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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: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) Osāma al-Azharī said his ministry surveyed nearly 40 takfīrī groups, including the Ikhwān (Muslim Brotherhood) and jihādist organizations.
Date of source: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Former Grand Muftī of Egypt Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām has stated that extremist groups distort religious texts and Islamic jurisprudence to serve their own agendas, further adding that these groups adopt their own interpretations, whether based in the Qur’ān or the ḥadīth, with the aim of manipulating them...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
It is important to pay attention to the minority in Lebanon since the main effects of the events in Syria are about a shift in the political weight of power, and maybe a change in geography as well, given the discussion of division in Syria.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Armenian Catholic Bishop of Damascus George Asʿadūryān said he met with officials from the “new authority” in Syria and received assurances about Christians, asserting “there are no threats posted to Christians at present as the situation is currently quiet.”
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Ten years ago, extremists in the streets of Syria used to chant “Alawites to coffins and Christians to Beirut.” According to what people who escaped the Syrian turmoil to the Lebanese city of Zahlé on the borders with Syria have told me when I toured the area back in 2014, the chanting has evolved...
Date of source: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Renowned press and media personality, Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā, made a statement rejecting any connection between the October 6, 1973 war and the Operation Al-Aqṣā Typhoon, which was carried out against Israel by Ḥamās on October 7, 2023.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Osāma al-Azharī, Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) said that a distorted perception of religious discourse, which is based on fanaticism and disputes over doctrinal matters, could push some young people and adolescents to have wrong ideas about religions and gradually lead them to atheism.
Date of source: Saturday, September 28, 2024
On Saturday, September 28th, the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Ḥamās, lamented the loss of Ḥasan Naṣrallah, Secretary-General of Ḥizbullah, whom Ḥizbullah confirmed to be murdered in an Israeli attack.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
In the context of Islam, jihād refers to the fight of Muslims to abstain from sin, which is the highest kind of jihād, as well as the defense of their beliefs and homeland.
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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.