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Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
The Sufi orders in the areas of al-Azhar and al-Ḥusayn are organizing a large celebration to mark the sighting of the crescent moon of Ramaḍān, with the participation of thousands of members of the Sufi community, which will take place in a special spiritual atmosphere in all the courtyards of...
Date of source: Sunday, September 14, 2025
A researcher of Sufism, Dr. Nūrī Jāsim, clarified the ruling on the use of duffs (frame drums) in religious chanting and praising the Prophet (Mawlid and related occasions), which has come under discussion, particularly in light of recent calls to prohibit their use during the celebrations of the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 28, 2025
Elections for the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders were concluded on Saturday (June 28), resulting in the election of 10 new members from 70 Sufi orders from a pool of 14 candidates vying for the council’s membership.
Date of source: Sunday, June 22, 2025
Professor Omaima Abou Bakr has taught English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University since 1992. She completed her academic training at Cairo University (B.A.), North Carolina State University (M.A.), and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.). Her doctoral thesis was a study of...
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2025
(The full text is presented here for the friends and family of Professor Abdallah Schleifer and our readers.)
On March 27th, our longtime friend and passionate supporter of intercultural and interreligious dialogue, Abdallah Schleifer, Senior Fellow at the Arab-West Foundation, passed away in...
Date of source: Thursday, April 3, 2025
Dr. Muḥammad Abū Hāshim, a member of the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders, said the Shāzlī order is one of the most prominent Sufi schools that have been founded on the Holy Qur’ān and the Sunna, asserting that the right Sufism is not about renouncing the world.
Date of source: Sunday, July 7, 2024
Dr. ʿAlī Jumʿa, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars at al-Azhar and a former grand muftī, congratulated Dr. Osāma al-Azharī on his appointment to the position of Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments).
Date of source: Saturday, August 17, 2024
Arab-West-Journal (AWJ) was an excellent attempt by our forner editor Jenna Ferrecchia to develop a journal to publish original work composed primarily by our undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate interns, with other contributions from staff and notable authors. EBSCO showed interest to add...
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.