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Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2025
Following a wave of controversy over reports that authorities in Egypt's South Sinai governorate were seeking to confiscate the historic Saint Catherine Monastery, administratively affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Church, and seize its lands, President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī assured Greek Prime...
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: Monday, October 4, 2021
Grand Imām of Al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb and Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church reaffirmed their commitments to “reinforce and consolidate the values of dialogue.”
Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
A Swedish court on Tuesday found a far-right activist guilty of two counts of hate crimes against Muslims over statements he made whilst burning copies of the Qurʾān. This triggered riots in the country in 2022.
Date of source: Friday, February 12, 2016
Fūʾād Bilqāsimī, the national leader of the Islamist organization Sharia4Belgium and a Moroccan-Belgian, has chosen to take his case to the Belgian Supreme Court in protest of a ruling made by the Court of Appeal a few weeks prior, which sentenced Bilqāsimī to 12 years in prison and a fine of €30,...
Date of source: Thursday, March 13, 2014
A proposal to amend Article 20 of the Moroccan Personal Status Law Code, specifically concerning the marriage of minors under the age of 18, has caused division among the ruling majority and opposition groups within the country’s House of Representatives. Demands were made by the progressive...
Date of source: Friday, March 29, 2024
Aḥmad bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Qaṭṭān, the kingdom’s permanent envoy to the Arab League and ambassador to Cairo, stated that King Salmān is emphasizing the value of promoting intercultural communication and a culture of peace, as demonstrated by his inaugural statement at the 4th Arab-Latin Summit in...
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Sharīʿa Council extended the tenure of Grand Muftī Shaykh ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Diryān for an additional five years. His term was supposed to expire in one and a half years, which is when he reaches the legal age of 73, but this extension has allowed him to stay in his post until...
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2023
Remarks by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, expressing his opinion that altering the religious rules on verbal divorce would require a new sharī ͑ a consensus have triggered controversy in Egypt, where religious opinions interfere with social requirements.
Date of source: Monday, May 24, 2021
Amid rising tensions with Ethiopia, Egyptian-Sudanese forces will begin conducting joint military exercises this Wednesday.
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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.