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Date of source: Saturday, May 11, 2002 to Friday, May 17, 2002
Revealed scriptures speak about the light that gives man life and spirit. Even un-revealed religions like Buddhism speak about light enlightenment. Everyone should try to arrive at a state of enlightenment in order not to be trapped in a state of kufrania, i.e. the denying the need for...
Date of source: Saturday, January 31, 2004 to Friday, February 6, 2004
Muhammad Said al-Ashmawi criticizes statements by the seventh supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Mahdī ?Akef, in TV and newspapers interviews. ?Akef stated the Muslim Brotherhood is a political group. The author concludes affirming that the declarations of Muhammad Mahdī ?Akef are...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 23, 2002
The fact that the Muslim leaders were called caliphs or the Amīr of the believers gave the political authority in Islām a religious and a legal dimension. Islām did not know the meaning of Ummah except in the time of the Prophet. All the Islamic authorities after the time of the Prophet were...
Date of source: Saturday, June 3, 2006 to Friday, June 9, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf devotes a file to the increasing phenomenon of the hijāb in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, June 14, 2003 to Friday, June 20, 2003
The author has started a series of articles on the differences between Sunnis and Shiites under a general title "Islam between Sunni and Shiite" on November 15, 2002. In this article, he gives a summary of his previous articles and will resume the series starting next week.
Date of source: Saturday, September 14, 2002 to Friday, September 20, 2002
The University of North Carolina decided to use Michael Sils´ “Approaching the Qur´an” as a placement exam for prospective students. However, some Christian organizations objected to that. The author believes that the book does not testify to the specialization of Sils and does not show...
Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2002 to Saturday, June 22, 2002
Historically political movements were started by groups taking a certain stand but then then they changed into ideologies that merely justified the situation. Some of the people engaged in political activities used verses from the Qur´an to support their political stand.
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2002 to Friday, May 10, 2002
Although there are many differences between Christianity and Judaism and despite the fact that Jews does not approve of Christianity, Zionist Christianity supports Judaism and supports the Jewish interests to rebuild the Temple of Solomon and to have their own independent state. They think of this...
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2002 to Friday, May 3, 2002
Some Muslims claimed that the sura of Al-Tawba [Repentance] included a prophecy predicting the September 11 attacks. The author explained how this group of Muslims arrived at this conclusion. He refuted their claim and concluded that they are not on the side of Islam but offend Islam and Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2002 to Friday, January 18, 2002
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi sated to the Jazirah TV that the prophet Muhammad ordered the killing of some Jews because they swore at him, slandered him and flirted with his wives. It is unthinkable that the Prophet could commit such a crime of secretly plotting and executing the killing of someone.
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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.