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Date of source: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Dr. Nadia Mustafá, professor of international relations and director of the Program for Civilizational Studies and Dialogue at Cairo University, shares her thoughts about building civil society. The following is a summary of her discussion with Mr. Jayson Casper from the Center for Intercultural...
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 2009
‘Abd al-Wahāb ‘Īsá writes about the fatwá issued by Dār al-Iftā’ accusing Dr. Sayyid al-Qimnī of apostasy.
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 2009
In response to a question regarding Sayyid al-Qimnīreceiving the State Award, Dār al-Iftā’ prohibits honoring whoever attacks Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2008
This report deals with the role of the religious institution in choosing Egypt’s next president. In an interview with Muhammad ‘Alī Khayr, Islamic intellectual Fahmī Hūwaydī claims that religious institutions have no influence nowadays because they lack independence.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The author highlights the tense relationship between the muftī of Egypt Dr.‘Alī Jum‘ah and the Grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
The article is based on an interview with the Islamic preacher Dr. Ṣafwat Ḥijāzī on the role played by religious TV satellite channels on spreading a so-called status of fatwá chaos.
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2007 to Friday, November 30, 2007
A group of journalists from Rose al-Yūsuf magazine met with Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, Muftī of Egypt, and discussed a number of issues of concern for Muslims in particular and Egyptians in general.
7. A parliamentary inquiry into the chaos of satellite Fatwás: conflict of shaykhs in the parliament
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2007
In the article, a parliamentary member has launched an inquiry into the Prime ministry for not curbing what he described as chaos of Fatwás on satellite channels as well as in state religious institutions.
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2007
The press review detects the ongoing discussions in Egyptian press on the chaos of Fatwás, especially the reactions to the recent Fatwá of the Egyptian Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah who refused to consider the Egyptian young men who drowned on the Italian cost to be martyrs.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
The Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī has sent the Judiciary Administrative Court a memorandum, in which he asserted that he has no authority regarding specifying whether to enforce the Ḥadd al-Riddah or not but it is the Dār al-Iftā’’s responsibility.
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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.