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Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The writer reviews in this
article two books
concerning circumcision as a tradition....Where did it come from? Why do people perform
it? Does it really have
health benefits or not?
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 to Monday, April 24, 2006
A listing of articles in the Egyptian press
concerning the festival of Easter.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The president, in the celebrations held
annually by the awqāf
ministry to celebrate the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, called on Muslims
all over the world to catch up with
modern developments and science.
Date of source: Monday, March 27, 2006
Sawt al-Umma reports that the Shaykh of the Azhar has accepted an invitation to attend the Hanukah celebration in Egypt, while on the same day, Rose al-Yousuf publishes the Azhar’s denial of the news.
Date of source: Monday, May 6, 2002
A Punjabi called Ghulam Ahmed claimed that there is a tomb of Jesus Christ in Kashmir. Ahmed founded a religious group that offends both Islam and Christianity. He once claimed that he was the Messiah and then claimed that he was a manifestation of the Prophet. The author believes that the story of...
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
The author of the article argues that Egyptian national unity is no longer as consolidated as it used to be.
Date of source: Friday, December 2, 2005
A discussion of the different place clergy and Islamic shaykhs obtain their garments.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Hassānī Fahmī Hassānī, 45, is alleged to have regained his sight on Layla al-Qadr, after 18 years of being blind.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
During the weekend "Discovering Islam in Ramadān” in the framework of the "Inculturation Training” offered by CAWU, eight European volunteers met with AWR translator ‘Amr al-Misrī on liberal Islam. Former AWR translator Amānī ‘Āsim introduced them to the spirit of Ramadān, which she said was the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
A large number of continuities can be found in beliefs and traditions in Egypt dating back to Pharaonic times, and to understand Sufism, Jamāl al-Ghitānī argues that one must understand Egypt’s past.
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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.