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Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 30, 2004
Contrary to what many people think, the phenomenon of the new preachers has not emerged during the past four or five months in Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2005
After an elaborate praise of the pope the author lists violence directed against Copts. He rejected Egyptian media coverage that often describes violence as "unfortunate incidents,” "a clash provoked by both sides” and "acts of violence carried out by extremists from both sides”. Not once did they...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2004
October magazine questioned the minister of Awqaf, Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, on a number of issues related to Islamic Da’wa [call to Islam] and other religious matters.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2004
The whole world is watching us and observing what are we achieving in terms of reform, especially with regards to freedom of expression. We will not stand by helplessly hoping that an internal reform [of the Azhar] is achieved. The Azhar has long been a place for spreading enlightenment and...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 2001
It was said that Sheikh Amr Khalid used the scientific method and a free mature way of thinking in explaining the Qur’an and Sunna. However the author provides many examples of how Khalid imitates the ways used by preachers for many centuries. He proves that he is very far from using the scientific...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 25, 2001 to الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 31, 2001
In its seminar for this week, Rose El-Youssef discussed the reasons for the attraction of young people to sheikhs like Amr Khalid and how to deal with such sheikhs. All the religious men and intellectuals that were present agreed that a religious, political and cultural vacancy was behind this...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 8, 2001
The article gives an overview of how Amr Khalid became a preacher. The author believes that he would soon be forgotten if he were prevented from preaching, especially as he does not say anything new, but just used a different discourse.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 11, 2001 to الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2001
The author believes the Muslim Brotherhood helped Amr Khalid to become the sheikh of the elite and prevented him from teaching.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 4, 2001 to الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 10, 2001
Amr Khalid started by preaching in the houses of repented actresses and businessmen. It was a retired belly dancer who promoted him among them. Dr. Ahmed Ukasha analyzed the phenomena of Amr Khalid and his likes saying that young people gathers around him due to the intellectual vacancy they are...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2001
Sheikh Amr Khalid is attacked for being an AUC graduate and not a specialist in religion and for being a young preacher, the majority of whose audience are teenagers. The author believes that being young is not a point against him as he has a talent for preaching. He is using a language that suits...
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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.