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Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 5, 2006
Fourteen centuries ago, the author argues that Islam began promoting mutual respect and
peaceful coexistence among human beings.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 14, 2003
The article reports about a part of a TV program titled Q&A broadcast by the CNN in which the Karen Armstrong, the author of the book “Islam…A short history” provided answers to five questions raised about Islam by Americans. The Egyptian TV hosted Islamic preacher Dr. Muhammad Abu Lela in...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2003
The article is an interview with the new Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gom´a. He comments on the issues of Sufism, renewing the religious discourse, issuing fatwas, modern Islamic preachers, Islam-West relations, apostasy in Islam, hisba lawsuits and applying the hudood [punishments for certain sins] of...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2003
The writer discusses with the Mufti of Eritrea the issue of Muslim-non-Muslim relations [Editor: Eritrea is about 50% Muslim and 50% Christian, relations between Muslims and Christians in the country are generally very good].
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 26, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, the former Mufti of Egypt and member of the Islamic Research Institute, about the status in Iraq and Palestine.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2003
The author comments on the events of 11th meeting of the European Council for Fatwa and Research held in Stockholm, Sweden. He believes that the council gives courageous fatwas and ijtihads to handle problems of Muslims. He criticized the council´s perception of jihad.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 18, 2006
Metropolitan Abba Seraphim’s critique of a paper by Bishop Munīr on the relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, presented at the annual interfaith dialogue meeting of the Anglican communion and the Permanent Committee of the Azhar al-Sharif for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2005
Islam set clear guidelines for human rights hundreds of years prior to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Islam respects human rights regardless of creed, sex or color.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 23, 2002
Bat Ye´or wrote about jihad with political implications. This is enough to make one expect partiality in tone. The current situation in the Palestinian territories is another factor that influences the way many write about Jihad. By contrast to what Ye´or says, Islam does ask its adherents to...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 11, 2002
Dr. Abdel-Rahman Salam refutes that Islam spread by the sword. He says that the call to Islam is based on wisdom, fair exhortation and choice and that Islam did not know real expansion except in time of peace. He explains that the aim of the conquests Muslims carried out was not to spread Islam but...
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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.