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Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
Lecture about the need for understanding between Muslims and Christians. Presented in AWR as background to the lecture in Cairo, July 2004.
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2004
The most important issue in the Islamic world today is the relationship between two basic creeds of Islamic fiqh [jurisprudence]: Sunnis and Shiites. With the long history of discord which can lead to conflict, wise Muslim intellectuals believe that if the two parties were able to come closer to...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 31, 2005
The first meeting between the Islamic world, led by Prophet Muhammad, and the Christians was in the 10th year of the Hijra, 631 AD. Prophet Mohammed met the Christians of Najrān in the Medina Mosque where he let them pray and celebrate their Easter holiday.
Date of source: Saturday, November 2, 2002
Islam is a universal religion that does not permit the oppression of Muslims or non-Muslims. This fact indicates justice, which is the basis of life in Islam. Islam is very keen on achieving justice for all human beings. Islam does not state justice only as a motto or but as a reality in the lives...
Date of source: Saturday, October 12, 2002
Islam is a universal religion with a universal message. The hands of Islam are stretched out to the world in love and peace because Islam is the religion of right and peace. The Islamic jihad was a necessity to protect right and peace and not to fight and wage war.
Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2002
Islam is a universal religion that opens its doors to all people. It cares and respects the other, as it calls for forgiveness and modesty when dealing with the other. People will not realize the universal nature of Islam, unless they know its true principles.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
The ghost of terrorism is hunting us again near the Azhar and in Taba. What would push youth to commit such dreadful crimes? It is the sayings of Muslim Brother philosopher Sayyid Qutb who wrote, "the pagan societies include those who claim to be Muslim societies." He also said, "believers should...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Islam has gone through prosperous periods during which Islamic scholars practiced Ijtihad. But then six centuries ago, Islam entered the era of “imitation” when Islam became imprisoned in a mold manipulated by political interests and personal interests.
This led to the formation of a barrier...
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, June 19, 2004
A group of scholars and intellectuals traveled last week to Europe in order to “improve the image of Islam and Muslims” in Western public opinion. The program aims at eliminating mistaken ideas about Islam. This coincided with an agreement taken by a number of Muslim businessmen in Canada and the U...
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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.