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Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 15, 2022
Imām Fāḍl Sulaymān responded in 2018 to allegations of Dr. Hans Jansen on whether Sūra 2: 256, there shall be no compulsion in religion, had been abrogated. This discussion is essential since the verse’s abrogation is argued for by the Islamist extremists that Hans Jansen studied. This position...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 7, 2022
In email correspondence. Imām Fāḍl Sulaymān responded to our earlier discussion about the Covenant of ʿUmar, also known as the Capitulations of ʿUmar since I was working on a paper on my correspondence with late Dutch scholar Dr. Hans Jansen (1942-2015). Jansen argued that the code of ‘Umar and...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 15, 2011
Al-Wafd published the story on Runderkamp's film on its website on December 5. This was strange since it was not in their printed publication. The Wafd text was mailed by imām Fādil Sulaymān to Cornelis Hulsman, Jayson Casper with the question "Dear brothers, what do you think about this Dutch...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 2011
Contents I. Jansen’s argument: Copts are killed when they violate the Shari’a II. My comment: Jansen should have mentioned the general lack of security in Egypt III. Jansen does not know about the construction of new churches in recent years IV. Does the Shari’a prohibit the building of churches...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2010
Cornelis Hulsman's farewell speech given at Cairo University in June 2009.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 22, 2010
The study of the ways culture and religion impact one another is a topic of great interest not only to me on a personal level, but also to CIDT as an organization devoted to the promotion of intercultural dialogue. A highlight of this issue of Arab-West Report is the brace of articles written by...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2010
Jayson Casper considers two contrasting and controversial views on Islam; those of Imām Faysal ‘Abd al-Ra’ūf and Shaykh Ahmad al-Sāyih. While Imām Faysa's controversy lies in his questioning of the cultural sources of Islam, Shaykh Ahmad is more concerned with questioning the religious sources of...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 4, 2010
Jayson Casper attends a talk given in Zamalek, Cairo by Imām Faisal ‘Abd al-Ra’ūf, an American Islamic scholar who calls for adherents to Islam to adapt to the culture of their home nation.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 19, 2009
A summary of Prof. Harald Suermann’s lecture on Christian documents from the 7th century that document Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt just following the arrival of Islam in Egypt.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 23, 2009
Professor Harald Suermann visited the CIDT office and delivered a lecture about Christian attitudes toward Muslims during the Umayad era. An article also reflects on a Gallup poll that states that Egypt is the most religious country in the world.
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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.