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Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
Dr. Rif‘at al-Sa‘īd presents an overview of the emergence of violence in the ideologies of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic groups that followed it, believing that religious slogans were used as a cover to justify the use of violence against society.
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2007
Dr. Rif‘at al-Sa‘īd writes about the system of khalīfah [Islamic Caliphate] in Egypt. He describes its rise and fall, and the significant factors involved therein.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Let’s quickly look at some quotations from the writings of Sayyed Qutb.
In his book “Al-Islam wa Mushkelat Al-Hadara” [Islam and the dilemmas of civilization], Qutb wrote “A thousand books about Islam, a thousand sermons in mosques and a thousand films about Islam are not enough. Creating a small...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2007
The nomination of Abdullah Gul, the Turkish foreign minister, for the presidency of the Turkish Republic, has pushed secular Turks to discussing succession and the meaning of secularism. The author states that the definition for an Islamic Caliphate is that they are the general presidency for...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Dr. Rif‘at al-Sa‘īd presents different opinions concerning the methods of teaching religion and the concept of citizenship to Egyptians students.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 7, 2003
The author reviews a critical study by Kuwaiti thinker Abdullah al-Nafisy in his book titled ?Al-Haraka al-Islāmīyah?Ro?ya Mustaqbaliya?Awraq fi al-Naqd al-Zati? [Islamic movement?A future vision?Papers of self-criticism].The book includes a number of academic studies by Islamic thinkers who made...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The issue of the proportional representation of Copts was once discussed during the formulation of the 1923 Constitution but was opposed by many Copts who did not want to be granted special parliamentary guarantees other than what are granted to all Egyptian people
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2006
The author believes that the word ’’Islamic
civilization’’
is not accurate because Islām differs from one country to another, and
Shī‘ah
Muslims differ from Sunnah.
Date of source: Thursday, July 30, 1998
Dr. Rifaat Al-Said review of a book entitled "Islam and Faith" by Dr. Mohammed Shahrour.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
This article discusses violence in Islam from the Caliph ‘Uthmān Ibn
‘Ufān to
the Muslim Brotherhood. Religion and holy texts have been taken as pretexts to commit
murder in the name of
God and Islam.
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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.