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Date of source: Monday, February 23, 2026
The former Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, said that the concept of blasphemy in Islamic law carries multiple connotations that vary according to the legal context.
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2026
The following paper presents a summary translation of a lecture delivered by Dr. Sāmiyah Qadrī Wanīs, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at ʿAyn Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. The lecture was given at a “Journey of Learning” interfaith conference in Cairo held from June 23rd to 25th,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2026
The following paper presents a summary translation of a lecture delivered by Dr. ʿAzza Ramaḍān, Professor of Theology and Philosophy at al-Azhar University, at a “Journey of Learning” interfaith conference held in Cairo from June 23rd to 25th, 2025. The conference was a joint project of the Centre...
Date of source: Sunday, February 1, 2026
Underage Coptic girl Silvana ʿĀṭif Fānūs, whose family claimed she had been kidnapped but was later found by the police, has been placed in a public care home for children by order of the public prosecutor of Ṭāmya in al-Fayyūm province, some 110 km southwest of Cairo, where Silvana was found. Her...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2026
Journalist Ashraf Ḥilmī severely criticized the "concealment" of Coptic young girl Silvana ʿĀṭif, a minor who suffers from a mental disability, from her parents at a government care home.
Rulings related to Women in Positions of Religious and Political Leadership: Summary and Translation
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2026
Rulings related to Women in Positions of Religious and Political Leadership: Summary and Translation
Excerpted from "Fatwas and Rulings on Women in Islam" (Fatāwā wa-aḥkām al-marʾa fī al-islām, Cairo: Dār al-Iftāʾ al-Miṣriyya, 2025)
By H.E. Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād – The Grand Muftī of Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2026
In her new book, Professor Zaynab Abū al-Faḍl (Ṭanṭā University) proposes significant reforms in relation to the practice of divorce in contemporary Muslim-majority societies. The author argues that many in modern society have deviated from the spirit of Islamic law around divorce in a way that...
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2026
On January 31st, 2026, a team from the Center for Arab-West Understanding visited the 2026 Cairo International Book Fair located in the suburbs of Cairo. Two of our team, Ḥabība al-Ganāynī and Menna al-Maʿaz, visited Al-Azhar’s “fatwā corner” in Hall 4 at the book fair which allowed people to...
Date of source: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Al-Azhar is organizing an international conference under the title "Investing in Religious & Media Discourse and its Impact on Protecting and Promoting Women’s Rights" in the countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday (February 1) and Monday (February 2).
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Al-Azhar’s pavilion at the 57th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) is offering its visitors a book titled "Messages of the Grand Imām to Children."
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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.