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Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2024
The year 2023 has seen strenuous efforts by the Muslim Council of Elders, led by Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, with the aim of activating the role of religious leaders in confronting global challenges and contributing to finding concrete solutions, namely in the climate change issue.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2023
King ʿAbdullāh II of Jordan stated that climate change is exacerbating the challenges faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where hostilities between Israel and Ḥamās resumed on Friday after the expiry of a weeklong truce.
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2023
Egypt outlined 11 key objectives to achieve during its participation in the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), hosted by the United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12, 2023.
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2023
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sāmiḥ Shukrī, emphasized the importance of developing countries to actively participate in addressing the challenges of climate change, drawing attention to the need for intensified efforts in decarbonization. Shukrī delivered these remarks during his speech at the 2023...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2023
The Minister of Water Resources & Irrigation, Hānī Sūwaylam, emphasized that climate change has had a harmful impact on the water sector in many countries of the world, particularly in Egypt, where the per capita share is nearing a state of water scarcity.
Date of source: Thursday, November 16, 2023
There are less than 17 days remaining before the start of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention concerning climate change. The countdown to hosting the climate summit activities has therefore begun, with 336 hours remaining for the COP 28 conference, to be hosted...
Date of source: Saturday, July 12, 2014
Dr Ahmad al- Tayyib, the Azhar Shaykh is traveling on Sunday to the Emirates to receive the Dubai International Award for the Holy Qur’ān.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The Association of Dubai Holy Qur’an Awards has awarded al-Azhar’s High Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyib the Islamic Personality of the Year Award.
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Meanwhile, General Dāhī Khalfān, the Dubai Police Chief, severely criticized Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group in the aftermath of a crisis that erupted over statements by Egyptian preacher Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, the secretary-general of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), which the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Muhammad Yaḥyā Rashīd, attended the Mass of the Egyptian church of Mar Mina in Dubai, to participate in the celebration of the Easter Feast with the Copts. His visit also came on the sidelines of his participation in the International Tourism and Travel Exhibition...
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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.