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Date of source: Thursday, September 20, 2018
For the fifth year respectively, The Egyptian ministry of endowments announced on Wednesday's evening the closure of a shrine attributed to Imam al-Ḥussāyn binʿAlī in conjunction with the celebrations of ʿashūrā’ which began yesterday.
Egyptian security forces stepped up their presence in front of...
Date of source: Thursday, July 24, 2014
The annual sūfī Iftār was held at the headquarters of the ‘Azmiyyah tarīqah in the neighborhood of Sayyidah Zaynab yesterday. As well as the presence of several Sūfī sheikhs, there was also a diplomatic Iranian delegation present, under the supervision of Tawfīq al-Samdī, political advisor to the...
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2014
Love is stronger than terrorism.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The coalition of lovers of the companions of the prophet, who oppose Shi’tes, stated that the Iranian Embassy in Egypt is sponsoring conversion of individuals to Shi’ism in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, June 22, 2014
Dr. Tawfīq Masrūr, one of the leaders of the Shi’ite Mahdāwiyah movement in Morocco called upon the movements supporters in Egypt, through an electronic message, to hold elections and nominate names for the position of the movement’s head and treasurer in Egypt (
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The Azhar issued a decision to send preaching convoys to different governorates that would, as part of its job, alert to the Shi’te danger and sectarian strife and its impact on the unity of the ummah and social stability.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The Azhar Shaykh, Ahmad al- Tayyib, received Dr. Khudair al- Khuzā’ī, vice president of Iraq. Khuzā’ī stated that the Islamic ummah agrees that the Azhar is the symbol for moderate thought.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Dr. Janneke Stegeman calls for ecumenism with Islam. Good relations with Muslims are very important but one cannot ignore that the existence of Christianity in virtually all Muslim majority countries is under threat. Another problem is that most Muslims do not accept the concept of freedom of...
Date of source: Monday, August 12, 2013
Shīʿah leaders asked for representation for their minority in the Constituent Committee responsible for amending the suspended constitution. They said that what matters the most is the not to repeat the mistakes that led the previous regime to exclude the Shīʿah community from the commission for...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
On the other hand, Molawi Ishaq Madani, the Iranian president’s advisor for Sunnī Muslims’ affairs, underlined the importance of having closer ties binding Egypt and Iran, noting this “alleged” difference between Sunnīs and Shiites is “in the political interests of only certain Arab governments and...
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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.