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Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The author of the article presents excerpts of the ideas that were discussed during the meeting held in Alexandria on human rights and renovation of religious discourse.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Sunnī, Shī‘ah and all
other Islamic doctrines
agree that the Holy Qur’ān is the same book delivered to the Prophet
Muhammad without any slight
difference in ideas, style or words.
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2006
The author
expresses his view about the media during Ramadān. He says that television must concern itself
more
with religious and moral programs and series that present Islamic history, rather than trivial series
and shows
which keep the audience away from moral and spiritual values.
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
The review takes up the issue of the niqāb as Jack Straw, Leader of the House of Commons, called on Muslim women in Britain to take off their veils in workplaces, while in Egypt, the President of Hilwān University made a decision to prohibit all niqāb-wearing students from entering the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
This review presents the opinions of some intellectuals about offensive articles written against the Prophet’s companions. Some consider this to be an unforgivable sin, others refer to the Shī‘ah-Sunnī differences as a reason for it.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
A supplement published by the mouthpiece of the Ghad
Party, al-Ghad newspaper,
entitled "The worst 10 figure in Islamic history," has provoked strong
public reaction and led Islamic lawyer,
Mamdūh Ismā‘īl, to sue the newspaper. The
list of names included some of the
prophet’s companions and ‘...
Date of source:
The author contends that the
authentic collection of hadīth collated by al-
Bukhārī contains many sayings wrongly
attributed to the Prophet Muhammad. He pleads with the Muslim
community to rid itself of these in favour of
progress.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
The author
of the article blames the
backwardness of Muslims on their inability to bridge up their differences. He says
the Grand Imām’s
appointment by the presidency results in religious institutions supporting the idea of
obedience to the ruler.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
Ayman al-Hakīm traces the
incident of takfīr a Yemeni
poet after he published extremely controversial works.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2006
This article strongly criticizes the claims of al-
Gābrī,
professor of philosophy at Muhammad V University in Morocco, about the
Qur’ān’s perversion,
providing counter arguments to these claims.
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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.