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Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
The author discusses the belief that secularism is the only way of making headway and progress in the Arab world. He critiques Lafīf Lakhdar’s arguments, and considers how relevant they are in reforming Islamic society.
Date of source: Thursday, January 11, 2007
Following the storm raised over his recent book, ’Fitnat al-Takfīr Bayn al-Shī‘ah wa-al- Wahābīyah wa-al-Sūfīyah’ [Reviewer: The Sedition of Takfīr between Shī‘ah, Wahhābism and Ṣūfism], Islamic Intellectual Dr. Muhammad ‘Imārah "explicitly and unequivocally" apologized for quoting texts that...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Ṭāriq Ramaḍān is chosen by Time magazine as one of the most important 100 persons in the new century all over the world.
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the Egyptian minister of endowments, has issued a decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb. Stating that the Niqāb is "a matter of custom and not faith," the minister argued that the appointment of Niqāb-wearing women as...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Egyptian papers run dozens of articles on a variety of
subjects directly or indirectly related to the Muslim Brotherhood’s military-style rally at Azhar University’s
campus. Analysts and commentators saw the Brotherhood’s military-style protest from various, but still close,
perspectives, with...
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
The author pursues his lastest report on the defenders of the minister of culture and regarded them as autocrats who despise the public opinion.
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
The
article presents three important questions that deal with the sensitive
relationship between Christians and Muslims
in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A conference held at the Azhar
University, attended by Muslim scholars and medical
doctors from Africa, Asia and Europe, condemns female
circumcision and denies that it is a religious
practice.
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2006
In the second emission of the interview with Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the former Muftīī of Egypt discusses the Ḥijāb and Niqāb referring that there are far much serious issues that Muslims need to be occupied with instead. He refers to some foreign powers that try to attract Egypt Muslims by their...
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2006
Scholars have rejected calls to amend the second article of the constitution which stipulates that the principles of Sharī‘ah are the mainstay of Egyptian legislation as they believe it would transform Egypt into a secular state.
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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.