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Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 8, 2016
Jawzīf Malāk a human rights delegate for the state of minorities with the United Nations reported that there is a fear that the Wādī al-Riyān Monastery crisis is escalating between the two parties and the rights organizations that are becoming involved in the matter. Malāk demanded that the state...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 2, 2013
'Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, Muslim Brotherhood Muftī, issued a fatwá against Muslims greeting Christians at Easter without clarifying the state's position on the Israeli occupation and Mursi’s intimate message to Israeli President Shimon Peres in which he described Israel as a loyal friend. The fatwá ...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 3, 2013
In a press statement made on Wednesday, May 1, Dr. ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr commented on a number of issues. First, al-Barr said that he did not prevent the President from entering any church and added that words spoken in the media should not be taken very literally.
Additionally, al-Barr welcomed...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 30, 2013
Dr. ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Office (al-Irshād Office), issued a fatwá banning greeting Copts in Easter. The Muslim Brotherhood Muftī continued that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is against Muslims’ doctrine because Jesus or ‘Isá (as Muslims say) did...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2013
A number of Coptic activists have started a campaign on social networking sites titled, “No to inviting the killers to the Cathedral”. The campaign was launched in order to demand that the Church reconsider inviting President Muḥammad Mursī, Prime Minister Hishām Qandīl, and speaker of the Shūrā...
Moroccan businesswoman: A cultural centre is needed to change society’s perception of Moroccan women
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2015
Moroccan businesswoman: A cultural centre is needed to change society’s perception of Moroccan women
Moroccan businesswoman Fātima Zahrāʾ has expressed her dissatisfaction with the widespread view among Egyptians that Moroccan woman come to Egypt only for leisure rather than for work, marriage or...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2015
Egyptian organisation for human rights condemn terrorist acts in Egyptian governorates
The Egyptian organisation for human rights has condemned the criminal acts of terrorism that took place in the governorates of Kafr al-Sheikh, North Sinai, East Faiyum and Qalyubia, which resulted in the deaths...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2015
Mass movement to remove the hijab splits Egypt into supporters and opponents
The call of journalist Sharīf al-Shobashī for women to remove the headscarf has lead to the organisation of a mass demonstration in Tahrir Square. Comments on social media site Facebook show that opinions are divided on...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2015
Dr. Su’ād Sāleh, professor of Islamic Comparative Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) at the women college for Islamic studies at Al-Azhar University, accused Dr. Hassan al-Janaynī the Al-Azhar scholar of attributing a 'weak' hadith (saying) to Prophet Muhammad. According to Dr. Sāleh, the hadith in the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 15, 2015
In a television interview aired on MBC Egypt channel, the Egyptian business tycoon and founder of the Free Egyptians Party (FEP), Najīb Sāwīris, criticized the State Support Coalition, comparing its formation to the tactics of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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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.