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Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Al-Nūr Mosque in the al-'Abasīyah district in Cairo has witnessed unrest in recent weeks.
The land on which the mosque was built was originally given to al-Hidāyah al-Islāmīyah Society, headed by Shaykh Hāfiz Salāmah.
Its followers prevented the mosque preacher, Shaykh Ahmad Turk, from ascending...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Hundreds of clerics from Al-Azhar congregated on the Al-Azhar Mosque on 26 April 2011 to demand more independence for their institution and a touch of democracy in it. They chanted slogans against State control of Al-Azhar, and called on the government to give them financial independence. The...
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, said he would visit the church of the Two Martyrs in Atfih April 16, 2011 to congratulate Copts on the rebuilding of their church.
Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2011
On April 16, the Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar al-Tayīb visited a church in ‘Āftīh that was completely rebuilt by the army after having been torched a month ago, due to sectarian clashes between Muslims and Copts.
(Reviewer’s note: News story was also covered in al-Misrī al-Yawm/ p. 3/ April 17, 2011)
Date of source: Thursday, April 14, 2011
'Alī Jum'ah, Muftī of the Republic, and Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim, former President of the Azhar University, condemned attackers of shrines, asserting that it is against religion.
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2011
Hamdī Rizq, editor in chief of al-Musawwar, interviewed Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah, Muftī of the Republic. Jum'ah believes that there is no fitnah tā'ifīyah in Egypt but it is used by dissolved powers to terrorize the society.
Jum'ah wants to have a dialogue with Copts, through the "Family House" initiative...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Why has the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces resorted to salafī shaykhs in reconciliation drives between Copts and Muslims, following sectarian clashes against a background of social disputes?
The Council was rather expected to seek the assistance of the Azhar, which advocates moderate Islam as...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The author states that the deterioration of the Azhar's role in general is a result of various factors, and the most important is the emergence of political Islamist groups.
He believes that the policy adopted by Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, augurs well about a change in the...
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 2010
Some Internet sites claim the conversion of Kāmīliyā, the wife of Dayr Mawās' priest, to Islam and the Azhar's refusal to authorize it. Father 'Abd al-Masīh denies the reports.
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2011
A group of salafists in al-Menoufiya governorate set a Muslim shrine on fire under the pretext that tombs of Muslim scholars, considered holy by many Muslims, are against the Muslim faith.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb said that whoever demands the destruction of shrines belong to bloody...
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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.