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Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 2003
The author comments on the hudood [limits imposed by God, and is usually used to refer to the punishments laid down in the Qur´an for specific crimes such as theft and adultery] of the Shari´a. He tries to answer the question of whether Egypt is close to their implementation or not.
Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2003
The author comments on an article by Ayda Al-Gohari titled “The phenomenon of Amr Khalid…the preacher of rich people who look for a meaning [in life].” He believes that the analysis of Ayda is dominated by a secular, Marxist point of view – which led her to concentrate on the effect of the...
Date of source: Friday, June 20, 2003
A number of Egyptian and German parliamentary members, intellectuals and men of religion had a dialogue in Germany under the title “Religion and State.” They discussed the relation between ‘globalization and religion´ and ‘state and religion´ in both countries. They also discussed the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 30, 2003
The case of the Hizb el-Tahrir el-Islami [Islamic Liberation Party], which includes 26 defendants charged with attempting to overthrow the established regime and promoting and possessing publications that include extremist ideas, is still examined. The court has asked an Azhar committee to give its...
Date of source: Friday, March 14, 2003
A professor of Mass Communication at Misr International University conducted a study titled "Actively engaging the media to enhance the image of Islam and Muslims in the US." He elaborates on how Muslims can improve their media to correct the Western image of Islam. He writes that Muslims should...
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2003
The head of the Egyptian parliament referred the issue of applying the Islamic Shari´a to the Religious Committee of the Parliament to put an end to the arguments stirred by the Brotherhood in that respect. Moreover, representatives of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) criticized the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 11, 2003
One of the main objectives of Islamists is to apply the laws of the Islamic Shari´a. However, they never associate this objective with developing Muslims. The Shari´a and jihad are means not aims in themselves and any group of laws cannot alone change the society. Muslims are in a problem...
Date of source: Thursday, February 13, 2003
Usama Bin Laden accused all Arab leaders and possibly Arab peoples as well of kufr [unbelief]. Muslim scholars believe such an accusation show that Bin Laden is ignorant of the Shari´a because there is a hadith saying that he who accuses a Muslim of kufr becomes a kafar [unbeliever] himself.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Muslim preachers in Arab and Islamic countries warn against helping the US in attacking Iraq, stressing that any form of help is against the Shari’a. They call upon combating the new US occupation which targets Arab and Islamic nations.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 4, 2003
People in the West do not respect our Islam, they do not respect our Christianity and they originally do not respect us. Such feelings create rage and pushes [youth] to these violent acts everywhere
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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.