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Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2004 to Friday, November 26, 2004
The problem is that everybody is talking about the correct version of Islam without really knowing what correct Islam is, in other words an Islam that goes in line with the manners of our age and the latter’s way of thinking.
Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2002
The Qur´an and the true sunna are the only reference points that Muslims should abide by. Each of them must be treated as a whole unit. When discussing the opinion of the Qur´an concerning a certain issue, all verses dealing with that issue should be taken into account. Partial...
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
Certain parties have managed to dominate the minds of some Europeans and bring them into a state of genuine panic about losing their national identity at the hands of what they called the Islamic cultural invasion. This has been one effective result of the boycott against Denmark following the...
Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2006
Many Azhar scholars have rejected female circumcision and even criminalized it based on the notion that the practice has never been a duty or obligation in Islam and there are no texts in the Qur’ān or sunna [the Prophet Muhammad’s tradition] that encourage it.
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The author says that Islam has stressed equality between men and women in all rights and duties, including the civil, economic, educational, political and work rights.
Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2006
Mahmoud Lutfī ‘Āmir discusses the concept of bay‘a, swearing allegiance, and the head of the Ansār al-Sunna [supporters of the Sunna] association in Damanhour, northern Cairo, defends his decision to express his organization’s bay‘a for President Husnī Mubārak as the Amīr al-Mu’minīn [Prince of...
Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
There is no obligation on Muslims to watch the advent of the mahdī according to the muftī of Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
A discussion of homosexuality and Egyptian law taken from a bachelor’s thesis on Egyptian law.
53. Response to AWR’s questions on Yustina Salih and the second article of the Egyptian Constitution
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The full text of Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyoumī’s response to the 30 questions Drs. Cornelis Hulsman sent him concerning the second article of the Egyptian constitution.
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2005 to Friday, December 23, 2005
The Khutuwāt al-Mustaqbal al-Islāmīya School [The Islamic Future Steps School] has reportedly organized a contest searching out the 99 names of God in the Qur’ān and the genuine sunna, arguing that compiling God’s names is an interpretive work, and can thus be subject to study and analysis.
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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.