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Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2005
When King Fārouq’s sister, Fatihīya, married a Christian, Riād Ghālī, the Coptic church remained silent. The article argues that both Christianity and Islam prohibit such marriages.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 24, 2004
The story of the film “The Athirst [thirsty] Kiss”
is about a second generation Pakistani Muslim who falls in love with an English Catholic girl. I
believe the film’s realistic idea and its courageousness in conveying it is much stronger than
any dialogue between civilizations.
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2001
Professor Mohammed Ahmed Al-Mosayyir of the Azhar University explained that since men have power over women, a Muslim woman cannot be the wife of a non-Muslim man. If a non-Muslim woman converts to Islam, she can stay with her husband, without sharing his bed in order to explain Islam to him. She...
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin explained that he agreed with Sheikh Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women who have converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. He said that fatwas that make people afraid of converting to Islam should not be issued and that converting to...
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2001
Scholars in Egypt are divided between rejecting and supporting the fatwa issued by the European Council for Fatwa and Research. The fatwa allows non-Muslim women who converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. The Islamic Research Institute and the Egyptian Fatwa House...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001
The European Council for Fatwa and Researches issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the council, believes that this opinion agrees with the Qur’an and goes with the needs of the non-Muslim...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001 to Friday, August 10, 2001
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the European Council for Fatwa and Researches, issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. The fatwa caused a great controversy and was refused by many Islamic scholars, who believe that as...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2001
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi expressed the opinion that giving fatwas to Muslims, regarding their personal and general affairs is not limited to the Mufti and that all scholars share this with him. The Mufti believes that all Muslim scholars are allowed to give fatwas, but there are guidelines. He said...
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2001 to Friday, June 8, 2001
The author believes that while the Qur’an speaks highly of monasteries, Ra’fat Al-Meihi’s novel "Hurgada.. Love magic," describes them as places where fugitives and corrupt people hide. It also paints a stupid picture of a Christian man who is ready to make his son a Muslim to marry a Muslim girl....
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
Movie director Ra’fat Al-Meihi is thinking of turning his novel "Hurghada: Love Magic" into a film. The story is about a Christian girl who loves a Muslim police officer. Al-Meihi said that the meaning he wanted to deliver was that each one of us has the right to express his love in the way he...
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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.