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Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2023
This article offers insights on the efforts of Grand Imām Aḥmed al-Ṭayyib toward renewing the religious discourse in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Sheikh Abū al-Yazīd Salāma, an Azharī scholar, responds to two common claims that the Qurʾān contains grammatical errors.
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2022
Dr. Yousrī ʿAzzām, Imam of ʿAmr Ibn al-ʿAāṣ Mosque confirms for Muslims that congratulating Christians on Christmas and the New Year is permissible and in accordance with the values of Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2022
Ṣadā al-Balad routinely publishes religious rulings that concern Muslims in their daily lives. Dialogue Across Borders presents below a summary translation of four of these on justified killing, sunrise prayer, the possibility of spiritual benefit reaching the deceased, and the question of polygamy...
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2022
According to its 2022 annual report, the Islamic Research Academy in Al-Azhar conducted several activities and launched different initiatives to raise awareness about family issues and work towards maintaining family stability.
Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2022
The Dār al-Iftāʾ confirms that prayers for the dead are religiously permissible and the question about whether prayers reach the deceased or not has no definite answer.
Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2022
The United Arab Emirates has issued a federal law regulating the personal status of non-Muslim residents that will be enacted in February 2023. The law defines the procedures for marriage, divorce, and child custody, among other related issues.
Date of source: Monday, October 31, 2022
Bahrain is preparing to hold the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue on the subject of “East and West for Human Coexistence” on November 3rd and 4th, 2022, under the patronage of the King of Bahrain, Ḥamad bin ʿĪsa Āl Khalīfa, and with the participation of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib,...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2022
Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Sheikh of Al-Azhar and Chairman of the Council of Muslim Elders, continued on Friday, November 4th, his three-day visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, where the second day of the visit witnessed a number of important meetings.
Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2022
On October 15th, His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria, Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, dedicated icons for the Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius in Nasr City to celebrate the golden jubilee (i.e. fifteenth anniversary) of laying the foundation stone in 1972.
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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.