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Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
A recent pulp book by some unknown author is overloaded with poisonous gleefulness and inhuman lack of consideration for others’ mishaps and misery.
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The book "The New Crusader War" mentioned a fatwa to the effect that if the murderer of the innocent people in America is a Muslim, he has to pay half the diyya [compensation money] to the families of murdered Muslims and nothing more. Usama Bin Laden expressed the same opinion when he was asked...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
The Mufti declared that his fatwa about the legality of defending a spy was misinterpreted. He said that the real meaning of his fatwa is that the spy who confessed betraying his country should not be defended because defending him may encourage others to commit the same crime. If he considers...
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2000
The issue of the business of fatwas resulted in a major disagreement between the Mufti and Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi, dean of the ’Usul el-Din Faculty [roughly translated as Islamic Theology] at the Azhar University. The different reactions towards the project led to its suspension.
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2000
The Salafiyin [Editor: A name for very conservative Muslims. It is however not an organization or a group as the article may suggest] adopts a certain way in trading, a way that is supposed to be Islamic, but in fact, is not. They spread in the crowded slum areas where people are, culturally, very...
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2000
Adel Hamouda uses a very sarcastic tone to relate two stories. One is about a bearded man who did not allow a lifeguard to save his veiled wife, who was fighting for her life in the waves of the sea, because the lifeguard is not related to her and thus does not have the right to touch her. The...
Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2000
This article discusses the technique false do’a [plural of Da’iya, preacher] and terrorists use to control simple people’s minds. The story, by which the author starts his article, and the image he used, help in conveying that causing fear and confusion to disable the mind from thinking properly,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2000
October magazine obtained the confessions of five high-ranking members of terrorist groups, who repented after discovering the groups’ lies and deceptions whilst in prison. These members informed security and religious officials of their decision to repent. They presented the truth to October [...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2000
They are a new group of sexually disordered new extremists; all the previous extremists had vague explanation’s to their terrible crimes against the country and innocent citizens. They believe that marriage without officially certified contracts is acceptable, and that recording names of children...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 1999
Fanatic doctors call for closed mindedness and stiffness. They claim to be religious but in reality they are not. The fanatics are trying to stop the development in the medical profession.
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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.