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Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2023
The 25th Session of International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) in Jeddah will begin tomorrow under the auspices of Prince Khālid bin Fayṣal, Adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and Governor of Makkah Province. Also included are the President of the Academy, Dr. Ṣāliḥ bin ʿAbd Allah bin...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Egyptian Columnist Saḥar al-Jaʿārah writes this week:
It is not surprising that from time to time there are calls for "polygamy". However, polygamy is no solution to the spinsterhood crisis; it is in fact a consecration of the idea of , al-Misyār marriage, literally, the traveler’s marriage, which...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
Khālid al-Jandī, a preacher, attacked Egyptian film director Aynās al-Daghaydī, for her assertion that sex is a personal freedom even when it occurs outside of marriage. He went on to allege that there is an organized conspiracy in society claiming that drinking is permitted in Islam and attacking...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Grand Sheikh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb said no one can impose on Muslims anything that runs counter to their faith, adding the issue of homosexuality should not fall within the concepts of freedom.
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
With the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak today, pro-democracy protestors, Muslims and Christians, are celebrating in the streets of Cairo and other cities around the country. Power was handed over to the Egyptian military.
According to Open Doors, a Christian organization founded...
Date of source: Sunday, February 24, 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent comments about the application of Sharī‘ah in Britain have created a massive wave of responses. Here one author who is a Muslim women discusses how Sharī‘ah still governs women and children in family law.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Europe’s rejection to Turkey’s entry into the European Union because of its Islamic values.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The author
reviews the opinion of a committee of the Azhar to ban the
publicizing of adultery-related cases amidst
outcry from media professors who assert that such a ban has not
prevented adultery in other countries.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The article deals with the ideologies of a group of Muslims who call themselves "the Qur’ānites" who believe only in the Qur’ān and deny the sunna [the Prophet Muhammad’s tradition] altogether.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Iran is an Islamic Republic governed by the Islamic sharī‘a. Yet a quick look at the history of the state makes it clear that many cruel practices are contradictory to the Holy Qur’ān and generally accepted hadīths.
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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.