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Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Participants in the sixth international conference for Zakat [almsgiving as prescribed in Islam] in Doha stressed that Zakat is one of the most important means for eradicating poverty and achieving development in poor countries. They also denied any relation between Zakat organizations and...
Date of source: Thursday, December 11, 2003
A good dialogue within the society should be a productive one, meaning that it should not be an ideological debate in which each party seeks to defend his point of view correctly or incorrectly. The author discusses the ideas of Muslim Brotherhood leader Dr. Esam el-Erian.
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2003
The author reports that an alleged American plan targeting Islam through creating discord and initiating civil war between its followers, Sunni and Shiites, has been set force by five of the leaders of the Christian-Zionist alliance. The plan was presented to and agreed upon by President Bush and...
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: Monday, November 24, 2003
The owner of a specious center that depends on foreign aid stated that the Islamic Shari´a is a failed project and that its application harmed Islam and Muslims and contributed to the creation of terrorism. On the other hand, the American Senate allocated two million dollars cut from the...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 18, 2003
The article presents five questions and their answers, which were published in the book “Nahr Al-Zikrayat” [The River of Memories] by leaders of Al-Gama´a Al-Islamiya. The questions about the non-violence initiative published in the book were directed to leaders of Al-Gama´a Al-Islamiya...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2003
The Sunna of the Prophet is the second source for the Islamic Sharia [the first source is the Holy Qur´an]. The author argues that there are too many inauthentic, false hadiths, yet, raising doubts concerning the entire Sunna is a very extremist attitude. The best solution to such dilemma is...
Date of source: Sunday, September 7, 2003
Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi met with a large number of people in a seminar held in the Ahli Club. The author discusses the fatwas he gave concerning the hijab, niqab, singing, and bank interest.
Date of source: Monday, September 8, 2003
The author comments on the statement of the General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood about Copts, which he gave to Sout Al-Umma in a previous issue. The author believes that speaking about a partial representation for Copts is very dangerous as the result would be a plain sectarian system of ruling...
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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.