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Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 1999
Interview with sheikh Dr. Sayyed Tantawi on housing loans. In previous articles words were put in his mouth which were not true. The sheikh approves of these loans if buying that house is a necessity for his family. Loans for other purposes, such as purchasing luxuries or making financial gain are...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 1999
Many Islamic scholars question the value of artistic films. Many of them reject the representation of a sheikhh or ma’azun [marriage official] on the screen. Others, however, want to use the film as a means to spread Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 1999
An Islamic organization is helping poor South African students to attend university free of charge. It is expected most of them will convert to Islam. The ratio of blacks coming to Islam compared to whites with the same effort is one to 200.
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 1999
In answer to a question posed by a Muslim reader the author outlines principles which are to guide a Muslim’s relationships with non-Muslims.
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2012
Jordan’s Mufti Saeed Abdul Hafeez Al Hijawi ruled that female circumcision was "a noble trait" accepted by Islam, even though it was not a necessity.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni managed, to a large extent, on Sunday [May 23, 199], to win the support of Shura Council members for some of his decisions, especially the relocation of the Museum of Islamic Arts to the Citadel area and the organization of an international celebration to...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The unprecedented rise in the number of Urfi marriages among university students has prompted the Islamic Research Academy to condemn the practice as illegitimate. However, if all Urfi marriages become illegal (haram) as stipulated in the statement made by the IRA, this could block one of the most...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 1999 to Friday, May 28, 1999
A member of the Maglis Al-Shaab [the People’s Assembly] accused the Ministries of Culture and Information of going against the teaching so of Islam when they organized a beauty queen pageant. He was supported by other members who said the contest was a Zionist conspiracy to remove the honor of...
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 1999
The two books ’The Book and the Quran, a contemporary reading’ by Mohammed Shahrour and ’My Father Adam - the story of creation between the truth and the myth’ have such a strong resemblance that is very close to plagiarism.
Date of source: Friday, April 23, 1999
The fatwa of Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, the Grand Mufti, published lately in one of the papers stating that pilgrimage of actresses is not halal (not religiously permissible) caused a big fuss and much ado. Then the Grand Mufti denied that he released such a fatwa. Dr. Wasel wanted to stop the media...
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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.