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Date of source: Sunday, August 4, 2002
Islamic thinker Muhammad Emara praised the national stance of the Coptic minority in Egypt, and their wise behavior against imperialistic attempts to use minorities to fracture societies. He explains the difference between the usage of the word “minorities” in the West and in Islamic societies. He...
Date of source: Sunday, July 7, 2002
A member of the Islamic Research Institute said that Islam establishes good relations with non-Muslims and that Qur´anic verses stress the importance of respecting the dignity of all human beings, regardless of their religion, race or language. Islam deals with those who oppose it in a...
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2002
In this article the deputy of the Azhar speaks about the attitude of the Azhar towards what is going on in the Islamic world after the attacks of September 11. He also speaks about the role Muslims in the west should play to correct the image of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, February 26, 2006
The author reports on Egypt’s muftī’s statements about the concept of the Mahdī in Islamic belief.
Date of source: Saturday, February 11, 2006
Professor of Islamic sharī‘a, Dr. Nabīl Louqā Bibāwī [Reviewer: a Copt], who has written a number of books defending Islam, has recently published a book entitled Muhammad Salla Allāh ‘Alayh wa Sallam wa al-Khanājir al-Masmouma al-Muwajjaha Ilayh [The Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings Be upon...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
People should not practice Islamic da’wa [call to Islam] unless they meet certain requirements. Those who stand on the podium of the prophet Muhammad [by calling people to embrace Islam] should have certain characteristics that are the essence of religion and not alien to it. If that person [who...
Date of source: Sunday, August 8, 2004
It is well known that the West [the US and European countries] has recently proposed a project to reform Arab and Islamic countries because those countries supposedly do not apply the principles of democracy. We simply have to read our history and hold on to our religion - only then would we become...
Date of source: Saturday, June 4, 2005
Dr. Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘ā, Muftī of Egypt, said that Islam has limited polygamy. In a Hadīth reported by Sālim, his father, Ghaylān Ibn Salāma al-Thaqafī, had ten concubines when he embraced Islam. The Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] told him to “chose only four of them” to marry.
Date of source: Saturday, May 28, 2005
Muftī of the Republic Shaykh ‘Alī Jumca said that dialogue during a recent trip to Germany, which aimed at rectifying the image of Islam in the West, focused on the issues of gender equality, human rights and whether Islam is actually a religion of tolerance.
Date of source: Sunday, July 14, 2002
Dr. Sufi Abu Taleb, the former president of the People’s Assembly, clarifies the realities and advantages of Islam. He said that Islam has nothing to do with religious dogmatism and discrimination because it recognizes the other religions as valid. He added that it is unfair for Western researchers...
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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.