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Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Majdī Khalīl discusses the forced disappearance of Coptic girls. The claims around this phenomenon are not new, however it is being announced more frequently. Khalīl discusses the reasons why Coptic families are more often daring to announce the disappearance of their girls, and the reasons behind...
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The author asserts that Islam
and Muslims are the enemy created by some western
circles, but Muslims are contributing to make the western
“imaginary” come true. He also notes that the war
against those who insult Islam has also targeted some Arab
intellectuals.
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The author discusses serious threats to freedom of expression.
Date of source: Friday, October 17, 1997
SAT7 is also only concerned with broadcasting Christian material, but a number of famous Coptic artists have refused to have any relation whatsoever with the channel.
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Ahmad
Khālid sees that the reason behind backwardness in the Arab world, particularly in
Egypt, is the
rigidity and deficiency of religious discourse. He argues that Egypt nowadays suffers from the
absence of
authentic clergy.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author discusses why jihādi groups find aircrafts such an attractive target for terrorist attacks.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The author reviews a book made by Egyptian famous intellectual Sa‘īd ‘Ashmāwī, in which he tackled the hijāb issue and other controversial issues related mainly to Muslims’ clothes.
Date of source: Saturday, December 22, 2001 to Friday, December 28, 2001
Reforming the religious discourse is a must. Reforming Islamic jurisprudence requires interpretation based on reason not the text, and modernization not traditional ways, so that jurisprudents and Islamic scholars can find in Islam new rules and modern principles to motivate the reason and inspire...
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2000
The book of "Why did they join Islam? The reasons behind the conversion of the world’s elite to Islam," by journalist Usama Al-Alfi introduces many examples of those who converted to Islam. The author believes that Al-Alfi wrote his book to open Muslims’ eyes to the greatness of their religion. The...
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2000
Nobody expected that the rage induced by a book of the novelist Haider Haider "Walimat Ashab Al-Bahr" [The Banquet Dinner of the Sea] would become a time bomb exploding in the mosques. Some of the Imams asked for punishment and the termination of the campaign against Islam and speaking against God...
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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.