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Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2024
Pope Francis extended his heartfelt thanks to the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyīb, and President of the United Arab Emirates, Shaykh Muḥammad bin Zāyīd Āl-Nahyān, for their significant support of initiatives aimed at promoting the values of human fraternity and social friendship.
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar and the Chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, sent a message to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, wishing him good health and a speedy recovery. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb also expressed great respect for the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2023
On Monday (October 2), the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, received Egypt’s ambassador to the Vatican, Maḥmūd Ṭalʿat, and gave him a message to send to Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2022
In his sermon at a Catholic Mass held at the Bahrain National Stadium, Pope Francis called for promoting the concept of human brotherhood. On Saturday (November 5, 2022), nearly thirty thousand people gathered at the Bahrain National Stadium, who waited since the early morning hours to participate...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2022
At a conference organized by the Arab League in cooperation with the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyād, the Secretary General of the Islamic Research Academy, stated that Islam views religious pluralism as an inevitable necessity and a universal sunna. This comes from Islam’s...
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Bahrain is preparing to welcome Pope Francis I in the coming November in his second visit to the Gulf after signing the Document of Human Fraternity in the USA in 2019, where Pope Francis met the Shaykh al-Azhar and the Council of Muslim Elders. Bahrain is known for its efforts in religious...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2021
Dr Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar al-Sharīf, headed to the Italian capital of Rome in early October to attend the Summit of Religious Leaders for Climate Change under the title (Faith and Science) on the 4thOctober, a prelude to the UN Conference COPE 26 (the 26h UN Climate Change...
Date of source: Monday, November 15, 2021
On Monday, Major General ʿIṣām Saʿad, Governor of Asyūṭ, met with Archbishop Nicolas Henry, the Vatican’s Ambassador to Egypt and representative of His Holiness Pope Francis. Archbishop Nicolas Henry visited some churches in various districts of the governorate, and met with Muslim and Christian...
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2021
The Grand Imam Shaykh of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, signed a joint appeal document among the religious leaders participating in the Summit of Religious Leaders for Climate Change, held on Monday in the Vatican, prior to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2021
The Grand Imam, Dr Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Shaykh of al-Azhar and His Holiness Pope Francis, Pope of the Catholic Church, held a meeting on Monday at the Vatican, following their participation in the Interfaith Leaders Summit on Climate Change.
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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.