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Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2007 to Friday, July 13, 2007
The Supreme Administrative Court has accepted the appeal presented by hundreds of Christians who have temporarily converted to Islam before asking to be allowed to return to their birth religion. A previous ruling rejected their right to list Christianity on their identity cards, regarding them as...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
An interview with the Muftī of Egypt, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah. The Muftī discusses current issues about Fatwás and the functioning of Dār al-Iftā’. He further comments on hot current Islamic issues.
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
Two 13-year-old Christian kids were forced to sit an Islamic education exam at school after their father’s conversion to Islam. Their mother filed a claim and complained to the civil status court.
Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2007
The author believes that the West has been fighting Islam, since September 11, in various ways. Its latest attempt was the foundation of a union for the care of ex-Muslims called the ’Central Council of Ex-Muslims.’
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2007
The Administrative Court rejects the law-suit promoted by Yūsuf al-Badrī to have Wafā’ Constantine arraigning before the court to declare her religion. While Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī denounced the court’s rejection and claimed that Constantine was under forced residence in a Coptic monastery,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2007
Al-Faris considers the trend of media censorship, and highlights a number of publications that have struggled with the limitations on their freedom of expression.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Salāḥ ‘Īsá publishes Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī’s article about art and Islām.
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2007
In an attempt to stop the deluge of Fatwás, that are issued by unqualified Muslim clerics on satellite channels, the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy recently announced itself and Dār al-Iftā’ as the only authorities responsible for issuing official Fatwás in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the Egyptian minister of endowments, has issued a decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb. Stating that the Niqāb is "a matter of custom and not faith," the minister argued that the appointment of Niqāb-wearing women as...
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The Egyptian press exposed religious authorities’ and intellectuals’ points of view regarding the violent confrontations between the Palestinians and the Israeli forces; in his interview with al-Musawwar, the Shaykh of the Azhar condemned the Israeli trespassing of al-Aqsá mosque....
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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.