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Date of source: Sunday, August 25, 2019
The President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Aḥmad al-Raysūnī, has caused outrage by issuing a fatwā permitting Muslims to visit al-Aqṣā Mosque in Jerusalem, affirming that “not everyone who visits Jerusalem commits a wrongdoing or is calling for normalisation”.
The International...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Islamophobia vs. Westophobia; two postmodern terms. The article presents Muslims’ points of view toward the issue. Dialogue and moderation seem to be the key issues for eliminating the two terms used by fundamentalists on both sides, as most of the people in the following text explained.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 to Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The article is based on a listing of articles that tackle two controversial fatwás issued by two prominent Islamic scholars. The first Fatwá was issued by Dr. ‘Izzat ‘Atīyah, the head of the Hadīth Department of the Faculty of Usūl al-Dīn [Fundamentals of Religion] at the Azhar University. The...
Date of source: Thursday, April 12, 2007
The article represents different
opinions of Muslim scholars about the official and legitimate fatwá.
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2007
Hudā Al Sālih writes about a very controversial issue: the fact that women have ascended public offices and become judges in the Arab and Islamic world.
Date of source: Thursday, March 1, 2007
Hudá al-Sāliḥ writes about a very dangerous phenomenon that has recently spread among women in the Gulf: a-religious thoughts.
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
The article discusses honor killings and the reasons behind them. It highlights organizations that are attempting to combat these crimes, and their frequency throughout the Islamic and Western worlds.
Date of source: Thursday, January 11, 2007
The article talks about Saudi female preaching activities in Saudi Arabia. It represents different opinions and requests of different well-known Saudi female preachers.
Date of source: Monday, December 25, 2006
The
article is an interview with Natana J. DeLong-Bas. She is a senior research assistant at the Center for Muslim-
Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. The interview sheds light on her book
‘Wahhabi Islām: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihād.’ The book presents...
Date of source: Thursday, August 17, 2006
The article discusses claims about evangelization campaigns
taking place in
Jordan.
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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.