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76. Will the family and companions of the Prophet Muhammad appear in drama after al-Qardawi’s fatwá?
Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Portraying the role of Muslim orthodox Caliphs in drama has been forbidden before in
Egypt and other Arab
countries.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
A critique of the strict censoring of religious films maintained by the Azhar. The authors warn of similar rigidity by the church.
Date of source: Sunday, August 24, 1997
A drug addict killed his wife by throwing her from the fourth floor and
then attacked the Assembly of Saint
George, destroying some of the contents of the building before trying to
set fire to it.
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 1997
Christian organizations have continued their attacks against
Muslims, alleging that the persecution of
Copts is the most important human rights issue. This was alleged by an
organization called the Patriotic
Federation of Missionaries and came at the same time as many false accusations
from...
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy is split
over a book authored by a
businessman that interprets the Qur’ān in more than 27,000 verses. He
says his book, the first
literary epic in the Arab world dealing with interpretation of the
Qur’ān, will make it easier
for the public to understand...
Date of source: Friday, September 1, 2006
An Egyptian author writes in favor
of Israel and Judaism in a book banned by the Azhar
University.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
Sawt
al-Ummah discusses a controversial book
published by the Ministry of Awqāf (Endowments), calling
for the killing of Bahā’īs.
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: Thursday, June 8, 2006
The controversial document of
religious rights has
disappeared from the Azhar sheikhdom, raising many questions over the grand
imām’s
relations to it. Al-Maydān publishes a picture of Dr.
Tantāwī and Shaykh
cAmr al-Bastawīsī, the former head of the office
of the grand imām,
shaking hands...
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
A recent Administrative
Judicial Court ruling allowing Egyptian Bahā’īs to have their religion recognized on official
documents and the issue of Bahā’ī marriage have been a subject of heated debate in the
Egyptian press.
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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.