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Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
Shaykh al-Qaradāwī replies to questions about whether the constitutions of Islamic states contradict the sharī‘a.
Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2005
The author argues that the radical changes that Saudi Arabic has witnessed over the past three decades have contributed to a religious and cultural crisis, marked by a failure to interact with modernity.
Date of source: Thursday, September 22, 2005
The author of the article compares a book by Muhyī al-Dīn al-Tu‘aymī, warning Muslim women against wearing trousers this book, to a book written in the forties, defending freedom of thought.
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2004
Some of the scholars in the dormant Muslim world are busying themselves with only saying all that is new is Haram [unlawful according to the Islamic shari’a.] In fact, some Muslims still believe that the Internet, satellite channels, women’s perfume are haram, at a time our peers on earth live the...
Date of source: Friday, November 12, 2004
Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq, Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments], emphasized the necessity of renewing religious discourse as compelled by changing times. He clarified that this renewal does not touch on the fundamentals of faith, but concerns matters that require progressive vision.
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2004
The purpose behind making Shari’a a source of legislation is because it is a fully developed legal system acknowledged by the international law assemblies. Since the Shari’a includes various concepts, it should be subject to well-formulated legal rules as Shari’a here is the source of legislation,...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 2004
In an interview with the Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, he answers questions about foreign interference in Islamic issues in Egypt, renewal of religious discourse.
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
Banks are all the same, regardless whether they carry the name Islamic or not. They all work in accordance with a worldwide banking system. A study conducted by a group of professors and think-tanks from the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) held that the so-called Islamic banks are...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
Representatives of the Presbyterian Church and members of various Jewish groups in the United States met on September 29 in New York to discuss the decision of the church to boycott Israel and any organization whose annual donations to Israel exceed one million U.S. dollars. The decision, reached...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
The most respectable artistic magazine in Egypt, Al-Kawakib [The Stars], published an article about the views of the new preacher Amr Khalid on art. Although superficiality of Khalid’s opinions is expected, deception is not accepted. Amr Khaled applied a cunning trick to corrupt the original...
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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.