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Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2014
The 23rd International Conference of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs entitled “the Dangers of Takfīrī Thought, and Fatwas made without knowledge on National Interests and International Relations” came to a close. Participants from 41 Arab and Islamic countries agreed in the final...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Yesterday, the conference of the Supreme Islamic Council entitled “the Dangers of Takfīrī thought and fatwás produced without knowledge on national interests and international relations” was inaugurated. Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Gum´ah, Minister of Endowments, stated ”to all lovers of peace in the...
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2014
Dr. Yāssir Burhāmī, the vice president of the Al- Da’wah al- Salafiah, stated that raising the flags of al- Qa’idah (al- Qaeda) inside the university campuses is a methodological intellectual distortion. He stated that it is caused by ignorance and a distorted discourse that some Shaykhs and some...
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2014
Counselor Sa’īd Abd al- Rahmān, the Attorney General of the Appeals Prosecution, has ordered the quick arrest of Salafi Shaykh Muhammad Abd al- Maqsūd, and accusing him of inciting violence. A complaint has been filed by Tāriq Mahmūd, advisor of the Popular Front for Resisting Muslim Brotherhood-...
Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2014
Dr. Mukhtār Gum’ah, Minsiter of Endowments and Head of the Supreme Islamic Council, stated that the purpose of convening a conference scheduled for Tuesday March 25 is to discuss the dangers of calling for terrorism and declaring apostasy (takfīr). The dangers relate to international relations and...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Ahmad al- Muslimānī, Media Advisor for the President, stated that the Azhar religious methodology is the solution to combat extremism. He added that the Azhar and its Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib enjoy the respect and love of the Egyptians, Arabs and Muslims. He stated that the presidency supports the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Pope Tawadros II received a delegation of the Bayl al-‘Ailah or “Family House” (a committee initiated by al-Azhar comprised of both Muslims and Christians clergy aimed at finding solutions to sectarianism) in his papal residence at the end of the first meeting of the second religious discourse...
Date of source: Thursday, February 27, 2014
After his reappointment as Minister of Religious Endowments, Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Gum’ah stated that he is planning to regulate the Egyptian religious discourse more tightly in order to purge it from extremist elements. Furthermore, he wants to improve the investments of the endowment funds in...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
The fundamental traditional Islam spread in Egypt not only among followers of Islamist political movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis, but also among the ordinary segments of the population, and after decades of abortions of any attempt to renew the religious discourse.
A year...
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...
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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.