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Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi, head of the World Islamic Council for Fatwa stated that killing American civilians in Iraq is halal [lawful according to Islamic Shari’a]. Sheikh Al-Qaradawi explained that American military men and civilians invaded Iraq to occupy it and exploit its wealth. In order to...
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 2004
The second principle of the civil state in Islam is the separation of religious matters from worldly matters. The Prophet Muhammad was the first to enact such a separation within an Islamic framework.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Sayyed Qutb and Muhammad Baqer Al-Sadr are two thinkers who lived similar lives. The former was executed in Egypt in 1966, and the latter was killed under the Saddam regime [in Iraq], and they both left an important mark on the path of contemporary history. Qutb belonged of the Muslim Brotherhood,...
Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 2004
Mixing the two concepts of jihad and liberation has made many Arabs support Al-Qa’ida’s actions in Iraq considering it Jihad. Declaring jihad became open field for anyone who wants to act against his government, his country or against other countries. There is a big difference between the concept...
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2004
The most important issue in the Islamic world today is the relationship between two basic creeds of Islamic fiqh [jurisprudence]: Sunnis and Shiites. With the long history of discord which can lead to conflict, wise Muslim intellectuals believe that if the two parties were able to come closer to...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 21, 2004
In an Alexandrian youth camp, the Egyptian Grand Mufti, Dr. Ali Goma’a, met with nearly 500 students from Egyptian universities and from delegations studying at the Azhar. Dr Goma’a gave his lecture on the mosque’s role in building the individual. Dr. Goma’a also answered questions on various...
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
When I used to listen to the Friday sermons some 30 years ago, it was obvious to me that the preachers combined Hanafite-Shaf‘ite teaching. Egypt was characterized by Hanafite teaching at the official level and Shāf‘ite at the popular level.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Are demonstrations halāl [lawful] or harām [impermissible]? The question per se seems bizarre, for the interference of religious fatwas in politics could do away with both religion and politics.
Date of source: Thursday, June 2, 2005
The Afro-Asian Writers Organization, chaired by Dr. Muhammad Majdī Murjān, organized a symposium titled Islam and security facing terrorism and extremism. The symposium was attended by Dr. Mahmoud Hamdī Zaqzouq, Minister of Endowments, a number of African and Asian ambassadors, a group of scholars...
Date of source: Monday, June 13, 2005
Islam stands on belief and sharī‘a. As for the belief, it is not subject to constitutional provisions or parliaments due to its sensitivity on the one hand and because the freedom of worship, a democratic principle that has to do with human rights, is guaranteed on the other.
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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.