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Date of source: Friday, April 14, 2006
The author focuses on the problem of fatwas in Islamic countries nowadays and Muslims’ concerns about the future of Islamic jurisprudence.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
Muhammad al-Shāfiʿī mentions a number of definitions of ‘extremism’ from different perspectives.
Date of source: Thursday, January 1, 2004
The Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Goma´a, commented on the issue of “Renewal of Fiqh and its Restrictions” in a seminar organized by the Islamic Benevolent Organization, presided by Dr. Muhammad Shawqi Al-Fangari. Dr. Usama Al-Baz, the political advisor of President Mubarak, participated in the seminar.
Date of source: Saturday, November 29, 2003 to Friday, December 5, 2003
The article sheds light upon the Islamic fiqh-based concept “yad al-amana wa yad al-daman” [the obligation for honesty and the obligation for guarantee]. The contemporary application of this concept in the area of dealings in general and economic dealings in particular, especially those related to...
Date of source: Saturday, November 29, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi. He commented on the fiqh of facilitation that he is famous for applying, the Islamic religious discourse, the schools of Islam and the top problem of the Islamic world today. He also commented on the conditions in Iraq and the possibility of...
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 2003
The author comments on the meaning of renewing the Islamic fiqh. He mentions three Muslim scholars as examples on how to renew the fiqh.
Date of source: Saturday, August 2, 2003
The article gives comments on the reaction of Abu Hamza Al-Massri towards the statements of Karam Zuhdi.
Date of source: Thursday, July 24, 2003
The author compares between two approaches in Islam. The first is the imitation approach that simply imitates the salafi ideas in a very traditional way without questioning them. The second is the reasoning approach that gives place to the mind to question everything.
Date of source: Thursday, July 3, 2003
Sheikh Abdel-Magid Al-Zindani, the chairman of consultative [Shura] Council of the Yemeni Islah [Reform] Party and the president of the Islamic Research University, calls for creating a new marriage bond called “Zawaj [marriage] friend” instead of the Western system “girl friend,” which allows...
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2003
The author believes that the there is discrepancy between the behavior of Muslims and the principles, which the Prophet Muhammad called for. It was this discrepancy that pushed the representatives of the Islamic world to study together the future of the Islamic nation in the 15th General Islamic...
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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.