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Date of source: Saturday, February 15, 2003
Interview with the Malaysian advisor of the prime minister for Islamic affairs. He explains the Malaysian perspective of Islam and comments on martyrdom operations and the Iraqi issue.
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2003
The author asks the Sheikh of the Azhar to let the Azhar play its role as a noble Islamic Institution. He asks him to travel to Iraq and issue a fatwa about boycotting American products if the US attacks Iraq. He asks him to give his opinion concerning human rights and the economic situation in...
14. A person who claims to be the representative of the Shiites filed a suit to "Get the Azhar back"
Date of source: Sunday, January 26, 2003
The Supreme Council for the Custody of Ahl Al-bait [the family of the Prophet] will file a suit against the Sheikh of the Azhar claiming that the Azhar is a possession of the family of the Prophet that it wants to get back.
Date of source: Saturday, September 10, 2005 to Friday, September 16, 2005
The author examines the ways in which the Azhar can regain its role as the world’s pre-eminent Islamic institution, helping the world confront Islamo-phobia and terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, August 20, 2005 to Friday, August 26, 2005
In a scenario that has already been repeated several times, 31-year-old Coptic lawyer Athanasius William raised the issue of Copts’ joining the Azhar University. When William applied to join the Azhar’s Sharī‘a and Law College, he was denied access in accordance with the university’s rules that...
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2004
The question might imply disturbing implications, but does Egypt really need the post of the Grand Imam of the Azhar?
Date of source: Saturday, June 22, 2002 to Friday, June 28, 2002
Rose El-Youssef created a special file on extremism and terrorism. The file discusses cassette tapes that degrade women in Egyptian society, the fact that some lawyers looking for fame collaborate with extremists, that some scholars oppose scholarly development and that terrorists have turned to...
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2002
In the first session of the religious committee of the People´s Assembly, President of the People´s Assembly said that Islam has never been a religion that calls for violence or terrorism. The Sheikh of the Azhar said that as distant as heaven is from earth, so terrorism is from jihad....
Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2005 to Friday, December 9, 2005
The author argues that some Azharites have close connections to political Islam groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
The author argues that it is not the right time to reconsider law 103 of 1961, which grants the president the right to appoint a shaykh of the Azhar.
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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.