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Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2019
Egypt has a long history related to issues between Muslims and Christians. Apparently, this was the fundamental reason for creating that conference which is sponsored by the center of Arab-West Understanding in cooperation with a huge electronic English database about the religion’s role in the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
During a lecture held by the World Association of al-Azhar Graduates, and organized in cooperation with the al-Azhar International Academy for Training, Dr. Muṣṭafā Ṣalāḥ addressed the topic of false ideas and narratives being spread about Islam by those who maintained extremist ideologies. The...
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2023
The al-Azhar Global Fatwa Center has announced its plan for the holy month of Ramaḍān, and the various services that it will provide to Muslims during this period of fasting. The diverse range of services include a hotline to answer questions relating to fasting, broadcasting television and radio...
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, welcomed a delegation of French intellectuals and journalists to discuss the issue of extremism. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb confirmed that al-Azhar aimed to spread the values of fraternity, co-existence and solidarity, and that Islam had nothing to do with the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2023
In an interview Dr. ʿĀṣim Ḥanafī, a professor of Islamic studies at the German University of Münster, has said that some members of al-Azhar advocate that ḥadd al-riddah (punishment for apostasy in Islam) is a political rather than religious punishment. He added that the ḥadd al-riddah is a purely...
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2023
The General Secretariat of al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy has released a statement regarding the crisis of the so-called Abrahamic Religion, whereby certain people have called for the merging of the three divine religions (Islam, Christianity and Judaism) into one faith. Al-Azhar have...
Date of source: Friday, March 17, 2023
During the holy month of Ramaḍān the Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, will present a daily program on the Egyptian TV station al-Nās (the People) in which he will discuss various matters related to the rituals on Ramaḍān including sīyām (fasting), charity, and spending. In addition, he will...
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2023
The Dar al-Iftāʾ in Egypt (a governmental, non-profit organization offering guidance to Muslims) will once again implement its annual plan of service to Muslims during the month of Ramadan, according to Dr. Ibrāhāim Najm, an advisor to the Grand Muftī of Egypt. Such services include the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Sheikh Muḥammad Ḥusayn, Grand Muftī of Jerusalem and Palestine,, participated in the twenty-fifth session of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, in Jeddah. He presented a research study entitled: “The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Provisions of Worship and Family”, in which he...
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2023
The Festival of Human Fraternity, organized by the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence, began on Saturday, 28th January, 2023. The festival, held under the patronage of the UAE’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, in cooperation with the Muslim Council of Elders, focuses...
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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.