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Date of source: Monday, August 29, 2011
A number of Alexandria lawyers filed a report against Shaykh Hātim Farīd, the imām of al-Qā'id Ibrāhīm Mosque in Alexandria, for wishing death upon liberals and secularists while leading prayers on August 24, 2011.
The offended people said that the Shaykh used the mosque pulpit to present his...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2001
Sharīf al-Shūbāshī wonders in an opinion article in al-Ahrām whether it is logical to ask the party that first sparked a fire to put it down, referring to attempts to have salafists intervening to end the current sectarian crisis.
He said he has watched mind-boggling Youtube clips showing men,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Last Tuesday, a Muslim mob a few thousand strong gathered in front of Mar-Yuhanna (Saint John) church in al-Minya village of al-Qamādīr in Samallūt, some 240km south of Cairo, demanding that the church should be closed. They attacked the church and the Copts’ houses with stones and set on fire...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Muhammad al-Ghītī, author of the article, comments on the two incidents by salafists, saying that the salafists showed what they really are.
First, the speech of Shaykh Muhammad Husayn Ya'qūb, in which he spoke about the results of the yes-or-no referendum over constitutional amendments and termed...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
Mustafá talks about Shaykh Qaradāwī’s controversial comments on Shiites during a television interview, saying that they should not live amongst Sunnīs.
He says that the danger in Qaradāwī’s remarks lies in his huge influence on the Islamic world. Mustafá also says that Qaradāwī’s comments on the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
"Even if the whole nation were to disagree with Dr. Muhammad al-Barād‘ī...we do not approve or support this errant Fatwá from an errant Shaykh permitting the killing of the man," ‘Abd al-Mun‘im writes of the former head of the IAEC and Nobel Peace prize winner.
He says that it is insanity for a...
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2010
Dr. Ibrāhīm Habīb, President of United Copts of Great Britain, filed a lawsuit against Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī in Great Britain for soliciting the murder of Copts in his infamous Fatwá stating that apostates should be killed. al-Badrī said in response that the British government has no power over him...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2010
This article outlines a number of different discriminatory statements and issues brought up against Copts in Egypt. Firstly are the statements made by Mohamed Abbas who recently said that Copts are coddled by the Egyptian government and are treated better than Muslims when both are in prison. He...
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2010
Hostilities towards Turkey emerged as Armenians remember the anniversary of the Ottoman Empire massacre.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2010
This article deals with the issue of the portrayal of the Prophet in satirical form, and Muslim reactions in the Netherlands.
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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.