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Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 8, 2006
The controversial document of
religious rights has
disappeared from the Azhar sheikhdom, raising many questions over the grand
imām’s
relations to it. Al-Maydān publishes a picture of Dr.
Tantāwī and Shaykh
cAmr al-Bastawīsī, the former head of the office
of the grand imām,
shaking hands...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 2, 2006
Sāmih Fawzī says that Islamic thinker Dr. Muhammad ‘Umāra is used to attacking Christianity and the Holy Bible. Dr. ‘Umāra’s recent anti-Christian book Mulāhazāt ‘Ilmīya ‘Ala Kitāb al-Masīh fī al-Islām lil Duktour Michel Hāyik [Scientific notes on the book of Christ in Islam by...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 2, 2006
The weekly sermon by the grand imām of the Azhar,
which focused on the
interpretation of Chapter 18, al-Kahf [The Cave] of the Holy Qur’ān,
dealt with the need for
dā‘iyas [Islamic preachers] to be equipped with knowledge and
evidence about Islam and its
morals.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 26, 2006
The
front-page item deals with a meeting between Grand Imām of the Azhar
Shaykh Muhammad
Sayyīd Tantāwī and former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey as
part of the Azhar’s
efforts to enhance the interfaith dialogue.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 19, 2006
The
review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt in the light of a recent court
ruling
allowing their religion to be included in official documents like identity cards, passports or birth
certificates,
amidst an outcry from the Azhar and several intellectuals.
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 20, 2006 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 26, 2006
Some Egyptians have filed lawsuits against the grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyīd Tantāwī calling for his dismissal for his "unacceptable" opinions about the hijāb in France and his position regarding the Danish cartoons against the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 12, 2006
A conference was convened recently
to discuss ways to stand up to terrorism through the propagation of moderate ideologies in the face of
extremism.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 4, 2006
The Egyptian government is appealing a court
ruling in favor of
recognizing the Bahā’ī faith. Islamic clerics deem confessors of this religion
apostates.
Suspicious over Bahā’īs being agents of Zionist interests in Egypt are raised.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 4, 2006
A few days ago, the
president of the American University in Cairo (AUC), David
Arnold, decided to remove Islamic and Arabic contents
from a number of AUC textbooks, including syllabi in
Islamic history, Arabic literature and social sciences. A
large number of the university’s staff has...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 8, 2006
Islam prescribes death penalty
for murder to alleviate the anguish of the relatives of the murdered person, the grand imām of
the
Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī says, explaining the reasons behind the
harsh
penalties imposed by Islam.
الصفحات
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.