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Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
The topic of the Friday prayer speech can be either determined by the state or left to the imāms of the mosques. The author outlines some of the positive and negative aspects of each system.
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2002
Some people think that the new conditions imposed on the building of mosques are a conspiracy. However, there is a pressing need to establish rules on the building of the mosques. According to the Qur’an and the sunna, a mosque could be used to spread temptation and insecurity among Muslims. That’s...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
Beauty is a principal part of human civilization and of the Islamic faith. This is contrary to the claims of a group of Muslims with distorted thought, that depicts Islam as if it were the enemy of life. • See art. 3: Religious freedom in Islam. • See art. 7: democracy in Islamic thought. • See...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
It is neither proper nor wise of some to explain natural disasters as revenge on the part of Almighty God (e.g., the recent Tsunami disaster that claimed the lives of nearly 300,000 people).
Date of source: Saturday, December 8, 2001 to Friday, December 14, 2001
The Islamic da’wa was badly affected as it has been carried out by people who concentrate on the appearance rather than the core of religion. Islam will not benefit from people who travel to Europe and America wearing short white gallabiyas, sitting on the ground licking their fingers after having...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 3, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
People have the right to get accurate information about their religion, so being guided by a charlatan is a great crime, that will affect not only the person but the religion itself. The prophet Mohammed in his Hadiths [talks] and Ibn Malek in his book "The legislation laws" urged us to select our...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The Egyptian television’s way of dealing with the problem of the Do’a [preachers] was a miracle, because the 50-year-old phenomena starting to be addressed through such a huge medium. Those Do’a are superficial, they concentrate on appearance only. They are only looking for money, fame and power,...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The institution of the Azhar recently became an objective for the hypocrites who just want preacher’s seats without being qualified to assume the responsibilities. Therefore, the Do’a should be well prepared to teach religion and ready to carry out their responsibilities.
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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.