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Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2023
The author briefly contrasts true and false elements of Ṣūfism.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
In recent comments, Al-Azhar Professor Muḥammad Mhannā corrected caricatures about Ṣūfism.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2023
Literary evenings are being held in cultural centers across northern Egypt to promote education, poetry, and religious knowledge.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Al-Watan News participates with Ṣūfi orders in celebrating the mawlids of three historic leaders in Upper Egypt. This was part of the organization’s Path to Allāh program which highlights important figures in different parts of Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, February 24, 2023
The ʿAzamīya order in Egypt helped to establish the World Union of Ṣūfī Orders in France.
Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2023
During a live broadcast on Facebook, the writer Yūsuf Zīdān discussed his reasons for writing the introduction to the book al-Muqadimmah fī al-Taṣawwuf by ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī (d.1034) . The book on Ṣūfism was one of the first that he edited and introduced, however the author has also written...
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2023
The Ṣūfī orders in Egypt have welcomed the founding of the Algerian Habriyya Bilqāʾidiyya Order, one of the orders pursuing the Holy Qurʾān and sunna, and attempting to combat deviations. The Supreme Council of Ṣūfī Orders expressed that it would “give fresh impetus to Ṣūfism in Egypt”....
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
The final night of the mawlid (birthday) of al-Sayyida Zaynab was attended by large crowds at the mosque bearing her name in Cairo. The Ṣūfī orders taking part distributed food, drinks and sweets to visitors, in addition to organizing dhikr circles and hymns. In recent years, people have been...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2021
The General Chiefdom of Sufi Orders thanked President ʿAbd al-Fatāḥ al-Sīsī for his directive to renovate the shrines of Ahl al-Bayt (the family of prophet Muḥammad,) and to develop their surrounding infrastructure. The shrines include the mosques of al-Sayyida Nafīsa, al-Sayyida Zaynab, and al-...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2021
It was a great generosity from Arab West report, and my friend Cornelis Hulsman, the editor in chief, to introduce me to make this interview with Prof. Schleifer, who has a life-long unique intercultural engagement with an amazing experience and a very successful career. This interview was recorded...
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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.