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Date of source: Friday, November 21, 2025
Dr. Usāma al-Azharī, Minister of the Awqāf, said that Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād the Grand Muftī of Egypt, is fully deserving of his position and that God has enabled him to serve religion, knowledge and the nation, and that all the resources of the Ministry of Awqāf are at the service of Dār al-Iftāʾ, which...
Date of source: Thursday, November 6, 2025
Sheikh Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Wāḥid, Advisor to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Daʿwah, and Guidance in Saudi Arabia, said, "There is an urgent need for a comprehensive visionary plan to reshape the project of moderation and balance so that it becomes a beacon guiding everyone across the Islamic...
Date of source: Sunday, November 9, 2025
As part of its ongoing efforts, al-Azhar Mosque announced the opening of 70 new branches of al-Rawāq al-Azharī for Qurʾān memorization in several new Egyptian cities.
Date of source: Saturday, November 8, 2025
Dr. Salāma Dāwūd, President of Al-Azhar University, inaugurated the Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies for Boys in Banī Sūīf Governorate, in the presence of Dr. Muḥammad Hānī, Governor of Banī Sūīf; Dr. Ramaḍān al-Ṣāwī, Vice President of the University for the Delta Region; Dr. Sāyid Bakrī, Vice...
Date of source: Friday, November 7, 2025
Al-Azhar al-Sharīf condemns the horrific bombing that occurred inside a mosque within a school complex in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, during Friday prayers, which resulted in dozens of students being injured.
Date of source: Friday, October 31, 2025
Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb congratulated President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the great Egyptian people on the occasion of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) as an achievement that reflects Egypt’s unique position in human civilization throughout the ages.
Date of source: Friday, October 31, 2025
Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) Osāma al-Azharī extended "sincere congratulations" to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the "great Egyptian people" on the occasion of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), an exceptional event that restores to human consciousness the immortal...
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2025
The Supreme Council of Sufi Orders, headed by Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Qaṣabī, issued an official statement in response to "fabricated controversy" over the legitimacy of celebrating the mawlid of al-Sayyid Aḥmad al-Badawī, one of the symbols of Islamic Sufism in Egypt and the Islamic world. It affirmed...
Date of source: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Rachel M. Scott is Chair of the Department of Religion and Culture and Professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her areas of research include Islamic political thought, modern Islamic law, constitutions, the role of religious scholars in Islam, personal status law,...
Date of source: Monday, October 20, 2025
Prof. Dr. Muḥammad al-Ḍuwainī, Deputy of al-Azhar al-Sharīf, received today (Monday) a delegation from the Danish Foreign Affairs Committee and the Danish Embassy in Cairo to discuss ways to enhance mutual cooperation.
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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.