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Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2005
The pillar on which a society stands is the principle of citizenship, which means that duties and rights should emanate exclusively from affiliation to the nation. The society, likewise, can never be considered civilian without the state itself being civilian, body and soul.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Religious fatwas are being aired everywhere on both local and satellite channels to the extent that the Muftī of the Republic Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘a termed the whole thing as “an unhealthy phenomenon” that is threatening the very well-being of the society.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Any state as a political innovation is primarily a state and follows a certain religion secondarily. The misunderstanding of this dichotomy is the prime reason for the emergence of traditional extremism and the active extremists (terrorists) in the Arab region.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2005
In an interview with Al-Qahira newspaper, Dr. ‘Abd al-Wahhāb al-Musayyarī, an eminent Muslim scholar, reveals his thoughts on separating religion from government.
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2005
What I fear most is the potential for Muslims, the majority of the nation, to feel that they are being humiliated because two women are being deprived of their right to choose their religion.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 18, 2001
Islam agrees with secularism in that it does not acknowledge the theological state and in granting life and man’s activities in life their rights. In Europe where the values of Christianity are opposite to the values of secularism, there has been a kind of controversial interaction between...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Islamic groups believe that religion has a political dimension. That was why they tried to impose their views by any means in order to reach power and apply the Shari’a. The article raises many questions about political Islam and the reasons behind the Islamic groups turning to violence.
Date of source: Saturday, December 15, 2001 to Friday, December 21, 2001
Associating religion with a certain regime or institution wrongs religion and turns it into a mere temporary and worldly formula that stops at personal conflicts and financial interests. True religion does not focus on establishing regimes but cares in the first place about planting the true faith...
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
At a Friday preaching, the preacher was asking God to destroy the Americans and the Jews, saying that apostasy and deviance from the right path are the reasons for the political crisis in the Middle East. The author believes that this man is an example of the preachers who mix religion with...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
The issue of the possibility of establishing a political party by the Muslim Brotherhood is still on the surface. The Muslim Brotherhood is something like a self-centered powerful lobby or a subtly-integrated community within the society. They have their customs, traditions and rituals. As far as...
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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.