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Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2023
The Egyptian President, ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī, has revealed that work is underway to draft a law stipulating that any verbal divorce lacking official documentation will not be accepted. The President cited statistics from the Dār al-Iftāʾ stating that it deals with hundreds of thousands of divorce...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2023
On Friday 17th, The United Arab Emirates opened the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, a day after the Mufti of Oman, Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Ḥamad al-Khalīlī, released a statement attacking the event. The inauguration was a result of the signing of the “Document on Human Fraternity” between the Grand...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Al-Ḥurra recently aired an episode of its program “Debatable” that discussed the Bahāʾī religion. In it, host Ibrāhīm ʿĪssā asked the question, “how do Bahāʾīs having houses of worship harm you as a Muslim or Christian?”
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2021
More than a year after a heated discussion regarding the renewal of religious discourse between the Shaykh of al-Azhar, Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, and Cairo University President, Muḥammad ʿUthmān al-Khusht, al-Tayyib announced statements with his stance seeming different from before.
Date of source: Friday, March 12, 2021
Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq and his meetings with political and religious leaders is a powerful move by the pope to spread peace and bring hope to a country where there appears to be no limit to its suffering. However, the trip is also a powerful reminder of the trial and tribulations of...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Since President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī rose to power in 2014, the Egyptian government has built over 600 bridges and roughly 21 new axes for over 85 billion EGP (5.3 billion American dollars). The government is also planning to build a thousand overpasses costing 130 billion EGP (roughly 8 billion...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 9, 2021
In a letter sent to Egyptian Public Prosecutor Ḥamāda al-Ṣāwī, Amnesty International expressed its concern over the situation of imprisoned Egyptian journalist Sulāfa Majdī.
Date of source: Friday, January 15, 2021
On August 14, 2013, the Egyptian government broke up the Rābiʿa and al-Nahḍa sit-ins after roughly six weeks since deposing the Muslim Brotherhood from power. Afterwards, several of those participating in the sit-ins fled to Turkey.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The last three years have seen a deterioration in relations between Egypt and Qatar ever since Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Manama cut diplomatic, trade, and economic ties with Doha and closed the borders with it.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
On December 20, 2020, Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī posted a tweet, blaming a lack of thinking on Muslims’ part for their current circumstances. He quoted French Philosopher René Descartes’s saying “I think; therefore, I am,” but added that he fears that it will be said of Muslims: “You are not because you do...
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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.