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Date of source: Saturday, February 22, 2014
Salafī coalitions have warned Shī’ah Muslims against holding any celebrations on the occasion of the birth of al- Hussayn. A number of Salafī coalitions have announced that they are organizing stands in front of al- Hussayn mosque in Cairo starting today in order to stop the Shī’ah from holding any...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Several Islamic scholars have condemned the recent terrorist attack in Tābā and called for the perpetrators to be punished. Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Gum’ah, Minister of Religious Endowments, condemned the brutal terrorist attack on the tourist bus in Tābā. He called for tougher sentences for terrorists...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Controversial Fatwas
Egypt is not only facing a period of political but also of religious polarization. Many religious scholars issue Fatwas that have a political meaning and some of them are almost inciting fights and vandalism.
Egyptians saw most of the Fatwas that provoked conflicts during the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2014
The three defendants in the attack on the Virgin Mary Church in the 6th of October City have given the investigators information on the seventh colleague who participated in the attack on the church (Muhammad al- Qamāsh, al- Misrī al- Yawm, Feb. 8). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, February 7, 2014
A judicial source stated that the third defendant in the attack on the Virgin Mary Church in 6th of October City has confessed during the interrogations that the leader for their jihadist cell was responsible for planning, obtaining weapons and collecting the executors. The defendant was present...
Date of source: Friday, February 7, 2014
The Nūr Party has convened a meeting on February 6 to set its criteria for the presidential candidate that it will support and responded to the campaign of the Muslim Brotherhood against it. The meeting resulted in a set of criteria, including the need for a president who maintains national unity...
Date of source: Friday, February 7, 2014
Dr. Muhamad Mukhtār Jum’ah, the Minister of Endowments, stated the phenomena of calling people infidels has recently increased. This is caused by political interests and objectives. It is not based on a religious foundation. Rather it is used by those who know nothing of religion (Ahmad – al...
Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2014
Shaykh ‘Abd al- Aziz al- Shaykh, the muftī of Saudi Arabia, has stated that the youth who have been misled by the extremist groups are youth that have been misled by the enemies of Islam. He added that many of them have faced imprisonment and humiliation in the countries they have visited. He added...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The request of the Minister of Endowments to withdraw the AzharUniversity’s certificate of Dr. Yusuf al- Qaradāwī due to his misguided fatwás and his continuous incitement for violence and bloodshed has stirred controversy. Dr. Sa’īd ‘Amīr, secretary general of the high committee for Islamic ...
Date of source: Monday, February 3, 2014
The prime defendant in the case of killing the policeman in front of a Church in 6th October City stated in the interrogations that he was trained by al- Zawahirī in Sinai (Mahmūd al- Garhī et al., al- Watan, Feb. 3, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
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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.