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Date of source: Saturday, July 11, 2020
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed a decree on Friday that hands Hagia Sofia over to the country’s religious authority and reopens it to Muslims for prayer, with little regard for the international criticism, condemnation, and expressions of disappointment from several political and religious leaders.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
His Eminence, the Grand Imam Dr. Aḥmad Al-Ṭayyib welcomed John Barsa, Acting Head of the United States Agency for International Development in Washington, and his delegation on Wednesday.
Date of source: Monday, August 24, 2020
Dr. Ṣalaḥ Ḥasab Allāh, spokesperson for Parliament, complimented Shaykh of al-Azhar Grand Imām Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib and Pope Tawāḍrūs II after al-Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox Church joined in with the Egyptian state to send aid to the Lebanese people to confront the aftermath of the Port of Beirut...
Date of source: Saturday, July 18, 2020
In a letter to Dr ʿAlīʿAbd al-ʿᾹl, Speaker of the House of Representatives, al-Azhar has communicated the opinion of the Council of Senior Scholars on the bill presented to Parliament pertaining to reforms to the Egyptian Dār al-Iftā’. Al-Azhar stressed that the content of these reforms contravenes...
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2020
It is almost Ramadan [Ramaḍān], which comes this year amid exceptional circumstances. The spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has forced people to stay indoors following the preventative measures taken by the government, including quarantine and placing a curfew on civilians’ movement. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Dr. Saʿad al-Ddīn aAl-Hhilālī, professor of Islamic jurisprudence at Al-ʾAzhar University, said that Erdogan’s decision to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque is an offense to Muslims and Islam, and every Muslim must disapprove of this decision. He says that everyone must know this is the result...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Dr. ʿAlī Jumaʿa, former Mufti of Egypt, said in a televised statement that “launching hundreds of thousands of satellites to begin working on 5G networks has paved the way for the atmosphere to spread the Coronavirus, since it altered the Earth's electromagnetism.”
Date of source: Monday, May 4, 2020
On May 3, dozens of Egyptians working in Kuwait gathered at a housing area for migrant labor, demanding that their evacuation and repatriation process be completed. Afterwards, Kuwaiti security forces intervened, breaking up their protest.
Date of source: Saturday, February 1, 2020
On Saturday, the Cassation Court had accepted appeals by ʿAbd al-Munʿim Abū al-Futūḥ, president of the "Strong Egypt political party", his son, and six others, who are members of the Muslim Brotherhood, against a former criminal court order to place them under the terrorist list.
Date of source: Monday, January 27, 2020
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court rejected an appeal case against a prior ruling by the Administrative Court that forbade Cairo University teaching staff to wear the niqāb. The court decision supports a decision by the president of Cairo University who had banned female academic staff from...
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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.