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Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
His Excellency Prof. Dr. Usāma al-Azhari, Minister of Endowments, stated that al-Rushd (sound guidance/maturity) is the ultimate purpose of religion, its laws, and its rulings; it is the emblem and hallmark of religion.
Date of source: Sunday, August 17, 2025
About the author: Sara ʿAllām Shaltout worked as the Christian affairs editor for the newspaper al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ from 2015-2020, a position usually reserved for Egyptian Christians. The fact that she was entrusted with this position as a Muslim is a testament to her independence and objectivity....
Date of source: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍuwaynī, the Deputy of al-Azhar, inspected on Saturday the "Ahl al-Qurʾān" Complex for Qur’an memorization in the village of al-Shaʿrāwī, in Markaz Ḥūsh ʿĪsā, in al-Buḥaīra governorate. He was accompanied by Sheikh Ayman ʿAbd al-Ghanī, Head of al-Azhar Education Sector; Dr. ʿAbd al-...
Date of source: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Dr. ʾUsāma al-ʾAzharī, Minister of Awqāf, affirmed that the Awqāf digital platform represents a promising launch toward building the largest global religious platform that serves both religion and the nation and counters misguided and extremist ideologies. He noted that this step is only the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 13, 2025
Under the directives of the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Ṭayyib, and in response to the high demand following the success of the first session, al-Azhar Mosque has launched the second training course aimed at preparing al-Azhar graduates and boosting their academic and professional...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Dr. Nāẓir Muḥammad ʿAyyād, the Grand Muftī of Egypt and Secretary-General of the General Secretariat for Fatwā Bodies and Institutions Worldwide, affirmed that al-Azhar al-Sharīf is a divine gift and a destination for knowledge seekers from all over the world. It remains an enduring sanctuary to...
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2025
The Minister of Agriculture, ʿĀlā’ Fārūq, confirmed that the General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS) had issued a decision to the companies that export meat and poultry to Egypt that required these companies to provide ḥalāl certificates in order to guarantee the quality of their...
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2025
The Egyptian Cabinet revealed details regarding the controversial exemption from the "ḥalāl certificate" for dairy imports, as Prime Minister Moṣṭafa Madbūlī’s remarks that the ability to obtain the certificate would be made easier have caused public uproar.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Dr. Ibrāhīm Nijm, the head of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide, stressed that producing rational muftīs is not a luxury, but an existential necessity in the age of artificial intelligence.
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...
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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.