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Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2005
The so-called TV preachers are not in fact quite conversant with the Sharī‘a like the preachers of earlier times. Their religious knowledge is limited to a few books and biographies of the Companions of the Prophet. They approach vital issues of the everyday life relying on their communication...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
The political-religious ideas of the Islamic Liberation Party are more evolved than the previous ancestral ideologies. They alert youth to confront the alliance between Jews and western colonialism along with the ragged Arab regimes.
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2005
Last February, I interviewed Alistair Crook, a former British intelligence officer, in my [Aljazzeera] Bilā Hudoud [without limits] TV program. Working on activities pertaining to Islamic nations, Crook’s first mission was in Afghanistan, during the Soviet occupation between 1979 and 1990 and the...
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
Arab Gulf countries have linked Egyptians’ work in their countries with specific hard line religious trends and sects. These Arabs have enforced on us Wahhabi thoughts and their Bedouin, tribal, customs. They have imposed on us monaqaba [veiled including a cover of the face] women, myths,...
Date of source: Friday, March 26, 2004
The second meeting of the Conference on Recent [Topics] in Islamic Thought, organized by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf [Endowments], witnessed a hot debate about the possibility of renewing fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] terminology concerning jihad and international relations. The conference, the...
Date of source: Friday, March 26, 2004
This equality and tolerance shown by Islam is because Islam believes that all human beings are of one origin. Human rights in Islam are based on two points: equality, and the fact that human beings share one common origin. Everyone is equal before God; their good deeds make the difference. Many...
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 2004
A lot of youth in Upper Egypt joined the Islamic group of Al-Tabligh wa Al-Da’wa. These youths claim that they are preaching the ways of God, but they have no credentials that qualify them to preach. The members of the group in fact do not care about politics and the regime. They belittle the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
Those who seek to defend Islam should not brand anyone who tries to practice self-criticism or studying Islam in a way that suits our time a kafir [unbeliever]. They should stop claiming that there is a global conspiracy against Islam led by the devil and his party. They should stop accusing...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
The theology of liberation is considered the most notable movement against the capitalist system and traditional beliefs and ideas inside the church.
The theology of liberation is in conflict with the traditional ideas inside the church, not a religious conflict but a political conflict.
The...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2004
Those who have doubts about how committed Islamic movements are to the principle of democracy have every reason to doubt. Every single group of these Islamists has practiced bloody violence. These movements have shifted their programs after September 11. Previously, they considered, democracy,...
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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.