Date of source: Sunday, January 13, 2013
In the name of God the most Merciful, and the most Compassionate
To: Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Director and Founder of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT) Dear Sir, As I follow up the sincere efforts your good self exert for promoting dialogue between Muslims and Christians...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2011
Egyptian Endowments Minister Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq call for forgiveness and tolerance, qualities that he says already exist in Islam. Zaqzūq provides examples from the Qur'ān that encourage and document tolerance between Christians and Muslims.
He adds that God created people with different colors,...
Date of source: Monday, September 15, 2008
The author stresses the need to build social cohesion between Muslims and Christians and to avoid flagrant rumors.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Dr. Zaqzūq stresses the need to enter into genuine interreligious dialogue on a cultural basis rather than a materialistic and technological one. Technology and scientific development should be a means of communication between the different nations of the world; differences, however, should be a...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, Egyptian minister of endowments, highlights three main phases in the Muslim world’s relationship with the West. The first one started with the Abbasid Caliphate, the second started with the French expedition to Egypt and the third one is the contemporary era.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Zaqzūq believes that the common respect between Muslims and the West and efforts to overcome present problems seems to be the only way to have a constructive Islam-West dialogue.
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2007
Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq re-affirms that the West and the Islamic world will be able to solve their current misunderstandings only by abandoning the old ideas they have adopted toward each other.
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2007
The author refers to the need to hold fruitful Islam-West dialogue, and to curb the radical European trend that seeks to silence the moderate Islamic voice and to terrify people about the dangers of Islam and Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2007
The author talks about the importance of Ijtihād to modernize and renew our Islamic thinking, to protect our nation from religious complacency and the extremist trends.
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq argues that inter-religious dialogue will not be successful without first solving the issue of the possession of absolute truth, as dialogue cannot succeed if the participants do not accept and have a mutual respect for one another.