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Date of source: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The article reviews recent sentences that key members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement have received that reflect the ongoing security drive over the group.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The article reports on a decision of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy that prevents Christian or Jewish wives, as well as children of a Muslim man, from receiving inheritance from him after his death.
Date of source: Saturday, April 26, 2008
The author reports on a draft law that seeks amendments on the Azhar law, stipulating that the Azhar presidency is to reach via public voting.
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2008
The Azhar is experiencing a controversy between scholars who call for the purification of fiqh heritage and those who believe fiqh already contains rules of extended applications and that no scholar now is able to understand such rules.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Administrative Court of Justice has decided to cancel the Supreme Council of Culture’s decision to award Poet Hilmī Sālim the State Prize for Excellence in literature.
Date of source: Friday, April 4, 2008
A number of Muslim scholars and intellectuals were hosted by al-Musawwar to discuss the current state of Muslim-Christian/Muslim-West relations in lieu of the controversial Dutch movie ’Fitna.’ The attendees gave their opinions about intereligious dialogue, highlighting both the positive and the...
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 2008
Muhammad al-Bāz reviews the minutes of an official meeting with leading Azhar scholars in which they decided to continue printing a book that is part of the Islamic heritage, despite knowing it to contain fabricated hadīths ascribed to the the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The author highlights the tense relationship between the muftī of Egypt Dr.‘Alī Jum‘ah and the Grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī.
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2008
A Palestinian shaykh from the city of Khān Yūnus has issued a fatwá calling for Egyptian troops on the Egypt-Gaza border to be killed if they resist any Palestinian overthrow of the border fence.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
A newly released bill on children has obtained widespread rejection as being purportedly violating the Islamic Sharī‘ah as well as bases of the culture.
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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.