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Date of source: Friday, November 12, 2004
Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq, Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments], emphasized the necessity of renewing religious discourse as compelled by changing times. He clarified that this renewal does not touch on the fundamentals of faith, but concerns matters that require progressive vision.
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
In this interview, Rev. Akram Lama’i, head of the Higher Council of the Evangelical Church, speaks about the image of Islam, national unity, US occupation of Iraq, Arab Christians, Zionist Christianity, inter-religious dialogue and other issues.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 2004
In an interview with the Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, he answers questions about foreign interference in Islamic issues in Egypt, renewal of religious discourse.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In Dr. Hamdi Zaqzouq’s new book “Al-Ialam wa qadaya al-Hewar" [Islam and issues of dialogue] he is calling for renewal and freedom of mind as well as a new vision to religious concepts. - See art. 1: A lawsuit against Egyptian scriptwriter Usama Anwar Okasha for offending a Companion of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In this interview Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Azhar, answers questions about Islamic-Christian dialogue, developing the religious discourse, Azhar education, rights of women in Islam and others.
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2004
Dr. Hamdy Zaqzouq, Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments], has lately issued a list including thirty-four scholars and men of religion who are allowed to appear in the Egyptian television channels. This list includes senior trustable scholars and thinkers, yet some questions remains. What is the...
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 2004
We have to make a clear distinction between the problems our Muslim nation and culture have been suffering for centuries and the western demands regarding our religious education and Islamic discourse. Genuine renewal allows us to keep religious fundamentals as they are while developing a new...
Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2005
The talk about developing the religious discourse did not end. It is exposed to contemporary ideas and affairs instead of being locked up in histories that are no longer applicable.
Date of source: Sunday, August 4, 2002
Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid speaks about the problem of linking Islam with terrorism and presents two approaches to deal with the problem. The first is to show Qur’anic texts that call for peace and tolerance and to interpret the texts calling for violence within the framework of their historical...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2002
The author questions why we are unable to help the Palestinians. He believes it is because of the weakness of the intellectuals who have dominated our cultural life. Many concepts are undefined and there is a shortage of imams.
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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.