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Date of source: Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Cornelis Hulsman, founding editor of Arab-West Report, and Gurjinder Khambay, second-year student in International Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands, specializing in the Middle East, interviewed Dr. Jan Slomp, a major leader in Christian-Muslim dialogue at all levels, through Webex, on...
Date of source: Saturday, March 7, 2026
Dār al-Iftā’, in association with Al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, stated that the minimum limit of Zakāt al-Fiṭr (alms for the occasion of ʿEīd al-Fiṭr) for the Hijrī year 1447, corresponding with the Gregorian year 2026, is estimated at thirty-five Egyptian pounds per person.
Date of source: Thursday, January 29, 2026
The Fatwa Corner at Al-Azhar’s pavilion in the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) is receiving nearly two thousand questions daily.
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Dr. Muḥammad al-Jindī, Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, visited al-Azhar pavilion at the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF).
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.
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2025
A dispute over the bodies with powers to issue fatwas (religious opinions in Islam) caused a religious and legislative controversy in Egypt as the House of Representatives’ Religious Affairs & Awqāf Committee approved in principle a draft law regulating the issuance of fatwas.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Today (Tuesday) marks the anniversary of the death of Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the former Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments), who passed away on April 1, 2020.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Al-Azhar launched a daʿwah (call) convoy to the al-ʿĀshir min Ramaḍān city in al-Sharqīya governorate, upon directives from Grand Imām Dr. Aḥmad Al-Ṭayyīb and in coordination with Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd Al-Dāyīm Al-Jindī, Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy.
Date of source: Monday, January 27, 2025
The Azhar’s pavilion at the 56th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) hosted a symposium on Sunday, January 27, titled “Palestine ... History of a Nation and Struggle of a People,” in which several scholars from Al-Azhar led discussion, addressing the historical and religious significance of...
Date of source: Friday, January 24, 2025
At the 56th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), the Azhar’s pavilion hosted its second seminar on Friday, January 2, titled, ‘Sound Nature and Reason in the Face of Atheism.’ The session was led in lecture by Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Dāyīm Al-Jindī, Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy,...
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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.