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Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2003
Wahhabism does not apply the true Islam. One of the crimes that Wahhabism committed against Arab thinking is that it brought forth a generation of sheikhs who established a form of backward Islam and flooded Muslims with fatwas they made to suit their ideas.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
The article provides an ideological analysis of a violent
conflict that flared up between the administration of the faculty of education and students who
describe themselves as the Group of the Islamic Voice. The author criticizes the extremist
practices of students affiliated with the Islamic...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 14, 2004
The author continues his comments on Islamized terrorism in Egypt,
taking the Muslim Brotherhood as a major example. In this article he gives an overview of a book
by Dr. Hassan Hathout, one of the historical leaders of the Brotherhood. The book is titled “Al-
Haraka al-Islamiya…Nazra...
Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2004
The article reports about the current attitudes of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya towards the
issues of democracy, Hedud [Sharia-based penalties and parliamentary council. The article is
based on the latest ideological revision carried out by the Gama’a which were included in the
book “Nahr Al-Zekrayat…...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
The article is an interview with Dr. Ali Al-Samman, the Deputy of the Permanent Committee for
Inter-Religious Dialogue. Issues discussed in the interview include
inter-religious dialogue,
acts of violence, extremism, the relation between the Arab World and the West.
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2004
There are four pillars that form the rules for the political system in Islam: freedom, justice, shoura [consultation] and equality. These pillars are necessary for the ruling to be Islamic and without
them or at least one of them, that system should not be called Islamic.
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 2004
Sheikh Youssef
Al-Qaradawi focuses in an interview on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, including Jihad,
martyrdom operations and the peace process.
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2004
Dr. Ibrahim has provided positive comments for both sides of this controversial issue. In an article entitled "Reclaiming Democracy ... the Participation of Muslim Brotherhood in Egyptian Political Life," published in El Hayat newspaper on Oct. 7, 2004; Dr. Ibrahim noted that the Muslim Brotherhood...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2004
The movements of “political Islam” are primarily political pragmatic movements that have an underlying political project. Religion became only a cover used to rally the masses and fend off enemies as well as gain public opinion.
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2004
Some Islamic movements were able to incorporate the political language that is prevalent in the world. These movements realized that it is no longer possible to ignore big issues like human rights, democracy and women’s participation. Some Islamic movements still believe in the idea of a theocratic...
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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.