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Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 13, 2012
Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, Counsellor to the Azhar Shaykh on the dialogue of religions, and Professor at the Azhar University and the Sorbonne, is regarded as one of those who bear the responsibility for extending channels of communication and cooperation with non-Muslim religions, cultures and...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 28, 2015
A spokesman of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Egypt has taken part in an international conference on religious dialogue for peace in Africa. Egypt was represented by Dr. Mahmoud Azab, Advisor of the Azhar Shaykh on Dialogue (Dalia al- Hamshary, al- Dustūr , March 28, p. 2)....
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 19, 2014
Dr. Abāss Shūman, deputy of the Azhar, denied claims in international media that the Azhar and the Vatican have signed an agreement to combat slavery. Shūman stated that Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, the representative of the Azhar in the conference that was held at the Vatican to discuss the prospects of...
15. Al-Azhar denies the demand to apply the "limit of harabah" to the perpetrators of terrorist acts
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2014
Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, the advisor of the Azhar Shaykh denied rumors the Azhar requested the application of the “hirāba law” (Islamic law demanding the amputation of the limbs) on those who are convicted in terrorist attacks (Ayā Fathī, al- Dustūr, Jan. 31, p. 6 ). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 2014
Mahmūd ‘Azab, advisor to the Azhar Shaykh for dialogue affairs, stated that the Azhar stood beside the Egyptian people since the beginning of the revolution.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 17, 2014
Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, advisor to the Azhar Shaykh for Dialogue, and Dr. Girgis Sālih from the Coptic Orthodox Church have inaugurated a branch of Bayt Al-ʿA’ila in Port Said.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 2013
Al-Azhar has demanded a decisive international stand against Angola after the decision of the Angolan government to prohibit Muslims from practicing their religious rites as well as demolishing the mosques in Angola. Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, the advisor to Shaykh of Al-Azhar, has described the decision of...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 17, 2013
In a closed meeting between Azhar Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II at the cathedral, the repercussions of the latest events of violence were discussed along with possible attempts to calm the next phase.
A source of the Church revealed that the Pope has taken a surprising...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 28, 2017
The relationship between al-Azhar and the Vatican has witnessed several changes during the previous ten years, namely since 2006. Since then, the relationship has experience disagreement, discord, agreement, and finally, rapprochement.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 24, 2017
Researcher Islām Biḥayrī described discussions about reconciliation with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood as “the crisis of all crises,” from which Egypt and the surrounding region would not recover again. In a long interview with al-Dustūr, Biḥayrī said: the Brotherhood got a proper chance to...
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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.