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Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2001
The Ministry of Waqfs issued a statement commenting on the Egyptian experience in fighting terrorism and extremism. The statement stressed that violence, imposing opinions by force and not considering religious and moral values were the most negative social phenomena of the modern age.
Date of source: Thursday, March 30, 2006
The author mentions the Ministry of Awqāf’s response to the news about the establishment of a Shi’ite mosque in Egypt and presents news that Azhar shaykhs are not about to give up their traditional Islamic garments.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Husām Tammām investigates the phenomenon of new preachers and Sufism in Sudan portraying their rites and what he calls “Modern Sufism.”
Date of source: Saturday, December 13, 2003
The author criticizes the recent decision taken by foreign outside ??/ authorities to abolish cancel places of worship in schools , religious buildings such as, mosques and places for prayers in schools He wonders why a school, as a place for education and naturally a place for music, art, and...
Date of source: Friday, November 28, 2003
The author continues to comment on how applying Western secularism and modernism could be harmful to Islam, as it has corrupted Christian religion and ethics in Europe. He makes it clear that those who support Western modernism are not entitled to dictate the Islamic nation a new religion discourse...
Date of source: Saturday, October 11, 2003
The article is an interview with the new Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gom´a. He comments on the issues of Sufism, renewing the religious discourse, issuing fatwas, modern Islamic preachers, Islam-West relations, apostasy in Islam, hisba lawsuits and applying the hudood [punishments for certain sins] of...
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2003
The Minister of Endowments refutes the claims concerning unifying the subject of the Friday sermon and foreign intervention in the Islamic religious discourse. He also comments on the issue of renewing the religious discourse.
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003 to Friday, September 26, 2003
Women are eager to work in the field of Da´wa [Islamic missionary activity] and study Islamic dogma to the degree that they have excelled men. People who are responsible for Da´wa say that this is due to the awareness of women of her role to correct some misunderstood conceptions. The cultural...
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003 to Friday, September 26, 2003
M.A., a student at the Faculty of Commerce, went to the Faculty mosque for prayers and attending the weekly religious lesson given by another student. She was astonished to see that the student giving the lesson brought a shroud out of her bag, in order to give them a lesson in preparing the dead...
Date of source: Monday, June 30, 2003
The author reports that the Italian authorities dismissed the Imam of the main mosque in Rome following his sermon urging jihad. This sermon was greatly attacked by leaders of a Zionist organization based in France and work under the cover of human rights. The Simon Wiesenthal Center considered the...
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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.