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Date of source:
The recent statement by the Shaykh of Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi in which he said that the French government has the right to impose a ban on the H...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 26, 2008
Arab media primarily placed the war in Iraq in the framework of the religious dimension. Religion is present in the background of almost all articles. Reactions of religious institutions and figures and the impact of religion on the characters of both Bush and Saddam Hussein are the focus of...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2007
The increasing phenomenon of Fatwás being issued by “satellite Shaykhs” is discussed. The author questions who has the authority to control these Fatwás, and why they issue is not being focused on.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2007
Rose al-Yūsuf interviews some of the Islamic scholars to ask them about their opinion concerning the hacking of Christian websites.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2007
Ahmad Amīn ‘Arafātslams some satellite channels for inviting unqualified Muslim clerics who issue online Fatwás without having considerable knowledge of Islām. Citing Dr. Rashād Khalīl, the former dean of the Faculty of Sharī‘ah and Law, as an example, ‘Arafāt indicated that Dr. Khalīl issued a...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2006
Many of the
issues considered
as belonging to the proven and known in Islām can change according to time and circumstances.
What some
think as protection from foreign danger is really a restriction of development that gives one group of
clergymen the authority to control the beliefs and...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2006 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 15, 2006
A group of Azhar scholars declare their opinions on the Azhar
researcher’s thesis
that deemed Rose al-Yūsuf Kāfir. All scholars denounced the
Takfīr; however some
approved the negative stance on the periodical.
Date of source:
Both Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imām declared their rejection
of any foreign intervention
in the internal affairs of Egypt. The former said that he met the American committee to
defend Egypt and to
explain to its members that what the foreign press publishes and what the internet broadcasts...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 16, 2006
In an interview with
the daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, ‘Abd al-Sabūr Shāhīn stressed the importance of
showing the real forgiving face of Islām by denouncing fundamentalism and artificial exterior piety. He also
expressed that the simple veil was enough for the Muslim woman, clarifying that the Niqāb...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 14, 2006
The author conducted an interview with Dr ‘Abd al-Sabūr Shāhīn
on Western attacks on
Islam and the role of Islam in Egyptian society.
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.