the people and the nation in accordance with controls not like any other controls included in any given man-made laws. [Yusrī Hammād, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 8, p. 17] ...
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
Shaykh Abū Islām has attempted to distance himself from his inflammatory comments about Coptic women. However, the prosecution sent the CDs, provided by Najīb Jubrā’īl, the lawyer, that prove Abū Islām's incitement of a fitnah and disturbance of national unity, to be transcribed by the Ministry of...
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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.