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Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Preaching on public transport has become a phenomenon in the past few years. “It is very
common in microbuses to
find people giving cassette tapes with religious content to the driver to play
throughout the journey.”
Walīd Ahmad, a university student, says.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
The author of the article comments on the fatwa deeming sculpture works harām.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
The dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts is interviewed about how the fatwa deeming drawings and sculpture harām has impacted on the students at the faculty.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 3, 2006
The muftī of Egypt has issued a controversial fatwa that prohibits the acquisition of sculptures. His fatwas contradict with Egyptian laws and international conventions signed by Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
The minister of
Awqāf, Dr. Hamdī Zaqzuq said that the unification
of the call to prayers will return the
sanctity and spirituality to the call instead of allowing random and noisy
voices. He also tried to allay
public concern about a possible plan to standardize Friday sermons.
Date of source: Thursday, June 1, 2006
The Islamic calls to prayers will be unified in Egypt through radio receivers’ which will
transfer a mu’adhin’s voice from the Azhar mosque to the loudspeakers of thousands of minarets in
Cairo
and some adjacent suburbs
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The writer reviews in this
article two books
concerning circumcision as a tradition....Where did it come from? Why do people perform
it? Does it really have
health benefits or not?
Date of source: Thursday, April 27, 2006
This press review investigates the three
consecutive bombings in the Sinai resort of Dahab from an analytical perspective amidst growing suspicions
of the
loyalty of the Bedouins of Sinai to their Egyptian homeland. It also includes suggestions about the
involvement of
al-Qā‘ida network.
Date of source:
The author addresses some contradictions in Egyptian society, in particular the situation whereby people prohibit sculptures, but at the same time consider shrines holy places.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
Some people consider themselves as da‘iyas, although they are neither scholars of Qur’ān and Hadīth nor graduates of the Azhar. Such people are also being hosted on religion programs, on which they spread strange fatwas.
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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.