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Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
The article is an
interview with Samir Marcos, a [Coptic] social researcher and political thinker. Marcos present
his views on a number of important issues such as renewal of the religious discourse, the status
of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the establishment of religious political parties.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Refuting Islam’s association with terrorism, Minister of Endowments Muhammad Zaqzouq
explained that terrorism contradicts the tolerant principles of Islam. He also pointed out that
it is unfair to generalize and make accusation against a fifth of the world’s population as a
result of the foolish...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
During the celebration of his appointment to a full professorship at the University of Leiden, the president of the university delivered a speech in which he described (Dr.) Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid as the silent intellect. However, “there is a historical moment when the intellect breaks his silence and...
Date of source:
The article is an interview with Dr. Nadia
Mustafa, professor of International Relations, head of the Center for Political Research and head
of the Program for Dialogue between Civilizations at Cairo University. Dr. Mustafa admits our
society’s need for renewing the religious discourse and she...
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2004
The newspaper of Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami, affiliated with the National Democratic Party launched an extremist attack on Egyptian intellectuals, describing them of being unbelievers and apostates.
Mamdouh Al-Beltagi, secretary general of the media [secretariat] at the National Democratic Party...
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
Has President
Mubarak’s call to renew religious thought been seriously tackled on all levels of the ruling
party and the government-owned media or not? Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami, owned by the ruling National
Democratic Party, continued its attack on secularists on the pretext that secularists are...
Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2005
Non-stop explanation of the facts of Islam and its tolerant teachings has to be extended to other nations through a line dissociating the faith from the misconducts of some Muslims, said Muhammad ‘Abd al-Fadīl al- Qousī, the deputy president of the Azhar University, in an interview.
Date of source: Thursday, March 17, 2005
In an interview with al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī, Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at al-Azhar University, Dr. Sucād Sālih contended that her selection as a member of the World Union of Muslim Scholars is an acknowledgement of women’s rights granted by Islam 14 centuries ago. She stressed that...
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
Islamic fundamentalism in the sense of being a dogma can be summarized in: the world is divided into nations of Islam and nations of war, the world is either jahīlīya [pre-Islam] or hākimīya [the application of the sharī‘a and strict observance of God’s commands]. Armed jihād is a must to establish...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
The basic premise form which this article proceeds is that the Copts are (or should be) genuine Egyptian citizens, that is, first – calls citizens. Egypt is their county; they are not living here by the grace of others but are full entitled to enjoy the status and rights of nationhood, as full...
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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.