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Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2024
The ‘Dictionary of the Spirit: Ṣūfīsm as We Should Know it’, the latest book by author and researcher Dr. ʿAmmār ʿAlī Ḥasan, has been released by the Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House in Cairo.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Media guru Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā said that political Islamist groups are troubled by Valentine’s Day and consider it ḥarām (religiously impermissible). He pointed out however that Valentine’s Day could be viewed as an important occasion in the tough reality Egyptians are going through amidst political and...
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2024
The al-Nuzha Misdemeanor Court sentenced musician Aḥmad Ḥijāzī to six months in prison and a bail of 2,000 Egyptian pounds (roughly $64.65) on charges of contempt of religion after he appeared in a video singing verses the Holy Qurʾān to the tune of the oud.
Date of source: Saturday, February 10, 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders is participating for the second time in a row with a special booth at the New Delhi Book Fair, one of the region’s largest events in terms of number of visitors, taking place from February 10 to 18.
Date of source: Sunday, February 11, 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders, led by Grand Imām of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, expressed “deep concerns” over the threats made by the Israeli occupation forces to launch a military operation in the city of Rafaḥ, which is located in the southern Gaza Strip and is currently densely populated with...
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2024
On Friday, February 16, the Coptic community in Egypt commemorated the 9th anniversary of the massacre of 21 Egyptian Christians in the Libyan city of Sirte by the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or Dāʿish, in the Arabic acronym, on February 15, 2015.
Date of source: Thursday, February 1, 2024
Al-Azhar Fatwā Global Center reiterated that the miracle of al-Isrāʾ wa al-Miʿrāj (Night Journey and Ascension to Heaven of the Prophet Muḥammad) are confirmed beyond any point of doubt in Chapters 17 and 53 of the Holy Qurʾān and in verified ḥadīths (the Prophet’s tradition).
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders booth at the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2024 held its 15th cultural symposium under the title, ‘Women between Teachings of Islam and Inherited Traditions.’
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2024
The Muslim Council of Elders booth at the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) 2024 presented its visitors with a recent publication titled ‘Al-Bayān fī Mabāḥith min ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān’ (Clarification on Research Topics from the Sciences of the Qurʾān), authored by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Wahāb Ghuzlān, a...
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2024
Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām, highlighted that the annual adoption of the International Day of Human Fraternity on February 4 is based on the commemoration of the most significant document in modern human history.
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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.