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Mahmoud Samāhah examines the activities of the Islamic dā‘iyah
cAmr Khālid on a number of Arab satellite channels, accusing him of seeking personal
financial gain by distributing his programs to three different channels, while presenting almost the same content.
Samāhah believes that Khālid has...
Date of source:
Diana al-Dabc investigates the
rumors that the modern Islamic preacher ‘Amr Khālid is imitating the well-known evangelical
pastor Rev. Sāmih Maurice and following his preaching style. She lists characteristics that show that the
Muslim preacher is deeply influenced by evangelical methods of...
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Views of Muslim scholars differ over whether to accept the so-called "apology" of Pope Benedict for the remarks he made about Islam a few weeks ago. Nearly 38 Muslim scholars and leaders sent a letter to the pope to indicate their appreciation of the pope’s expression of regret and his affirmation...
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
A new Islamic satellite channel
launched five
months ago is said to be successful with the people, but is also criticized by scholars for promoting
extremist salafist ideas.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
Al-Wafd newspaper interviews Islamic preacher Khalīd al-
Jindī,
who rejects claims that he is one of a group of modern Islamic preachers because he wears western
dress.
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2006 to Friday, September 22, 2006
Wā’il Lutfī writes
about reconciliation
between ‘Amr Khālid and the Brotherhood’s advocate Wajdī
Ghunīm, after the latter
publicly criticized Khālid and described him as misguided.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
In an attempt to quench the uproar over his recent fatwá that appeared
to allow the
killing of Israeli Jews worldwide, Muslim dā‘īyah Shaykh
Safwat
Hijāzī, explains in two interviews with Sawt al-Ummah and al-Wafd that his
fatwá
should only be carried out during wartime.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
‘Amr Khālid is a young Egyptian Islamic preacher who has
gained huge
popularity in the Arab world in recent years. The author criticizes ‘Amr Khālid’s
stance towards
the Israeli aggression on Lebanon.
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2006
The article deals with the
security interference in the selection of preachers for mosques, citing
a letter signed by a police major
general prohibiting Dr. Safwat Hijāzī from delivering sermons in
mosques after he gave a
fatwá allowing the killing of Israeli tourists.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A
few days ago Muslim dā‘īyah, Dr. Safwat
Hijāzī, issued a fatwá
urging Muslims to declare war against Israeli civilians worldwide.
The fatwá was severely
condemned by the Azhar, the highest religious institution in the Muslim
world, as incorrect and
terrorist in nature.
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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.