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Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2005
The Azhar al-Sharīf declared its support for a document on religious rights issued by a group of Christians and Muslims in the United States, calling itself “Ambassadors for Peace.” His Eminence, the Grand Imām Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, Shaykh of the Azhar, asserted his support for anyone...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The Grand Imam of Al Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi
confirmed that the veil is an Islamic obligation and whoever denies it is considered an apostate.
During the meeting of the head authority of the International Islamic Council for Da’wa and
Relief, he said that dealing with the French veil ban...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2004
The U.S. and
several Western political, ideological, media-related and religious entities, declared war on
Islam following September 11. This war on Islam, under the leadership of the United States, did
not occur without historical precedence.
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2005
The Ministry of Endowments is
arranging to send scholars to France and then to Germany to project the image of Islam. The scholars were selected amongst
the most qualified, so as to ensure that they have the cultural and scientific capacity to address the Western mind.
Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2005
The chapters of
insulting Muslim sanctities by Western colonialists are still going on as during the barbaric American attack on the tiny
Iraqi city of Falluja in October and November 2004, the soldiers destroyed most of the city’s mosques and perpetrated crimes
of war and crimes against...
Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2005
The Arab Team for Islamic-Christian Dialogue called for boosting the concept of Arab citizenship to overcome all obstacles
hindering Muslim-Christian coexistence in the Arab world.
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
In a final statement at the end of the first round of dialogue between the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue
(IIFD), ulamā’, and Middle Eastern priests, they all concurred to having the interfaith and intercultural dialogue a
religious duty incumbent on the followers of both religions.
Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2005
Respect for sanctuaries…between the West and Islam
Islam’s respect for others’ religious sanctuaries has always been among the prominent features laid by the Muslim faith in dealing with non-Muslims. Muslims have always been respecting the religious privacy and houses of worship of the different...
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2005
Five European Members of Parliament launched a campaign to collect their counterparts’ signatures to call upon European countries to respect personal freedom to wear the hijāb [veil covering a woman’s hair], the Sikh’s turban, the cross, as well as the Jewish skullcaps.
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2005
With the 100th anniversary of the 1905 law, known as the law of Laïcité, or secularism in France, many French voices have started to call for expanding the ban on all religious symbols, especially the hijāb [veil covering a woman’s hair]. They want to apply this law within all hospitals,...
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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.