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Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2019
An interview/lecture from Richard Gauvain regarding the impact of Salafism in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2025
Book Information: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Wāḥid, Al-Dalāʾil al-Uṣūliyya allatī khālafat fīhā al-Salafiyya uṣūl al-madhāhib al-arbaʿah wa atharu dhālika fī al-fatāwā wa-l-furūʿ al-fiqhiyya (“The Foundational Principles in which contemporary Salafism contradicted those of the Four Sunni Schools and its...
Date of source: Friday, November 7, 2025
Al-Azhar al-Sharīf condemns the horrific bombing that occurred inside a mosque within a school complex in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, during Friday prayers, which resulted in dozens of students being injured.
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2025
A cleric at Dār al-Iftā’ said the so-called digital jihād has become one of the most dangerous tools of extremist groups in this modern time, being used to manipulate awareness through deluding slogans under the cloak of religion.
Date of source: Friday, October 10, 2025
In 2024, the Ministry of the Interior, then led by Gérald Darmanin (member of Renaissance, a political party typically described as liberal and centrist or center-right), commissioned a group of senior officials, more precisely a retired diplomat and a prefect, to conduct in-depth research on...
Date of source: Thursday, August 21, 2025
Al-Azhar al-Sharīf strongly condemns the treacherous terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in the state of Katsina, northern Nigeria, during ṣalāt al-fajr (dawn prayer), which resulted in dozens of innocent worshippers’ martyrdom and injury.
Date of source: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Dr. ʾUsāma al-ʾAzharī, Minister of Awqāf, affirmed that the Awqāf digital platform represents a promising launch toward building the largest global religious platform that serves both religion and the nation and counters misguided and extremist ideologies. He noted that this step is only the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2025
Dr. ʾUsāma al-ʿAbd, former president of al-Azhar University, stated that Islam is free from all acts of extremism. He clarified that this is not a defense of Islam, but rather a confirmation that extremism has nothing to do with the faith. He emphasized that extremism stands against both religion...
Date of source: Monday, June 23, 2025
Christian officials and religious figures and institutions in Jordan, Palestine, and Syria condemned the terrorist attack on the Church of Mār Eliās, which resulted in a violent explosion in the church located in al-Duwaylaʾ neighborhood, east of the capital Damascus. The attack, which occurred on...
Date of source: Saturday, June 21, 2025
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād, said Dār al-Iftā’ has been playing a pivotal role and became an accredited frame of reference in the efforts to combat extremist ideologies.
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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.