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Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 18, 2017
Mrs. Ambassador Mirvat Talāwī, Director-General of the Arab Women Organization, participated in a panel discussion on the role of clerics and scientists in supporting women's empowerment.
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The identity of Muslim women in post-colonial Egypt has largely been marginalized in the transition to modernity.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 15, 2010
In a conference in Istanbul, Grand Mufti Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah said that Islam is completely against discrimination of all kinds and that religious faith should not be a reason for people to be enemies. He said that Islam’s view on the Abrahamic religions is one of cooperation, integration, and common...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 17, 2008
Dr. Zaynab Radwān, the deputy speaker of the Egyptian People’s Assembly created heated debates in Egypt when she stated that a woman’s testimony in court is equal to that of man and that the non-Muslim wife of a Muslim husband should enjoy the same rights to inherit from her husband. The...
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: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2001
[The RNSAW received this text from Dr. Abu Zayd for placement in the RNSAW. The text was first presented during a conference in June in Berlin, Germany]
Since the occupation of Egypt by Bonaparte in 1798 Muslims have had to address the issue of secularization. Some Muslim thinkers believe Islam...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2003
The writer, Minister of Endowments, continues his writing about the importance of dialogue between different religions. He asserts that such dialogues will help in achieving peace and co-existence. He supports his argument with Qur´anic quotations.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2006
In response to the offensive cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, first published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, moderate Egyptian preacher, ‘Amr Khālid has revealed an initiative to engage in dialogue with Danish youth and intellectuals in a bid to find common...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2000
At the conference called "Seeing is a right for all," which was held at the Ministry of Health, the Grand Imam and the Mufti said they agreed to the transplantation or donation of body organs as long as this was done legally and agreed upon by doctors. They quoted many Qur’anic verses to support...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2000
A strange and negative thing about the Islamic culture in the Muslim world, is our need to discuss subjects while the Qur’an and Mohammed’s tradition have been telling us about the ideal community and about a Muslim woman’s political rights and political practices.
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.