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Date of source: Tuesday, June 1, 2004
The Egyptian Higher State Security Prosecution renewed the jail sentence of 53 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood for a period of 15 days pending investigations into the group’s most recent cases.
The authorities are still searching for three suspects wanted in relation to the case, two of...
Date of source: Friday, June 4, 2004
In his address at the opening ceremony for the Conference of Islamic Dialogue in Qatar, the Azhar sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, confirmed that religious freedom is an essential part of the Islamic shari’a, and that force and belief are two contradictory notions.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
Although Shi’ite scholars in Qatar disagreed about details of the new proposed law in Iran to adjust the woman’s share of inheritance, they agreed on the general and final decision.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The Arab and foreign media were shocked by the Iranian Shura Council’s approval of a draft of a new law that gives equal portions of inheritance to men and women.
Shi’ite scholars in Egypt, Lebanon, and other Arab countries confirmed that the new proposed law concerns only inheritance cases where...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The conservatives and the religious authorities in Qum in Iran are putting all their hopes on the Council for Maintaining the Constitution, whose membership includes eminent Shi’ite references. These Shi’ite references would stand up against reformers’ attack on the Shi’a fiqh or the constants of...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Sunni scholar Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi confirmed that there is a long-held difference between Sunna and Shi’a concerning the rights of a wife in inheritance, especially in issues not completely resolved by the Qur’an or the Sunna.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The Shiite problem lies in its opposition to the Sunnis in some matters. This opposition or disagreement has attracted many people, who found the Shiites’ disagreement with Sunnis a weak point through which they can infiltrate beliefs that are, in fact, alien to the Shiite dogma and Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
Inheritance in Christianity is different from Islam. Each family deals with inheritance issues as it sees fit and as is suitable for its members. However, if one family member objects to what the rest of the family has decided, then the civil law, which is based on the provisions of the Islamic...
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 2004
Dividing Egypt along a sectarian line, which splits it into two parts, has been the dream of colonialism. Objective scientific research revealed that Christians and Muslims share the same rights and duties. It was also proven that the Egyptian constitution is in accordance with the rules of the...
Date of source: Friday, June 11, 2004
In an unprecedented event in Egypt, a Christian wrote his dissertation on the Islamic shari’a, which he will discuss on June 19. Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawi wrote his thesis about the “The Rights and Duties of Christians in Muslim Countries and How they Affect National Security.”
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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.