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Date of source: Saturday, December 22, 2001 to Friday, December 28, 2001
In his biography Al-Zawahri says that he warned the Egyptians to avoid being around government places where it would be dangerous. If any Muslim is hurt during such attack compensation has to be paid. Sheikh Mansour Al-Refai Ebeid said that if a Muslim kills someone on purpose, no matter of what...
Date of source: Saturday, December 8, 2001 to Friday, December 14, 2001
Some people are trying to promote some products and magazines by offering religious CDs and cassette albums containing recordings of Qur’anic recitals by two unknown sheikhs. The former dean of the Arabic Language Faculty at the Azhar University said that there was nothing wrong about these CDs and...
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2001
The article sheds light on the Hodaybeia peace treaty, which the republican representative of California, Tom Lantos attacked. The Azhar scholar stressed that in the Hodaybeia treaty, Mohammed made many political sacrifices in order to prove to the Jews that he did not desire war but peace.
Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2001 to Friday, August 17, 2001
The article sheds light on the danger of private mosques through the example of Sheikha Fifi. Together with a famous actress she built a mosque. She once invited Sheikh Amr Khalid to preach there and he accepted this. A mosque inspector claimed that the owners of private mosques are powerful people...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001 to Friday, August 10, 2001
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the European Council for Fatwa and Researches, issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. The fatwa caused a great controversy and was refused by many Islamic scholars, who believe that as...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt issued a fatwa prohibiting competitions based on making special-rate phone calls, considering them a form of gambling prohibited by Islam. The fatwa caused wide controversy in religious, media, and communication circles. One of the competition programs the Mufti referred to was "...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The three books deal with issues like peace, brotherhood, cooperation and dealings among people. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi says that it is not appropriate to forbid a book because it has verses from the Bible. Islam guarantees freedom of religion to all people.
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
The dean of the faculty of Law and Shari’a is of the opinion that the sheikhs give out fatwas because they have the required knowledge. However, giving fatwas is not limited to sheikhs. Others, who have sufficient knowledge about the Arabic language, Qur’anic sciences, and Mohammed’s tradition can...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
The minister of communications decided to stop the Islamic hotline, especially after telephone subscribers began complaining about their inflated bills. Sherif Abdel-Megid, son of the former Secretary General of the Arab League, who started the service, filed a request to the minister asking to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2001 to Friday, May 11, 2001
The radio referred a drama called "the sorcerer" to the Azhar to approve. The referral was said to be demanded by Naguib Mahfouz. The drama was taken from his most famous novel, "Children of our ally," which is considered to be his gem. It has also been considered to have disfigured prophets.
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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.