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Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2026
President of al-Azhar University, Dr. Salāma Dāwūd, affirmed during his speech at the celebration marking the 1086th since the establishment of al-Azhar that this anniversary is a tribute to an enduring institution that has defended religion, language, culture, and civilization, historically...
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: Saturday, March 25, 2023
Imām Abū Ḥanīfa's influence lives on to this day through his fiqh (jurisprudence), scholarly works, books, and the doctrine he established to his name. He was controversial and had a mind constantly pulsing with thought as his mentors were the ṣahāba (the Prophet Muḥammad’s Companions) and their...
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Islamic preacher Yūsuf al-Badrī talked about the characteristics of a preacher and the sources of legislation in Egyptian society. He also talked about the case of liberal Islamic thinker, Naṣr Abū Zayd and criticized his books. The questions were asked and answered in Arabic.
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Date of source: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
On April 25, 2013, Jihad Watch contributor Raymond Ibrahim (Ibrāhīm) published in Middle East Forum what he titled “Death to Churches Under Islam; A Study of the Coptic Church.”
His text is a collection of frequently returning claims without proper sourcing, falsely pretending statements of some...
Date of source: Monday, March 9, 2009
The article presents an interview with Safwat Hijāzī discussing different issues such as those about the attacks against da‘iyahs, insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, monopoly, normalization, and organ donation. He was also asked about his opinion on Christian attempts to Christianize Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2009
The author reviews the three volume selected works of Tarek Heggy, the liberal Egyptian political thinker and international petroleum strategist.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 2, 2007
The author rejects attempts of some Muslim scholars to dig up old heritage books to find H...
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2008
In his new fatwá, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah permits women to work as a ma’dhūn, saying that it complies with the Abū Hanīfah scholarship.
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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.