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Date of source: Friday, September 25, 2020
The discussion at the CAWU seminar led to numerous comments about the contribution of former European Parliament member Bas Belder since he had based his paper on controversial Coptic political activist sources in the USA and Europe which are mostly not in line with that of church leaders and...
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2019
A lecture from Dr. Tarek Mansour on Muslim-Christian relations in the Middle East.
Date of source: Friday, August 12, 2022
The September 2020 Webinar “Comparing inclusive Citizenship in Egypt with Europe,” led to a discussion about the so-called Covenant of ʿUmar, also known as the Capitulations of ʿUmar, a 9th-century document prohibiting church building, the rebuilding of destroyed churches, and displaying a cross on...
Date of source: Monday, March 2, 2026
The former Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, said that the stories and names of "al-Ḥinn and al-Binn" were found in ancient heritage books and the cultures of the Levant, Iraq and India, but they were not mentioned in the Holy Qur’ān or the Sunnah, the Prophet Muḥammad’s tradition.
Date of source: Sunday, November 23, 2025
Dr. Samuel Nwokoro is a lecturer in Islamic studies at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria located in the city of Jos. Dr. Nwokoro’s education includes a Ph.D. in Christian-Muslim relations and an M.A. in European religion from the University of Copenhagen, as well as B.A. and M.Th. from...
Date of source: Monday, November 4, 2024
A fatwā secretary at Dār al-Iftāʾ affirmed that there is nothing in Islam that denies women the right to assume leading positions, adding that despite what some may think, there is no gender-based preference regarding this issue.
Date of source: Thursday, September 19, 2024
On Monday, September 16, which was the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawī (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Birthday), Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, made a speech that triggered wide-scale controversy in religious and media circles.
Date of source: Thursday, September 26, 2024
“In only 23 years, the Prophet Muḥammad managed to bring mankind from darkness to light and to set up a fully-fledged Ummah (state) based on knowledge, righteousness, dignity, and humanity,” said the deputy grand imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍūwaynī. “This state has spread throughout the world...
Date of source: Monday, July 15, 2024
Since the narrative of Gog and Magog is included in the Holy Qurʾān, it is undeniably a part of Islamic heritage. However, opinions on its meanings are varied.
Date of source: Friday, May 3, 2024
During the last Friday of the Hegira calendar month of Shawwāl, the Ṣūfī Orders are celebrating the mūlid (birth anniversary) of the founder of the Shādhilī Order, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī.
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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.