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Date of source: Saturday, March 29, 2025
The Minister of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, said that the Prophet Muḥammad’s message is one of ethics and purity of the soul, citing a verse from the Holy Qur’ān that says, "And indeed, you are of a great moral character" (4:68).
Date of source: Friday, April 4, 2025
A Palestinian scholar and a former student of al-Azhar said that he felt relieved by a phone call from Grand Imām Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, who expressed support and appreciation for the struggling Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip under cruel and calamitous circumstances.
Date of source: Sunday, April 6, 2025
The 2nd edition of a program on producing promising female leaders was inaugurated under the patronage of Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, and Dr. Salāma Dāwūd, President of al-Azhar University.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām welcomed a South African Council of Churches delegation at the Council's headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Today (Tuesday) marks the anniversary of the death of Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the former Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments), who passed away on April 1, 2020.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, head of the Evangelical community in Egypt, expressed "deep appreciation" for the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, and for his "pioneering role in promoting the values of tolerance and peace."
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Sāndī Girgis, a young Christian woman, is engaged in charity activities during the holy fasting month of Ramaḍān to hand out ifṭār (fast-breaking) meals she had cooked at her home in the streets of the coastal province of al-Ismāʿīlīya, where she lives, giving them to the poor and needy.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Grand Muftī of Egypt Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād said there are no sharīʿa restrictions on visits to the graveyards during the ʿEīd, adding that the Prophet Muḥammad has encouraged Muslims to visit their dead relatives out of lesson-learning and example.
Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2025
The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said that Islam consolidates the principles of love of life and optimism, urging Muslims to have a positive look based on profound understanding of the purposes of creation as determined in the Holy Qur’ān.
Date of source: Monday, March 10, 2025
The Dominican Fathers Monastery hosted a signing ceremony on the book “Father George Qanawātī: A Life for Interfaith & Intercultural Dialogue” authored by Dominican Father Jean-Jacques Pérennès.
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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.