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Interviewers: Quinta Smit, Eline Kasanwidjojo and Nick Gjorvad
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approval: Requested and no objection received
Prof. ʿAmrū Ḥamzāwī teaches political science at the American...
Date of source: Monday, August 3, 2015
Egypt's Al-Ghad theatrical troupe director, Isma`īl Mukhtār said, that he will present the play Sayyed al-Waqt (Master of Time) on August 6 on the stage of Al-Horeya Center For Creativity in Alexandria.
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2012
A state of disgruntlement was sparked among a number of Coptic Orthodox bishops who were absent from last week’s meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral to discuss names of possible presidential hopefuls and others to represent the church in the constitutional assembly, according to a source inside the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Responding to the huge stand of the salafīs yesterday before in Kafr el-Shaykh to support Shaykh Abu Ishāq al-Hūwīnī against Muftī Alī Gum’ah, a large number of scholars and students from al-Azhar and the global union of sūfī scholars headed by Prof. Hassan al-Shāfi’ī decided to organize a stand...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 3, 2010
The American Administration welcomes spreading Sufi Islam throughout its lands and supports Sufi Muslims.
38. One million persons in the streets .. and the mūlid’s rituals is not taken from Amon worshippers
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
The people of Luxor celebrate the mūlid of al-'ārif Billāh Sīdī Abū al-Hajjāj al-Luqsurī, the founder of the hajjājī sūfī method. The rituals are taken from ancient Egypt. However, Abū al-Fadl Badrān, a scholar of the sūfī tradition, denies the existence of a similarity between the rituals of the...
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2010
Over 1 million Sūfīs head to the Red Sea’s Humaythrah Valley today in celebration of the Abū Hasan al-Shāzlī Mawlid. Secretary General of the Sūfī chiefdom Ahmad Khalīl said that the Sūfī supreme council managed to convince the authorities to continue with the mawlid, which they had planned on...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2010
This article details the Egyptian-German Young Leader’s Forum (EGYLF), affiliated to the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), that has placed its faith in the relevance of interaction and dialogue among people of the world.
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2010
Sūfīs in Alexandria were surprised by the blatant attacks by the Ministry of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) on their shrines and mosques. The attacks included the devastation of shrines and replacing the mosques marble pillars with concrete ones, in addition to stealing the contents of a number of...
Date of source: Sunday, April 11, 2010
Al-Shurūq al-Jadīdah reports on appointing ‘Abd al-Hādī al-Qasabī Shaykh of Sūfism and ‘Abd Allāh al-Husaynī president of the Azhar University.
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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.