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Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005
The author wonders where, and from whom, ‘Amr Khālid received his education, and criticizes some of his fatwas.
Date of source: Saturday, October 8, 2005 to Friday, October 14, 2005
A law to ban female circumcision is posed for discussion and the ‘Ulamā’ seem to differ in their views on the issue.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
An interview with Dr. Zaghlul al-Najjār on the relationship between science and the Qur’ān. Husām Tammām writes that by the end of the interview, he was convinced that the scientific miracles of the Qur’ān are lies, or at least a knowledge-related scandal.
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
Shaykh al-Qaradāwī replies to questions about whether the constitutions of Islamic states contradict the sharī‘a.
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2004
Some of the scholars in the dormant Muslim world are busying themselves with only saying all that is new is Haram [unlawful according to the Islamic shari’a.] In fact, some Muslims still believe that the Internet, satellite channels, women’s perfume are haram, at a time our peers on earth live the...
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2004
Propagators of that so-called miraculous science in the Qur’an are just trying to brainwash us and adulterate our awareness under the pretext of entrenching our faith and proving that we are better than all other nations when it comes to religion and science. The obstinate insistence that the Qur’...
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
The Ibn Khaldoun Center has issued a press release attacking the Azhar and its Grand Imam as the head of the most powerful religious institution in the Muslim world.
The brazen release came in direct response to statements made by Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai Al-...
Date of source: Saturday, November 2, 2002
Members of the Creed and Philosophy Committee say that they are not new legislators and have not intentionally denied one of the fundamentals of religion, in an alleged attempt to justify their recommendation concerning the punishment for apostasy. They just want to terrorize anyone who thinks of...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 6, 2002
Muhammad Al-Baz suggested in his article “The End of the Monopoly of Fatwas in Egypt” the establishment of a supreme council of fatwas that should include scholars in all scientific and social fields besides Azhar scholars, as the latter cannot afford answers to all kinds of questions sent to them...
Date of source: Saturday, March 16, 2002
Many Azhar professors said that shaking hands between women and men is not haram as long as the people involved in the handshake do not have bad intentions of lust or desire. Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi criticized the way Sheikh Atiya Saqr follows in interpreting hadiths. He said that Sheikh Saqr...
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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.