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Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
During a conference, organized by the Ibn Khaldoun Center headed by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, on Islam and Reform, representatives of political Islam took part in the dialogue and the Islamic movements were encouraged to be involved in the democratic process. The final statement released by the center...
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2001
Sheikh Yahia Ismail was dismissed from the ’Usul Ed-din [fundamentals of religion] Faculty, at the Azhar University. He had objected before to the Sheikh of the Azhar receiving the Israeli ambassador to Cairo - which the Grand Imam considered an insult directed against him.
Date of source: Monday, December 10, 2001
The administration of the American University in Cairo (AUC) prevented a female researcher wearing the niqap from entering the University. The researcher brought an action against the university. The court ordered the annulling of the university’s decision. However, the legal affairs official in...
Date of source: Monday, December 10, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt affirmed that the Palestinians defence of themselves by any method is legal. Counselor Tareq Al-Bishri believed that the killing of the civilians is not wrong as a civilian is not related only to the uniform but is related to the attitude he adopts. Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin said...
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2001
The administration of the American University in Cairo prevented veiled female students from entering the university. The administration said that the reason for this prevention was that the university is a scientific place and this decision has nothing to do with the freedoms of religions.
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2001
The events of September 11 impacted the situation of Muslims in Europe and in the USA. The vice president of the Islamic-European University in Holland illustrates the way to face the influences of these events and their effect on the situation of Muslims in Europe and specifically in Holland.
Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2001
Al-Usbua of November 5 claimed Dr. Tareq Mitri and father Khalid Akasheh rejected describing Islam as a heavenly religion in the final session of a Muslim-Christian conference. Dr. Mitri wrote the RNSAW and denied he said this. Dr. Muhammad Selim Al-Awa supports Dr. Mitri and praises him for his...
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2001
Pope Shenouda declared to members of the Maglis El-Milli that among his proposals for solving Coptic problems was the formation of a committee of the wise men of the state whose task would be to study Coptic positions and determine the causes of the problems as well as working in complete secrecy.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar wrote an article on the cosmic verses in the Qur’an. In this article he wrote that the revealed books before the Qur’an were all lost or altered. Therefore, the Qur’an is the only book where reciting it is like praying. The author believes that Al-Naggar should not have...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
The Azhar’s disciplinary board dismissed Dr. Mahmoud Hemaya, the head of the Da’wa Department in the Faculty of Usul Al-Din [Fundamentals of religion], in the Azhar University in Assiut. He was accused of defaming his honor the Grand Imam.
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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.