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Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
The Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences, in Kuwait, welcomed the Islamic Research Institute’s fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or Mufti] that forbids leasing a womb to implant in it the zygote of another woman.
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute put an end to the controversial issue of leasing wombs by rendering it haram [religiously forbidden]. Asharq Al-Awsat interviewed many scholars, doctors and experts in the field of genetic engineering to ask them about their opinions concerning this issue. Dr. Abdel-...
Date of source: Friday, April 6, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute rejected Prof. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi’s fatwa that allows a woman to host a zygote of a couple not capable of having children. Many scholars regard the host mother to be an adulteress.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 12, 2000
The Azhar refused to give its authorization for the publication of a book titled Historical deception because it defames Christianity. A committee that consists of scholars from the Islamic Research Institute was formed to pass its judgment on the book. After a long discussion, a decision was made...
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2000
The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, declared that the chamber wants to boycott Israeli products and advised traders not to deal with Israel. At the same time, he declared that the chamber will support Egyptian traders against pamphlets that aim at causing conflicts between some traders to the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2000
After a long introduction about the difficulties Watani encountered to obtain its registration license, Youssef Sidhom, in a bitter and defying tone, wondered why Watani was not among the three papers the Supreme Council of press agreed to issue.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2000
The Sheikh of Al-Azhar is seen to dampen the zeal of those calling for tough action against Israel while the Mufti is described as being the exact opposite of the Sheikh.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
[Translator’s note: All Translation of verses from the Qur’an are taken from The Koran Interpreted, Arthur J. Arberry, Oxford University Press, 1964.]
Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin stressed that the Azhar did not do an act of courtesy in its report on his book "My Father Adam". He declared his opposition...
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2000
The first Arabic Seminar against normalization (of relations with Israel), entitled "the resistance to normalization is a religious and national duty", will start in Amman today and will continue until next Tuesday. Both Pope Shenouda and the French intellectual, Roger Garoudy will give speeches.
Date of source: Friday, July 21, 2000
This article answers a question concerning working with Jews and Christians, from the point of view of Qur’an. As for the Jews, cooperation with them is not permissible whatever the circumstances are. As for Christians, If they have been warmongering, they must be cut off. If they are other than...
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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.