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Date of source:
Nawal al-
Sa’adawi started defending herself against the
apostasy charges directed at her. She issued a statement in which
she criticized the defamation campaign
launched against her by a weekly paper. It was reported that she backed down
on her decision to confront
Mohammed Hassan al-Alfi,...
Date of source: Thursday, November 16, 2006
In an interview with
the daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, ‘Abd al-Sabūr Shāhīn stressed the importance of
showing the real forgiving face of Islām by denouncing fundamentalism and artificial exterior piety. He also
expressed that the simple veil was enough for the Muslim woman, clarifying that the Niqāb...
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2006
‘Abd Allāh al-‘Alyān, the
author, discusses an article
written by Radwān al-Sayyid about the thoughts of late prominent leader
of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sayyid Qutb. The
article aims to acquit Qutb of being the ideological source of
violence-motivated groups.
Date of source: Thursday, November 16, 2006
Islamic intellectual Jamāl al-Bannā states that his late brother Hasan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood group, was in leadership similar to Communist leader Lenin. At the same time, he calls to remove the second article of the Egyptian constitution, which stipulates Islām...
Date of source:
The victory of the
Moslem Brotherhood in the recent parliamentary elections in which they obtained 17 seats created many
speculations about what
they would do in the future, especially after they announced their intention to
form a new political party. al-Musawar
discarded the possibility of...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Muhammad Zuhdī presents an overview of three books that deal
with
heated Islamic topics, such as the causes of the revelation of Qur’ānic verses, the extent of
religious
freedom in Islām and the necessity of renewing Islamic discourse.
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
The publication of these articles has been halted.
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
The
author
of the article, the lawyer for the Muslim Brotherhood, justifies the outlawed group’s resort to violence.
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2006
In a series of articles about the sources of Islamic
legislation, the Egyptian Muftī, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, writes about the
compilation of the Prophet’s hadīths by his companions.
Date of source: Saturday, November 4, 2006
Al-Sayid Rashād sheds light on al-Bahrah, one of the
Shī‘ah sects. He traces their history in Egypt, other Arab countries and the world.
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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.